Spain: Missed Opportunity on Gender Recognition
Click to expand Image The president of the Trans Platform Federation, Mar Cambrollé seen during a rally to pass the so-called 'Trans Law' in the Congress of Deputies in Madrid. © 2021 Oscar Fuentes /...
View ArticleEuropean Parliament Freezes Trade Deal with China
Click to expand Image European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Council President Charles Michel, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese...
View ArticleAbandoned Corpses in Rural India Indicate Surge in Covid-19 Deaths
Click to expand Image Policemen stand next to the bodies buried in shallow graves on the banks of Ganges river in Prayagraj, India, May 15, 2021. © Kumar Singh/AP Photo Hundreds of corpses, many...
View ArticleGaza Hostilities Underscore ICC’s Role
Click to expand Image The International Criminal Court at The Hague. © 2018 HRW Israeli forces have launched relentless airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, while Hamas and Palestinian armed groups in Gaza...
View ArticleBangladesh: Arrest of Journalist Investigating Corruption
Click to expand Image A protester holds a placard reading "Free Rozina Islam " during a demonstration at the National Press Club in Dhaka on May 19, 2021. © 2021 Md Manik/SOPA Images/Sipa USA (New...
View ArticleCanada Bans Use of Toxic Pesticide
Click to expand Image Temporary workers plant strawberries on a farm in Mirabel, Quebec, Wednesday, May 6, 2020. © 2020 Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP Last week, the Canadian government...
View ArticleUkraine: International Crimes Bill Adopted
Click to expand Image Lawmakers attend a parliament session in Kiev, Ukraine December 21, 2017. © 2017 Reuters (Kyiv, May 21, 2021) A bill adopted by Ukraine’s parliament on May 20, 2021, could help...
View ArticleICC: First Major Hearings on Darfur Crimes
Click to expand Image Displaced people living in Ardamata camp in El Geneina, capital of West Darfur, welcoming the start of proceedings in the case against “Janjaweed” militia leader Ali Kosheib at...
View ArticleUS: Failed Justice 100 Years After Tulsa Race Massacre
(Washington, DC, May 21, 2021) – The failure by city and state authorities in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to provide comprehensive reparations has compounded the harms of the May 31, 1921, Tulsa race massacre on...
View ArticleIndonesia: Suspend, Revise New Internet Regulation
Click to expand Image Minister of Communication and Information Johnny G. Plate speaks at the commemoration of the 2020 National Press Day in Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan, Indonesia, February 8, 2020....
View ArticleA Gold Medal for Homophobia in Japan
Click to expand Image LGBT rights activists outside the ruling Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo, Japan on July 27, 2018. © 2018 Iori Sagisawa/Kyodo News via AP Lesbian, gay, bisexual...
View ArticleNew Philippines Police Chief Signals Change
Click to expand Image Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar at the turnover of command for the Philippine National Police, Metro Manila, Philippines, on January 5, 2020. © 2020 Herman R. Lumanog/Pacific...
View ArticlePressure Grows to End US Border Expulsions
Click to expand Image An asylum seeker from Haiti waits at a makeshift encampment at the border port of entry leading to the United States on March 17, 2021 in Tijuana, Mexico. © 2021 Gregory Bull/AP...
View ArticleApril 2015 – June 2020: A Chronology of Repression of Media and Civil Society...
Click to expand Image Burundian riot police chase away protesters after blocking the roads in Musaga, on the ourskirts of Bujumbura, on April 27, 2015. Police and opposition activists clashed on the...
View ArticleHissène Habré’s Victims Continue Fight for Reparations
Click to expand Image Victims of former Chad dictator Hissène Habré, their lawyers, and supporters demonstrate for reparations, N'Djamena, Chad, February 2020. © 2020 Tchad Infos Five years ago, on...
View ArticleUganda: Covid-19 Pandemic Fueling Child Labor
The unprecedented economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic is pushing children into exploitative and dangerous child labor. Many children feel they have no choice but to work to help their families...
View ArticleBurundi: Entrenched Repression of Civil Society, Media
Click to expand Image Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye at his inauguration on June 18, 2020. President Ndayishimiye took power two months early after the abrupt death of his predecessor,...
View ArticleGhana: Covid-19 Pandemic Fueling Child Labor
The unprecedented economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic is pushing children into exploitative and dangerous child labor. Many children feel they have no choice but to work to help their families...
View ArticleNepal: Covid-19 Pandemic Fueling Child Labor
The unprecedented economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic is pushing children into exploitative and dangerous child labor. Many children feel they have no choice but to work to help their families...
View ArticleCovid-19 Pandemic Fueling Child Labor
The unprecedented economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic is pushing children into exploitative and dangerous child labor. Many children feel they have no choice but to work to help their families...
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