Algeria: Activist Facing Charges for Peaceful Support of Protests
Click to expand Image An Algerian demonstrator holds the Algerian national flag as he stage a protest against the government in Algiers, Algeria, Friday, Nov.29, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo/Toufik Doudou...
View ArticlePakistan: Poor Conditions Rife in Women’s Prisons
Click to expand Image A woman prisoner teaches fellow inmates and their children at a central jail in Mardan, Pakistan, November 8, 2018. © 2018 Saba Rehman/AP Photo (New York) – Pakistan’s Human...
View ArticleIndonesia: Investigate Police Raid on ‘Gay Party’
Click to expand Image Men arrested in a raid of a gay party sit inside a vehicle after a news conference at Jakarta police headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia, September 2, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Tatan...
View ArticleTurkey: Release Osman Kavala
Click to expand Image Osman Kavala © 2017 Anadolu Kültür (Geneva) – Turkish authorities should immediately release human rights defender Osman Kavala, in compliance with the Council of Europe...
View ArticleChina Delves into Past to Police Tibet’s Future
Click to expand Image People’s Police at the new Fengqiao-style police post in Chushul County, Lhasa Municipality, Tibet Autonomous Region, discussing their work, July 24, 2020. © 2020 Tibet Daily...
View ArticleFellowship Honors Disability Rights Icon Marca Bristo
(New York) – Human Rights Watch has selected a Nigerian human rights advocate, Hauwa Ojeifo, as the recipient of its inaugural Marca Bristo Fellowship, an award created in memory of the pioneering...
View ArticleAttacks on Students, Teachers, and Schools Surge in Africa’s Sahel
Click to expand Image A school in northern Burkina Faso is abandoned after an attack by an armed group. © 2019 (Philip Kleinfeld/TNH) (New York) – The Central Sahel has seen a significant spike in...
View ArticleAustralian Journalists Forced to Leave China
Click to expand Image Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) journalist Bill Birtles speaks to the media on his arrival at Australia’s Sydney airport, September 8, 2020. Birtles and Australian...
View ArticleCaster Semenya Loses Appeal for Equal Treatment
Click to expand Image South Africa's Caster Semenya competes in the women's 800-meter race during the Prefontaine Classic, an IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting, in Stanford, California, June 30,...
View ArticleKillings in Philippines Up 50 Percent During Pandemic
Click to expand Image Police officers secure the road leading to the House of Representatives where President Rodrigo Duterte will deliver his 5th State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July...
View ArticleBahrain: Lawyers Prosecuted on Speech Charges
Click to expand Image Abdullah al-Shamlawi © 2020 Private (Beirut) – Bahraini authorities should not contest the appeal of Abdullah al-Shamlawi, a lawyer, to vacate his conviction and eight-month...
View ArticleGlobal Coalition urges UN to Address China’s Human Rights Abuses
Click to expand Image U.N. headquarters Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019. © AP Photo/Jeenah Moon (Geneva) – The United Nations should urgently create an independent international mechanism to address the...
View ArticleEcuador’s Assembly Approves Bill Furthering the Right to Health
Click to expand Image The flag of Ecuador. Ecuador’s National Assembly has approved a new health code that would help all in Ecuador enjoy better access to health care.The bill, nearly 8 years in the...
View ArticleGuatemala: Rights Official at Risk of Criminal Prosecution
Click to expand Image Guatemala’s Human Rights Ombudsperson Jordan Rodas speaks during a press conference after a meeting with members of the organization "proud of my PNC" (Civil National Police),...
View ArticleSouth Africa Should Press Zimbabwe to End Repression
Click to expand Image Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa addresses the media at State House in Harare, Zimbabwe, March, 17, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi A high-level delegation from...
View ArticleLibya: Armed Groups Violently Quell Protests
Click to expand Image Protesters chant slogans during anti-corruption demonstrations in the capital Tripoli’s Martyrs' Square on August 25, 2020. © 2020 AFP/Getty Images (Beirut) – Armed groups in...
View ArticleSocial Media Platforms Remove War Crimes Evidence
Click to expand Image YouTube, which is owned by Google, says it is implementing “cutting-edge machine-learning technology” designed to identify and remove millions of pieces of uploaded content,...
View ArticleVideo Demonstrates Chechnya Leadership’s Brutality
A video circulating on Russian social media shows a young man apparently being forced to penetrate himself with a glass bottle: a forced punishment for allegedly helping to “spread lies” about Chechen...
View ArticleRwanda: Rusesabagina Was Forcibly Disappeared
Click to expand Image Paul Rusesabagina, who was detained on August 27, 2020, is paraded in front of the media in handcuffs at the headquarters of the Rwanda Investigation Bureau in Kigali, Rwanda on...
View ArticlePakistan’s Hypocrisy on Press Freedom
Click to expand Image Pakistani police escort Mir Shakilur Rehman to court following his arrest in Lahore, Pakistan, March 13, 2020. © 2020 K.M. Chaudhry/AP Photo Last week, Prime Minister Imran Khan...
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