Greece: Smear Campaign Against Rights Activist
Click to expand Image Panayote Dimitras speaking at march against discrimination organized by the Greek Forum of Migrants, after receiving the Antiracism Award - Tzanetos Antypas. Athens, March 21,...
View ArticleMyanmar: Junta Blocks Lifesaving Cyclone Aid
Click to expand Image Local residents walk past damaged buildings after Cyclone Mocha in Sittwe township, Rakhine State, Myanmar, May 16, 2023. © 2023 AP Images The Myanmar junta’s increasing...
View ArticleUkraine: Support Needed to End Institutionalization of Children
Click to expand Image A child walks down a hallway of a residential institution where he is staying, April 8, 2022 in Lviv, Ukraine. © 2022 Joe Raedle/Getty Images (London) – Officials and business...
View ArticleHong Kong: Tech Firms Should Oppose Protest Song Ban
Click to expand Image Demonstrators sing during a rally at Chater Garden, Hong Kong, October 26, 2019. © 2019 Mark Schiefelbein/AP Images (New York, June 20, 2023) – Tech companies should oppose the...
View ArticleInter-American Commission of Human Rights Plays Crucial Role in Protecting...
Click to expand Image A flag of the Organization of American States (OAS), May 2, 2023. © 2023 2023 SPTNK/AP Images This Friday, the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) will...
View ArticlePeru Should Provide Comprehensive Reproductive Care for Girls
Click to expand Image Feminist groups march on International Abortion Day to demand a legal, free and safe abortions in Lima, Peru, September 28, 2022. © 2022 Martin Mejia/AP Images When Camila (a...
View ArticleSudan: Tackle Spiralling Violence in West Darfur
Click to expand Image A Sudanese refugee who fled the violence in Sudan's Darfur region, at her makeshift shelter in Koufroun, Chad, May 15, 2023. © 2023 REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (Nairobi) – The United...
View ArticleEstonia legalizes same-sex marriage
Click to expand Image Annual gay pride parade in Tallinn, Estonia, July 8, 2017. © 2017 yegorovnick/Shutterstock In a significant step toward greater equality, Estonia’s parliament voted Tuesday in...
View ArticleSpain/Morocco: No Justice for Deaths at Melilla Border
Click to expand Image People in Callao square, Madrid, protest the June 24, 2022, violence at the Melilla-Morocco border, July 1, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Manu Fernández (Brussels) – There has been no...
View ArticleVenezuela: Increased Threats to Free Elections
Click to expand Image Pedro Enrique Calzadilla, president of the National Electoral Council (CNE), center, announces the resignation of the council's five board members at the CNE in Caracas,...
View ArticleFrance: Government Dissolves Environmental Group
Click to expand Image Mobile riot gendarmes policing a protest against the construction of a new water reserve for agricultural irrigation in Sainte-Soline, France on March 25, 2023. © 2023 Ugo...
View ArticlePut People’s Rights First in Syria Sanctions
Click to expand Image A worker unloads bags and boxes of humanitarian aid from the back of a truck in the opposition-held Idlib, Syria, June 9, 2021. © 2021 Khalil Ashawi/Reuters (Beirut) – The United...
View ArticleUS Courts Block Anti-Trans Legislation
Click to expand Image Dylan Brandt speaks at a news conference outside the federal courthouse in Little Rock, Arkansas, US, July 21, 2021. © 2021 Andrew DeMillo/AP Photo In a victory for transgender...
View ArticleUN Public Service Day Marked amid Uncertain Future
Click to expand Image Hasmik Tutunjian uses chargeable lights in her living room during power cuts in Beirut, Lebanon, August 26, 2022. © 2022 Laura Boushnak/The New York Times/Redux Today marks 20...
View ArticleDemocratic Republic of Congo Wants More from ICC
Click to expand Image After the rain, traders leave the market with their luggage in Kitchanga, 90 kilometers from the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, December 10, 2022. © 2022...
View ArticleUN: Create Body on Missing Syrians
Click to expand Image Activists and relatives of Syrians suspected of being detained or forcibly disappeared by the Syrian government pose with portraits of missing Syrians during a demonstration in...
View ArticleNY Governor Should Sign Tropical Deforestation Bill
Click to expand Image The Amazon River in the Amazon rainforest, in Leticia, Colombia, April 1, 2023. © 2023 Juancho Torres/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images The New York State Assembly took a crucial...
View ArticleSpain: Inadequate Response to Heatwaves
Click to expand Image Carlos Reina Rosales, 35, sits in his electric wheelchair, in front of a museum in central Seville (Andalusia, Spain). © March 2023 Jonas Bull/Human Rights Watch Extreme heat...
View ArticleEswatini: Still No Justice for 2021 Violence
Click to expand Image Activists hold posters and chant to pay tribute to the assassinated Eswatini, formerly Swaziland, Human Rights Lawyer Thulani Maseko in Nakuru Town, January 30, 2023. © 2023...
View ArticleAlgeria: Free People Held After Activist Fled
Click to expand Image Algerian activist Amira Bouraoui in Algiers, April 14, 2014. © 2014 Nacerdine Zebar/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images (Beirut) – The Algerian authorities have been holding at least...
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