Pakistan: Drop Overbroad Terrorism Charges
Click to expand Image A riot police officer looks on after firing tear gas to disperse supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan during clashes in Lahore, Pakistan, March 15, 2023. © 2023 AP...
View ArticleBelarus: Don’t Return Activist to Tajikistan
(Berlin, March 21, 2023) – The government of Belarus should not forcibly return Nizomiddin Nasriddinov, a Tajik political activist with refugee status in Germany, to Tajikistan, nine organizations...
View ArticleG7 Letter Highlights Japan’s LGBT Rights Gaps
Click to expand Image Plaintiffs and supporters of marriage equality for same sex couples walk to the Tokyo district court in Tokyo, Japan, November 30, 2022. © 2022 Kyodo News via AP Photo As the...
View ArticleFirst Australian Soldier Charged over Alleged War Crime in Afghanistan
Click to expand Image Chief of the Australian Defence Force, General Angus Campbell, delivers the findings from the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force Afghanistan Inquiry, in Canberra,...
View ArticleRussia Opens New Case against Memorial
Click to expand Image Oleg Orlov, at Memorial’s Moscow office, which the Russian government has confiscated. © 2022 Memorial Today, police and criminal investigators in Moscow raided the homes of...
View ArticleUkraine: Izium Apartment Victims Need Justice
(Kyiv, March 22, 2023) – Russian forces used a large air-delivered munition on an apartment building on March 9, 2022, in Izium, eastern Ukraine, in an attack that killed at least 44 civilians and...
View ArticleTurkey: Suspend Time Limit on Travel Outside Quake Zone
Click to expand Image A Syrian refugee couple carry their belongings by shopping cart in Elbistan, Kahramanmaraş province, Turkey, February 8, 2023. © © 2023 Mehmet Kacmaz/Getty Images (Istanbul) -...
View ArticleEthiopia: US Recognizes Atrocities in Conflict
Click to expand Image US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on March 15, 2023. © 2023 Tiksa Negeri/Reuters (Washington) – The United States government’s recognition that...
View ArticleSyria: Turkey-Backed Fighters Kill 4 Kurdish Civilians
Click to expand Image Relatives of the victims and the people of Jinderis gather in Atma city near the Syrian border with Turkey during funeral proceedings for the victims who died at the hands of...
View ArticleUgandan Parliament Passes Extreme Anti-LGBT Bill
Click to expand Image Ugandan activists attend a conference to promote homosexuals’ rights, in Kampala, Uganda, February 14, 2010. © 2010 Benedicte Desrus/Sipa Press via AP Images Yesterday, Ugandan...
View ArticleEl Salvador: Court Hears Case on Total Abortion Ban
Click to expand Image Women in San Salvador, El Salvador march in a protest for safe and legal abortions on the Global Day of Action for Abortion, September 28, 2021. © 2021 Camilo Freedman / SOPA...
View ArticleBrazil: Ratify Regional Environment Pact
Click to expand Image Environmentalists protesting in the streets. © 2023 FG Trade/Getty Images The Brazilian government should submit the Escazu Agreement to the National Congress and rally...
View ArticleBlack Residents of Louisiana File Landmark Lawsuit
Click to expand Image Cancer Alley resident Myrtle Felton of Inclusive Louisiana speaks at a press conference announcing a landmark environmental justice lawsuit in New Orleans, March 21, 2023. © 2023...
View ArticleNepal: Transitional Justice Bill Needs to Protect Victims, not Abusers
Click to expand Image Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, center, sits among other party leaders in parliament in Kathmandu, Nepal, January 10, 2023. © 2023 Niranjan Shrestha /AP Photo (Geneva)...
View ArticleFrance Protests Test Government’s Commitment to Rights
Click to expand Image Riot police scuffle with protesters during a protest in Rennes, France, March 22, 2023. © 2023 Jeremias Gonzalez/AP Photo Since January 2023, millions of protesters have...
View ArticleUS Lawmakers Tackle Transnational Repression
Click to expand Image The dome of the US Capitol seen through a glass ceiling in Washington, DC, April 29, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades On March 16, a bipartisan group of United States...
View ArticleOne Year On, the Taliban Still Attacking Girls’ Right to Education
Click to expand Image A classroom that previously was used for girls sits empty in Kabul, Afghanistan, December 22, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi Tomorrow, the start of the school year in...
View ArticleTirana Hassan to Lead Human Rights Watch
(New York) – Tirana Hassan, a lawyer and veteran human rights investigator who has documented human rights abuses throughout crises and conflicts globally, has been named the next executive director of...
View ArticleVietnam: Drop Charges against Human Rights Activist
Click to expand Image Truong Van Dung holds a sign that says, Request the Immediate Release of Nguyen Thuy Hanh. © 2021 Truong Van Dung (Bangkok) – Vietnamese authorities should immediately release...
View ArticleEU: Stronger Rules Needed for Political Ads
Click to expand Image A person looks at the apps on their phone. © 2020 Yui Mok/PA Wire (Brussels, March 28, 2023) – A European Union regulation under consideration will improve public scrutiny of...
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