Crossing Another Rubicon in Russia
Russian authorities have been on a rampage of repression in recent months, imprisoning a top political opposition figure, arresting record numbers of protesters, and sustaining a month of heightened...
View ArticleMyanmar: End Threats Against Rights Group
Click to expand Image Anti-coup protesters hold a banner that reads "What are these? We are Yangon residents!" as they march during a demonstration in Yangon, Myanmar on Tuesday April 27, 2021. © 2021...
View ArticleCivilians Harmed in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan Border Clashes
Click to expand Image Cars damaged during a firefight on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border are seen near the settlement of Koi-Tash, Batken region, Kyrgyzstan, April 30, 2021. © 2021 Elaman Karymshakov/Sputnik...
View ArticleWhat Press Freedom Looks Like in Rwanda
Click to expand Image Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame speaks during the state funeral of Kenya’s former president, Daniel arap Moi, at Nyayo Stadium in Nairobi, Kenya, February 11, 2020. © 2020 John...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Proposed Legal Changes Threaten Political Dissent
Click to expand Image Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Zhaparov holds presidential standard during his inauguration ceremony in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. January 28, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Vladimir Voronin, File...
View ArticleEU: Prioritize Rights at India Summit
Click to expand Image People suffering from breathing issues receive oxygen support at a gurdwara, a place of assembly and worship for Sikhs, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease, in Delhi,...
View ArticleUN: Stand with Bangladeshi Journalists on Press Freedom Day
Click to expand Image Journalists work in front of a Covid-19 hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh on April 20, 2021. © 2021 Syed Mahamudur Rahman/NurPhoto via AP (New York) – The Bangladesh government’s...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: Reveal Status of Saudi-Australian
(Beirut) – Saudi officials should immediately make public the whereabouts and condition of a Saudi-Australian man forcibly returned to Saudi Arabia in March 2021, Human Rights Watch said today. No...
View ArticleLebanon: Allow Syrian Refugee Students to Take Exams
Click to expand Image A text message from a school in the Bekaa Valley instructing students that they must present proof of residency, a Syrian civil extract certified by the Lebanese Ministry of...
View ArticleSri Lanka Face Covering Ban Latest Blow for Muslim Women
Click to expand Image A Sri Lankan Muslim woman walks in a street in Colombo, Sri Lanka, March 13, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File Muslims in Sri Lanka already faced a growing list of...
View ArticleIndia’s Leaders Obsessed with Criticism, Not Medical Shortages
Click to expand Image People wait to get tested for Covid-19 in Hyderabad, India, April 25, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A. Indian groups trying to locate assistance for Covid-19 patients are...
View ArticleVietnam: Free Democracy Activist Mother, Sons
Click to expand Image Trịnh Ba Tu and Can Thi Theu © 2018 Private (New York) – The Vietnamese authorities should immediately release the democracy campaigner Can Thi Theu and her two sons and drop...
View ArticleCambodia: End Food Insecurity, Abuses During Lockdown
Click to expand Image Military Police patrol the 'Red Zone' to ensure people abide by the lockdown measures. © 2021 Andy Ball / SOPA Images/Sipa USA (Bangkok) – The Cambodian government should...
View ArticleUN Security Council: Adopt Global Arms Embargo on Myanmar
Click to expand Image A police officer stands in front of anti-coup protesters in Yangon, Myanmar, February 19, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo (New York) – The United Nations Security Council should...
View ArticleFrance: Police Expelling Migrant Children
Click to expand Image A member of the French border police checks identity documents in March 2021 at the Menton-Garavan station, the first French train station for those travelling between Genoa, in...
View ArticleAbuse of Cybercrime Measures Taints UN Talks
Click to expand Image U.N. headquarters Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019. © AP Photo/Jeenah Moon (New York) – A possible global treaty to address cybercrime risks legitimizing abusive practices and could be...
View ArticleNiger: New Government Should Investigate Massacres
Click to expand Image Niger's newly elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, gestures at his party headquarters after the announcement of his election in Niamey, Niger, on February 23, 2021. © 2021 Issouf...
View ArticleInterpol: UAE Official’s Candidacy Raises Human Rights Alarms
(Beirut) – The candidacy of a United Arab Emirates (UAE) Interior Ministry official for president of Interpol may jeopardize the global police organization’s commitment to its human rights obligations,...
View ArticleRussia: Withdraw New Batch of Oppressive Laws
Click to expand Image Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin addresses the State Duma, the lower house of Russia’s Parliament, in Moscow, Russia. July 22, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko...
View ArticleTime for Action to Protect Australia’s Older People
Click to expand Image A resident looks out from the window of the Florence Aged Care Facility amid the second wave of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Melbourne, Australia August 17, 2020. ©...
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