China: Baseless Imprisonments Surge in Xinjiang
Click to expand Image A perimeter fence around what is officially known as a” vocational skills education center” in Dabancheng in China's Xinjiang region, September 2018. © 2018 Reuters/Thomas Peter...
View ArticleMalaysia: Investigate Return of 1,086 Myanmar Nationals
Click to expand Image Image taken from a video of an immigration truck with security guards and unidentified people on the road to Lumut Naval Base on Tuesday, February 23, 2021 in Lumut, Malaysia. ©...
View ArticleCanada Should Match US Climate Ambitions
Click to expand Image Weenusk First Nation member, Mike Wabano, sets up camp for caribou hunting on a frozen river near Peawanuck, December 14, 2019. As a result of warming temperatures, ice and snow...
View ArticleHong Kong Repression’s True Cost
Click to expand Image A protester is tackled by riot police during a demonstration outside the Legislative Council in Hong Kong, June 12, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo/Kin Cheung The Hong Kong government’s...
View ArticleDozens Killed in Prison Uprisings in Ecuador
Click to expand Image Tear gas rises from parts of Turi jail where an inmate riot broke out in Cuenca, Ecuador, February 23, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Marcelo Suquilanda Riots that broke out in four large...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: Proposed Reforms Neglect Basic Rights
Click to expand Image The face of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman appears on a large billboard on West Cromwell Road, on March 7, 2018, in London, England. "He is bringing change to Saudi...
View ArticleLibya: 10th Anniversary of Referral to ICC
Click to expand Image Permanent premises of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, the Netherlands. © 2018 Marina Riera/Human Rights Watch (Beirut) – Justice remains elusive and impunity...
View ArticleDemand for Action as Poland Tramples Women’s Rights
Click to expand Image Protestors prepare to take part in a car demonstration organized by Women's Strike against imposing further restrictions on abortion law in Poland. Krakow, Poland on October...
View ArticleNiger’s Fragile Democracy at Risk After Election
This was meant to be Niger’s first peaceful and democratic transfer of power since independence in 1960. But contested results and disruptions to internet access now threaten this process.Local media...
View ArticlePhilippines Admits Police Role in ‘Drug War’ Killings
Click to expand Image Still image captured from video of Philippine Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra disclosing initial findings of a departmental review into the deaths of drug suspects during...
View ArticleJapan: Take Action Against Myanmar Coup
Click to expand Image Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (left), Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (center), and Finance Minister Taro Aso (right) attend a Cabinet meeting in Tokyo on February...
View ArticleTime to Stay the Course in South Sudan
Click to expand Image Civilians fleeing Kajo Keji county, toward the southern border with Uganda, April 27, 2017. © 2017 Jason Patinkin Next month, the mandate of the Commission on Human Rights in...
View ArticleYemen’s Donors Need to Tackle Aid Shortfalls
Click to expand Image Demonstrators hold a banner that reads, "the depreciation of Yemen's rial currency threatens citizens' livelihood," in Taiz, Yemen, December 2018. © 2018 Taiz News Network...
View ArticleBrave Indonesian Women Discuss Freedom to Choose What to Wear
Click to expand Image Billboard in front of the gate of SMPN2 school in Solok showing the principal in a long hijab, smiling, with the words “Selamat Datang di SMPN 2 Kota Solok. Kawasan wajib...
View ArticleMalaysia’s Highest Court Strikes Down State Gay Sex Ban
Click to expand Image LGBT Rainbow Flag © 2008 Ludovic Berton (Wikimedia Commons) Malaysia’s Federal Court on February 25 ruled that a state law banning consensual same-sex conduct was...
View ArticleIran: Killings Near Pakistani Border
Click to expand Image People gather in front of the Razi Hospital in Saravan where those injured in the shooting of February 22, 2021 were believed to be taken. © 2021 Private (Beirut) – Iranian...
View ArticleAfrican Union Shouldn’t Endorse Eritrea for UN Rights Body
Click to expand Image Refugees who fled the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region, which involved Eritrean as well as Ethiopian forces, arrive on the banks of the Tekeze River on the Sudan-Ethiopia...
View ArticleCameroon: Survivors of Military Assault Await Justice
Click to expand Image The grave of 34-year-old Ojong Thomas Ebot killed by soldiers in the forest surrounding Ebam on March 1, 2020. © private, Ebam, South-West region, Cameroon, October 20 (Nairobi)...
View ArticleTalks Restart to Curb Explosive Weapons Use in Populated Areas
Click to expand Image Children in front of the Africa/Ayga hotel likely damaged by a direct fire weapon in Humera town, Tigray region, Ethiopia, on November 22, 2020. © 2020 Eduardo Soteras for Agence...
View ArticleBangladesh: Writer Dies After 9 Months in Custody
Click to expand Image Activists and students demonstrate against writer Mushtaq Ahmed’s death in police custody, Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 26, 2021. © 2021 Sipa via AP Images (New York) – Bangladesh...
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