UAE: Detainees Held Beyond Sentences
Click to expand Image Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, January 3, 2019. © 2019 Hamad Mohammed/Reuters (Beirut) – United Arab Emirates authorities are continuing to incarcerate at least 51 Emirati...
View ArticleUS Secretary of State Should Press Vietnam on Rights during Visit
Click to expand Image US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, meets with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Washington, DC, US, on May 13, 2022. © 2022 Jose Luis Magana/AP Images United...
View ArticleOpposition Figure Convicted in Kazakhstan
Click to expand Image Zhanbolat Mamay, center, sits with his lawyers during a trial hearing in November 2022 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. © 2022 Private On April 10, a court in Almaty, Kazakhstan convicted...
View ArticleThailand: Myanmar Activists Forcibly Returned
Click to expand Image Demonstrators protest against the ruling military junta during a rally to mark the second anniversary of the coup in Myanmar outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok, Thailand,...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: Microsoft Should Hold Off On Data Center
Click to expand Image Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the Royal Court, in Riyadh, on January 14, 2019. © 2019 Andrew Cabellero-Reynolds/Pool via AP (Beirut) – Microsoft should suspend its...
View ArticlePalestinian Authority Blocks Registration of Rights Group
Click to expand Image Mohannad Karaje, head of Lawyers for Justice, outside the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland. © Private In August 2022, when Israeli authorities raided the offices of...
View ArticleUkraine: Russian Torture Center in Kherson
Click to expand Image A pretrial detention facility on Teploenerhetykiv Street in Kherson, Ukraine that was used by Russian forces to torture civilians. © 2022 Roman Baklazhov New evidence has emerged...
View ArticleRussia Bans Key Platform for Civil Society Cooperation
This week, Russia’s prosecutor general designated as “undesirable” the EU-Russian Civil Society Forum, a prominent nongovernmental organization promoting cooperation between Russian and European civil...
View ArticleRussia: Sentencing for Prominent Kremlin Critic
Click to expand Image Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza is escorted to a hearing in a court in Moscow, Russia, February 8, 2023 © 2023 AP Photo, File (Berlin, April 14, 2023) – Moscow...
View ArticleFrance’s Macron Ignores Violations During China Visit
Click to expand Image French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese President Xi Jinping take part in a business council meeting in Beijing, April 6, 2023. © 2023 Ludovic Marin/AP Images French...
View ArticleIndonesia: Activists on Trial for Criminal Defamation
Click to expand Image Fatia Maulidiyanti of KontraS is interviewed on Haris Azhar’s YouTube channel on August 20, 2021, in which they discussed new reports on human rights abuses in Indonesia’s Papua...
View ArticleIraq: Flawed Implementation of Yazidi Compensation Law
Click to expand Image (Beirut) – The Iraqi government’s recent decision requiring applicants under the Yazidi Survivors Law to file a judicial complaint to be eligible for reparations is an alarming...
View ArticleFlorida Passes Extreme 6-Week Abortion Ban
Click to expand Image People are protesting during The Bans Off Our Bodies pro-choice rally at the US Federal Court House on July 13, 2022 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. © 2022 mpi04/MediaPunch/1PX/AP...
View ArticleAngolan Forces Linked to Abuses Against Migrant Women
Click to expand Image Laundry belonging to Congolese migrants expelled from Angola in Kamako, Kasai province near the border with Angola, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, October 13, 2018. ©...
View ArticleUK: “Hostile” Compensation Scheme Fails ‘Windrush’ Victims
Click to expand Image Thomas Tobierre, 69, who applied to the Home Office’s Windrush Compensation Scheme as a primary applicant, says he realized that the scheme was set up to deny claimants their...
View ArticleDecade After Rana Plaza, Safety Flaws Persist
Click to expand Image A garment factory worker in Bangladesh holds a sign to stand up for safe factories and the International Health and Safety Accord, November 16, 2021. © 2021 Bangladesh Center for...
View ArticleLibya: Crackdown on Nongovernmental Groups
Click to expand Image People gather on Martyrs Square in the heart of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, on January 11, 2023. © 2023 Mahmud Turkia/AFP via Getty Images (Beirut) – Libya’s Government of...
View ArticleNepal: Expand Child Grant Program to All Families
Click to expand Image Children write in chalk on the walls of a Saraswati temple on the festival of Saraswati Puja on January 26, 2023. © 2023 Sipa via AP Images (Kathmandu) – The Nepali government...
View ArticleIndian Troops Won’t Be Tried for Nagaland Killings
Click to expand Image Ethnic Nagas hold placards and participate in a 70-kilometer walk demanding the repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in Kohima, Nagaland, India, January 11,...
View ArticleYemen: Release Arbitrarily Detained People
Click to expand Image A woman holds her son's picture as she waits for Houthi prisoners to arrive at Sanaa airport, Yemen, April 15, 2023. © 2023 AP Photo/Hani Mohammed (Beirut) – All parties to the...
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