Important Progress for People with Disabilities in Armenia
Click to expand Image A boy sits on a swing in the courtyard of an orphanage for children with disabilities, Yerevan, Armenia. © 2016 Alexei Golubev for Human Rights Watch On May 5, Armenia’s...
View ArticleBlogger Jailed for 6.5 Years on Dubious Charges in Uzbekistan
Click to expand Image © YouTube/Otabek Sattoriy An Uzbekistan court’s decision to jail Otabek Sattoriy, an independent blogger who has investigated alleged corruption by local authorities, is a...
View ArticleUN: Governments Should Urge Xinjiang Inquiry
Click to expand Image A Chinese police officer guards the road near a “reeducation” camp in Yining, Xinjiang, September 4, 2018. © 2018 Thomas Peter/Reuters (New York) – United Nations members should...
View ArticleEthiopia’s Axum Findings Ignore Massacre of Civilians
Click to expand Image Priest on his way to church in Axum, Tigray region, Ethiopia on January 25, 2011. © 2011 Matjaz Krivic via Getty Images This week Ethiopia’s attorney general’s office released...
View ArticleIndonesia: Drop Charges, Release Peaceful Papuan Activist
Click to expand Image Supporters of West Papua shout slogans during a rally in Jakarta, Indonesia on December 1, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim (Jakarta) – Indonesian authorities should drop...
View ArticleIn Cameroon Transgender Women Given Five-Years in Prison
Click to expand Image Njeuken Loic (known as “Shakiro”) and Mouthe Roland (known as “Patricia”), two transgender women, in a Douala prison. © Private, Douala, Cameroon, March 2021 On May 11, a...
View ArticleThailand: Covid-19 Outbreaks in Prisons
Click to expand Image In this photo released by the Department of Corrections, COVID-19 prisoners sit inside a field hospital set up at the Medical Correctional Institution to treat COVID-19 inmates...
View ArticlePregnant Girls and Young Mothers in Kenya Have the Right to Education
Click to expand Image Young mothers carry their children as they collect books at a secondary school in Kenya, January 8, 2021. © 2021 Monicah Mwangi/Reuters “I want to [talk] about female candidates...
View ArticleTurkmenistan: Threats Against Relatives of Dissidents Abroad
Click to expand Image Rozybai Jumamadov, whose 14-year-old nephew and family were harassed and threatened by authorities in Turkmenistan, May 2020. © 2020 Rozybai Jumamadov (Vienna) – Turkmen security...
View ArticleInternational Committee of the Red Cross Backs Killer Robot Ban
Click to expand Image An ambulance with a red cross and bullet holes is exhibited at the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva, Switzerland, November 2017. © 2017 Martial...
View ArticleSouth Africa’s 'Deadly Air' Case Highlights Health Risks from Coal
Click to expand Image Fence line communities near Duvha Power Station, Mpumalanga, South Africa. © Daylin Paul When you approach the town of Secunda in the coal-rich province of Mpumalanga in eastern...
View ArticlePandemic’s Dire Global Impact on Education
Click to expand Image Alison Quinotoa eyes her cell phone as she receives classes via the internet, at her home in La Josefina, Ecuador, in September 2020, due to her school being closed because of...
View ArticleAfghan Women, Girls Should Not Pay for Their Government’s Abuses
Click to expand Image Women and children walk along the Nadir Khan hilltop overlooking Kabul, Afghanistan, March 2017. © 2017 Rahmat Gul/AP Donor countries to Afghanistan say they want to keep...
View ArticleEgypt: Prisoner’s Family Detained for Torture Complaints
Click to expand Image From left to right: Abdelrahman al-Showeikh, Gamal al-Showeikh, Salsbeel al-Showeikh, and Hoda Abdel Hamid. © 2021 Private (Beirut) – Egyptian authorities should immediately and...
View ArticleEurope’s Worrying Surge of Antisemitism
Click to expand Image Police officers at the entrance to the New Synagogue in the state capital in Thuringia, Erfurt, Germany, on May 18, 2021. © 2021 Martin Schutt/picture-alliance/dpa via AP Images...
View ArticleSudan: Lethal Force Used Against Protesters
Click to expand Image Sudanese protesters gather to commemorate the two-year anniversary of a deadly crackdown by security forces outside the army headquarters in Khartoum, Sudan, on May 11, 2021. ©...
View ArticleMalaysia: Free Speech Under Increasing Threat
Click to expand Image A protester raises his fist during a demonstration in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on February 29, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Vincent Thian (Bangkok) – The Malaysian authorities are...
View ArticleBelarusian Authorities Move to Silence Leading Media Outlet
Click to expand Image Marina Zolotova, editor-in-chief of Tut.by independent news website, speaks to the media after the announcement of her sentence for illegally obtaining information from a...
View ArticleAuthorities in Kazakhstan Can’t Take a Joke
Click to expand Image Temirlan Ensebek talks to reporters outside a police station in Almaty, Kazakhstan on May 15, 2021. © 2021 RFE/RL Temirlan Ensebek, a 25-year-old from Almaty, Kazakhstan, is...
View ArticleUganda: Drop Charges Against Law Student
Click to expand Image Mike Muhima © 2020 Edgar Kazibwe. (Kampala) – Ugandan authorities should drop the abusive charges against a 24-year-old law student over a tweet, Human Rights Watch said today....
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