Lebanon: Blow to Migrant Domestic Worker Rights
Click to expand Image Protestors holding banners calling for the abolishment of Lebanon's controversial kafala sponsorship system. © 2019 Adib Chowdhury / SOPA Images/Sipa via AP Images (Beirut) –...
View ArticleIndia: Counterterrorism Raids Targeting Peaceful Critics
Click to expand Image An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard as National Investigation Agency personnel search the residence of Agence France-Presse’s correspondent Parvaiz Bukhari on the...
View ArticleSuspected Architect of Sri Lanka War Crimes is UN’s ‘Chief Guest’
Click to expand Image Sri Lanka’s former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, waits to be sworn in as prime minister at Kelaniya Royal Buddhist temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 9, 2020. © 2020 AP...
View ArticleJapan: End Aid to Vietnam’s Police
Click to expand Image Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, left, shakes hands with Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc after the exchange of documents at the Government Office in Hanoi on...
View ArticleWhat Will it Take for Saudi Arabia to Abolish Abusive Sponsorship System?
Click to expand Image There are reports this week that Saudi authorities are seeking to abolish the notorious kafala (sponsorship) system in 2021. Under that system, some 10 million migrant workers’...
View ArticleUS: Protecting the Vote and 2020 Election Security
Click to expand Image A voter wearing a mask to protect against coronavirus lines up at Riverside High School for the Wisconsin primary election on April 7, 2020, in Milwaukee. © 2020 AP Photo/Morry...
View ArticleChinese Diplomats Try Using UN as Shield for Xinjiang Crimes
Click to expand Image Police officers check the identity cards of a people as security forces keep watch in a street in Kashgar, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China on March 24, 2017. © 2017...
View ArticleMultiple Knife Attacks in France
Click to expand Image People set flowers at a memorial in front of the Notre Dame church, in Nice, France, October 30, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Daniel Cole The French public has been shaken in recent...
View ArticleEgypt Detains Men for Alleged Sexual Orientation, Alongside Alleged Rapists
Click to expand Image Seif Bedour, 21 (Left) and Ahmed al-Ganzoury, 40 (Right) © 2020 Private When Seif Bedour, 21, returned to Egypt this year to visit his family after years studying abroad, he did...
View ArticleRussia Should Support Health Workers, Not Silence Them
Click to expand Image A medical specialist wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) takes a break at the City Clinical Hospital Number 15 which delivers treatment to COVID-19 patients in Moscow,...
View ArticleCameroon: Gunmen Massacre School Children
Click to expand Image Screenshot of a video filmed outside Mother Francisca Bilingual Academy, in Kumba, South-West region, after the attack which killed 7 children on October 24, 2020 © Private (New...
View ArticleNepal: Carry Out Rights Panel’s Recommendations
Click to expand Image Nepal's Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli, left, shakes hand with former Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal, February 15, 2018. In May 2018, Oli and Dahal parties merged their...
View ArticleLebanon: Broken Promises On Women’s Rights
Click to expand Image Lebanese women have long been leaders in the country’s protest movements. Here, women shout slogans and wave the Lebanese flag during a demonstration in down town Beirut on...
View ArticleWhat Does the Council of Europe Have Against People with Disabilities?
Click to expand Image The headquarters of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. © 2018 Human Rights Watch In what may seem like a contradiction, the Council of Europe—the continent’s leading human...
View ArticleUS: Electoral Process Needs Time
Click to expand Image Municipal workers extract Luzerne County ballots from their envelopes, Wednesday, November 4, 2020, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. © AP Photo/Mary Altaffer (New York) – The...
View ArticleOregon Decriminalizes Simple Possession of All Drugs
Click to expand Image Election workers empty ballots at the Multnomah County Elections Division in Portland, Oregon, November 3, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Paula Bronstein Oregon voters have made history...
View ArticleBullying, Violence Common in Schools Worldwide
Click to expand Image Since Lebanon opened classes for Syrian refugee students, the number of children in public schools has more than doubled. But teachers need training in positive discipline....
View ArticleDozens of Prisoners Released in Syria
Click to expand Image A checkpoint in the Syrian city of Daraa. © 2018 Friedemann Kohler/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images On November 4, local news outlets reported that the Syrian government had...
View ArticleBelarus: Expert Report Calls for International Inquiry into Torture
Click to expand Image A protester waves the former national Belarus' flag in Minsk, on June 7, 2020, during a collect of signatures in support of alternative candidates ahead of Belarus presidential...
View ArticleSeveral US States Advanced Gender Equality on Election Day
Click to expand Image Boxes of vote-by-mail ballot envelopes are shown at the King County election headquarters in Renton, Washington, October 23, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Ted S. Warren With all eyes...
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