China: Tibetan Monk Dies from Beating in Custody
Click to expand Image Police patrolling Wonpo township, Kandze (Ch: Ganzi) prefecture, a Tibetan area within Sichuan province, in late 2019. © 2019 Private (New York) – Chinese authorities should...
View ArticleDenmark/Bahrain: Free Imprisoned Rights Defender
Click to expand Image Bahraini anti-government protesters raise signs with images of jailed human rights activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja Friday, April 6, 2012, in Jidhafs, Bahrain. © 2012 AP Photo/Hasan...
View ArticleRussia: Crackdown Ahead of Pro-Navalny Protests
Click to expand Image Police officers detaining Alexei Navalny's supporter at Vnukovo airport, Moscow, on January 17, 2021. © 2021 Emin Dzhafarov/Kommersant/Sipa via AP Images (Moscow) – Russian...
View ArticleVietnam: Crackdown Ahead of Party Congress
Click to expand Image Photo released by the Vietnam News Agency on January 5, 2021 shows Vietnamese bloggers Pham Chi Dung (right), Nguyen Tuong Thuy (front left), and Le Huu Minh Tuan (back left)...
View ArticleUkraine Police Break up Peaceful Protest Against Far-Right Violence
Click to expand Image Police detain protesters at a protest against impunity for far-right violence, Kyiv, Ukraine, January 19, 2021. © 2021 Центр прав людини ZMINA. Ukrainian activists gather every...
View ArticleWhere’s the Accountability for the Beirut Blast?
Click to expand Image Aftermath of the explosion in Beirut’s port that devastated the city, killing more than 200 people, injuring more than 6,000, and leaving 300,000 people without shelter. © 2020...
View ArticleSri Lanka Seeks Diversion, Not Justice, Over Wartime Abuses
Click to expand Image Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, center, sings the national anthem during an event to mark the anniversary of country's independence from British colonial rule in...
View ArticleDeadly Darfur Attack Just Days After Last Peacekeepers Leave
Click to expand Image United Nations Mission in Darfur peacekeepers stand guard in Shagra village, North Darfur, October 18, 2012. © 2012 Reuters The mid-January attacks on civilians in west Darfur...
View ArticleHow to Help US Families Hit Hardest by Covid-19
Click to expand Image A restaurant employee with her son leaves with her paycheck, in Brooklyn, New York, March 19, 2020. The restaurant company, which has closed its four locations due to the...
View ArticleRussian Activist Spends Two Years Under House Arrest
January 23 marks two years of house arrest for Russian activist Anastasiya Shevchenko. Police raided her apartment in Rostov-on-Don on January 21, 2019, before a court placed her under house arrest two...
View ArticleHonduras: Attack on Reproductive Rights, Marriage Equality
Click to expand Image Women participate in a march in Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras, for International Women’s Day on March 8, 2019. Some wear green handkerchiefs, a symbol of the abortion...
View ArticleCentral African Republic: First Seleka Suspect in ICC Custody
Click to expand Image Permanent premises of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, the Netherlands. © 2018 Marina Riera/Human Rights Watch The surrender by Central African Republic authorities...
View ArticleCovid-19 School Closures, Inaction Fuel Children’s Loss of Education
Click to expand Image A chalkboard with text and formulas in a secondary school classroom in the city of Mwanza, Tanzania. © 2016 Elin Martinez/Human Rights Watch “I feel like the earth has just...
View ArticleRussia: Police Detain Thousands in Pro-Navalny Protests
Click to expand Image Police officers clash with people during a protest against the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. © AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin...
View ArticleThailand Should Fully Decriminalize All Abortion
Click to expand Image Protesters led by the Woman Help Woman group, the Free Feminist and other women's rights groups march to Parliament to protest Thailand's abortion law, Bangkok, December 23, 2020...
View ArticleMalaysia: Government Steps Up Attacks on LGBT People
Click to expand Image Transgender people face discrimination and abuse from state officials and agents, including from public sector health workers, teachers, and local government administrators. ©...
View ArticleAfrican Union: No Reparations for Ex-Chad President’s Victims
Click to expand Image Supporters of Habre's victims, Dakar, 2015. © 2015 Reed Brody/HRW (Addis Ababa) – The African Union has yet to set up a Trust Fund to compensate victims of the former Chadian...
View ArticleUS: Protect Tenants’ Right to Adequate Housing
Click to expand Image Tenants’ rights advocates demonstrate in front of the Edward W. Brook Courthouse in Boston, Massachusetts, January 13, 2021. © 2021 Michael Dwyer/AP Photo (Washington) – Federal...
View ArticleJapan: Introduce LGBT Equality Act Before Olympics
Click to expand Image LGBT Rainbow Flag © 2008 Ludovic Berton (Wikimedia Commons) (Tokyo) – Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga of Japan should commit to introducing a law to protect against discrimination...
View ArticleAn Innovative Approach to Justice for New York Police Violence
Click to expand Image New York City police detain a legal observer during a peaceful protest in Mott Haven on June 4, 2020. © 2020 C.S. Muncy The Bronx Defenders, a public legal defense organization...
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