Attempt to Greenwash Bolsonaro’s Environmental Record Backfires at OECD
Click to expand Image © 2020 Agencia Estado via AP Images On January 27, Human Rights Watch sent a letter to members of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) detailing the...
View ArticleNepal Plans to Limit Women’s Travel for Work, Again
Click to expand Image A Nepalese woman holds a placard against a proposed rule which restricts foreign travel for women under 40 years during a protest outside the Department of Immigration in...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia Drops Death Sentence Against Child Protestors
Click to expand Image Ali al-Nimr was one of at least three Saudi men on death row for protest-related crimes committed when they were children. © 2011 Eshaparvathi/Creative Commons Saudi Arabia has...
View ArticleRussia Cracks Down on Planned Valentine's Day Protest
Click to expand Image Law enforcement officers block access to Red Square in central Moscow, Russia, ahead of a rally protesting a court decision to imprison Russian opposition activist Alexey...
View ArticleAustralia Should Stop Blocking International Justice in Israel and Palestine
Click to expand Image The International Criminal Court (ICC) is seen in The Hague, Netherlands, November 7, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File The International Criminal Court (ICC) last week...
View ArticleDuterte Should Leave Alone Philippines TV Network
Click to expand Image Employees light candles outside the headquarters of broadcast network ABS-CBN corp. on May 5, 2020, after the network was ordered to halt operations after its congressional...
View ArticleSwitzerland: Liberian War Crimes Trial Resumes
Click to expand Image Switzerland's national flag flies over the entrance of the Swiss Federal Criminal Court (Bundesstrafgericht) in Bellinzona, Switzerland March 5, 2020. © REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann...
View ArticleUzbekistan: Blogger Held on Dubious Extortion Charge
Click to expand Image © YouTube/Otabek Sattoriy (Berlin) – An outspoken blogger from Uzbekistan faces up to 10 years in prison in a dubious extortion case brought by local authorities in the country’s...
View ArticleMyanmar: Scrap Sweeping Cybersecurity Bill
Click to expand Image State Administrative Council Chairman and Commander-in-Chief Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing makes a televised statement in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, February 11, 2021. © 2021 Tatmadaw...
View ArticleInternational Criminal Court Prosecutor Elected
Click to expand Image Seventeenth session of the International Criminal Court's Assembly of States Parties in The Hague, Netherlands, December 2018. © 2018 Syd Boyd/Coalition for the International...
View ArticleUS to Permit Some Asylum Seekers to Return from Mexico
Click to expand Image Clothing hangs to dry at a makeshift migrant camp for asylum seekers in Matamoros, Tamaulipas state, Mexico, on March 1, 2020. © 2020 Alejandro Cegarra/Bloomberg/Getty Images...
View ArticleSaudi Women’s Rights Defenders Released, But Not Free
Prominent Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul was released from prison earlier this week after spending 1,001 days in detention, a testament to the tireless campaign of her family and...
View ArticleAnti-Asian Violence in US Demands Response
Click to expand Image Decorative lanterns hang above Mott street in Manhattan's Chinatown district before the start of the Chinese Lunar New Year, New York, NY, February 9, 2021. © 2021 Photo by...
View ArticleSahel: End Abuses in Counterterrorism Operations
Click to expand Image A soldier stands guard in front of the G5-Sahel Counter Terrorism Force headquarters in Mali, May, 30, 2018. © 2018 AP Photo/Baba Ahmed (Bamako) – Heads of state gathering in...
View ArticleMyanmar: Arrests Mount as Protests Expand
Click to expand Image Protesters raise three-finger salutes from inside a police vehicle after a being detained during an anti-coup protest in Mandalay, Myanmar, February 9, 2021. © 2021 Kaung Zaw...
View ArticleThe Right That Vanished from Algeria’s Constitution
Click to expand Image Yacine Mebarki, who is serving a one-year prison term after an appeals court upheld in November 2020 the charge of "denigrating" Islam, among others. © Private It is sadly...
View ArticleMexico: Include Protections for Women With Disabilities
Click to expand Image Women with disabilities demonstrating on March 8, 2020 against violence against women. © 2020 Mexicanas con Discapacidad (Mexico City) – Mexico’s senate should ensure protection...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: Further Textbook Reforms Needed
Click to expand Image Then-Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends a graduation ceremony at King Faisal Air College in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, January 25, 2017. © 2017 Reuters (Beirut) – Saudi...
View ArticleChina: Tibetan Tour Guide Dies from Prison Injuries
Click to expand Image Khunsok Jinpa © Private (New York) – Chinese authorities should account for the death of a Tibetan tour guide serving a 21-year sentence for reporting protests in his native...
View ArticleUS States Take Aim at Protesters’ Rights
Click to expand Image People bow their heads during a rally to protest the death of George Floyd, June 3, 2020, in Stillwater, Oklahoma. © 2020 AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki Peaceful protests are protected by...
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