Australia Commits to Protect Schools During Wartime
Click to expand Image Refugees from the war in Ukraine are among the students at St. Andrews Ukrainian School in Lidcombe, a suburb of Sydney, Australia, February 18, 2023. © 2023 Lisa Maree...
View ArticleThailand: Drop Charges Against Rights Defenders
Click to expand Image Three Thai human rights defenders—Angkhana Neelapaijit, Puttanee Kangkun, and Thanaporn Saleephol—face criminal defamation charges for reporting abuses. © 2022 Prachatai (New...
View ArticleEgypt: End Stranglehold on Nongovernmental Groups
Click to expand Image COP Civic Space coalition members protest in solidarity with Egyptian political prisoners during the COP27 climate summit, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, November 10, 2022. © 2022...
View ArticleMozambique: Police Teargas Rapper’s Funeral Procession
Click to expand Image Fans hold a banner with the words “Power to the People” during the funeral ceremony of the rapper Azagaia in Maputo, Mozambique, March 14, 2023. © 2023 Ouri Pota (Johannesburg) –...
View ArticleUS Bill Seeks to ‘Stop Arming Human Rights Abusers’
Click to expand Image A view of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on May 28, 2020. © 2020 Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA via AP Images On March 8, Representative Ilhan Omar reintroduced in the...
View ArticleUN Expert Slams Greece Over Civil Society Curbs
Click to expand Image Supporters of the 24 aid workers and volunteers arrested for participating in migrant rescue operations hold up a banner outside the court in Mytilene, on the northeastern Aegean...
View ArticleIn Tunisia Talks, EU Should Privilege Human Rights Over Politics
Click to expand Image People enter the Tunis hall of justice, Friday May, 26, 2017. © 2017 Hassene Dridi/AP Images (Brussels) – At their forthcoming meeting on March 20, European Union foreign affairs...
View ArticleForced from Home for Protesting Indonesia’s Mandatory Hijab Rules
Click to expand Image In Cibinong, West Java, a state school requires its female students to wear long skirts, long-sleeve shirts, and the hijab. © 2018 Andreas Harsono/Human Rights Watch When Elianu...
View ArticleBurkina Faso Acts to Tackle Armed Forces Abuses
Click to expand Image Two soldiers enter the Catholic church at the army barracks in Kaya, Burkina Faso, April 10, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Sophie Garcia On February 16, Burkina Faso’s transitional...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: Jordanian Executed After Unfair Trial
Click to expand Image © 2011 Human Rights Watch (Beirut) – Saudi authorities executed Hussein Abu al-Khair, a Jordanian citizen, on March 12, 2023, after his conviction for a nonviolent drug crime,...
View ArticleFIFA Reverses Saudi Sponsorship of Women’s World Cup
Click to expand Image Emir and President of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, FIFA President Gianni Infantino, and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman al-Saud at the 2022 Qatar World...
View ArticleTwenty Years on, Iraq Bears Scars of US-led Invasion
In the lead up to the US-led invasion of Iraq on March 20, 2003, proponents of the war spoke of the Iraqi people as helpless victims of a dictatorial regime. Yet the Iraqi people paid the heaviest...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Free the 22 ‘Kempir-Abad’ Protest Detainees
Click to expand Image Demonstrators protest against a controversial border demarcation deal… and demand to free detained opposition politicians and activists, in Bishkek on October 24, 2022 © 2022...
View ArticleSupport Builds for ICC Ukraine Investigation
Click to expand Image The International Criminal Court (ICC) is seen in The Hague, Netherlands, November 7, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File Justice ministers from International Criminal...
View ArticleDeportation of Tajik Activist From Germany Raises Concerns
Click to expand Image Supporters of Tajik activist Abdullohi Shamsiddin, in Dortmund, Germany, hold posters asking where Shamsiddin is, calling for his return to Germany, and for people not to be...
View ArticleUS: Urge TikTok to Enhance Transparency
Click to expand Image Shou Zi Chew, chief executive officer of TikTok Inc., speaks during the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore, November 16, 2022. © 2022 Bryan van der Beek/Bloomberg via Getty...
View ArticleUN Warns of Climate Collapse
Click to expand Image The chimney of the coal-powered thermal power plant of Teruel was demolished after having closed in 2020, Andorra, Spain, February 16, 2023. © 2023 Joan Cros/NurPhoto via AP...
View ArticleUN Human Rights Chief Calls for Reforms in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan
Click to expand Image The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk (L) holds a press conference at the UN Office in Astana, Kazakhstan on March 17, 2023. © 2023 Meiramgul...
View ArticleCovid-19: Lessons Learned for a Rights-Based Response
Click to expand Image People standing in line to receive benefits at a South African Social Security Agency building on May 12, 2020 in Cape Town, South Africa. © Nardus Engelbrecht/Gallo Images via...
View ArticleHaiti/France: Journalist Sued for Exposing Sex Abuse in Haiti Soccer
Click to expand Image In this file photo dated Thursday, May 21, 2020, Yves Jean-Bart, then-president of the Haitian Football Federation, wearing a protective face mask, arrives for a court hearing...
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