Guinea’s Landmark 2009 Stadium Massacre Trial Back On
Click to expand Image Accused Marcel Guilavogui offers a new statement on July 10, 2023 in the trial of crimes committed during the September 28, 2009 massacre, rapes and other abuses in Conakry,...
View ArticleMali: Girls’ Coach Gets Life Ban for Sex Abuse
Click to expand Image Players from Mali stand for their national anthem prior to their Women's Basketball World Cup group B game between Serbia and Mali in Sydney, Australia on September 26, 2022. ©...
View ArticleNicaragua: Rights Abuses Need Stronger International Efforts
Click to expand Image A mural showing images of Nicaraguans killed during the 2018 social security reform protests under the words “memory and justice for Nicaragua” adorns a wall at the Nicaragua...
View ArticleICC Prosecutor’s Pronouncement Should Jumpstart Sudan Response
Click to expand Image Sudanese Ambassador to the United Nations Al-Harith Idriss Al-Harith Mohamed, third from right bottom, listens as Karim Khan, the prosecutor of International Criminal Court,...
View ArticleOpposition Politician’s Murder Shakes Congo
Click to expand Image Chérubin Okende, late spokesperson for Ensemble pour la République (Together for the Republic), an opposition party, during a march in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo,...
View ArticleRelying on Syrian Government for Cross Border Aid Delivery is Untenable
Click to expand Image UN humanitarian aid trucks enter northwest Syria through the Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey on June 1, 2021. © 2021 Associated Press Syria permitting the United Nations...
View ArticleRussia: Trans Health Care, Families Bill Violates Rights
Click to expand Image Lawmakers attend a session at the State Duma in Moscow, Russia, July 14, 2023. © 2023 the State Duma via AP Images (July 15, 2023) – Russia’s lower house of parliament adopted a...
View ArticleMalaysia: Myanmar Refugee Activist Abducted
Click to expand Image The Myanmar refugee activist Thuzar Maung with her husband, Saw Than Tin Win, who were abducted along with her three children from their home in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on July...
View ArticleMiddle East and North Africa: End Curbs on Women’s Mobility
Click to expand Image Women hold signs during a protest against the decision by the Supreme Judicial Council, a body run by Hamas authorities, to allow male guardians--usually referring to fathers or...
View ArticleKenya: Officials Threaten Protesters with Violence
(Nairobi) – Senior Kenya government officials have responded to the resumption of protests by an opposition coalition with threats and hostile rhetoric, heightening political tension, Human Rights...
View ArticlePhilippines: ICC Affirms Prosecutor’s Inquiry
Click to expand Image Protesters march outside Malacanang palace in Manila, Philippines, June 30, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Aaron Favila (New York) – The appeals chamber of the International Criminal...
View ArticleQuestions Remain Over Rwandan Journalist’s Suspicious Death
Becoming a journalist in Rwanda is a brave undertaking. During his career, John Williams Ntwali, the founder of the YouTube channel Pax TV- IREME News and editor of the private The Chronicles...
View ArticleJapan Supreme Court Ruling a Victory for Transgender Employees
Click to expand Image A plaintiff speaks during a news conference at Tokyo District Court, Tokyo, Japan, July 11, 2023. © 2023 Eugene Hoshiko/AP Images In a victory for transgender people in Japan,...
View ArticleCaster Semenya Won Her Case, But Not the Right to Compete
Click to expand Image Caster Semenya, of South Africa, competes during a heat in the women's 5000-meter run at the World Athletics Championships, Eugene, Oregon, US, July 20, 2022. © 2022 Ashley...
View ArticleTunisia: No Safe Haven for Black African Migrants, Refugees
Click to expand Image The Tunisian Maritime National Guard (coast guard) approaches a boat at sea carrying people from different African countries seeking to get to Italy, near the coast of Sfax,...
View ArticleUkraine: Russian Missile Strike on Lviv a Possible War Crime
Click to expand Image A communal worker sweeps outside an apartment building in Lviv, Ukraine, on July 7, 2023, a day after it was seriously damaged by a Russian missile strike. © 2023 YURIY...
View ArticleCambodia: Harassment, Arrests of Opposition Activists
Click to expand Image Cambodia's Candlelight Party supporters wave before marching during an election campaign for the June 5 communal elections in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, May 21, 2022. © 2022 Heng...
View ArticleUK’s Invite to Saudi Crown Prince Risks Rubber-Stamping Repression
Click to expand Image Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, left, and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia during a bilateral meeting at the G20 Summit, Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia,...
View ArticleHarassment, Threats Prompt Cancellation of LGBT Conference in Indonesia
Click to expand Image Protesters hold up signs prior to passage of a new Indonesian criminal code that will ban sex outside marriage, cohabitation between unmarried couples, insulting the president,...
View ArticleExtreme Heat Is a Pregnancy Health and Reproductive Justice Problem
Click to expand Image Pregnant woman holding her belly. © Catherine McQueen/Getty Images As many countries around the world are facing threats from deadly extreme heat, public health officials should...
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