Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh at Risk During Monsoon
Click to expand Image Rohingya refugees repair a shelter damaged following heavy rains at the refugee camp in Kutupalong, Bangladesh on July 28, 2021. © 2021 Shafiqur Rahman/AP Images Heavy rains over...
View ArticleStill No Justice for Zimbabwe’s 2018 Post-Election Violence
Click to expand Image Zimbabween soldiers stand guard as citizens run through the Harare's streets, on August 1, 2018. © 2018 ALEX MCBRIDE/AFP/Getty Images After Zimbabwe’s August 2018 presidential...
View ArticleIntimidation, Threats Against Congolese Whistleblower
Click to expand Image Congolese whistleblower Jean-Jacques Lumumba near Paris, France, October 2019. © 2019 Thomas Samson/AFP/Getty Images Last week, Jean-Jacques Lumumba, former banker and well-known...
View ArticleBelarus Athlete’s Plight Spotlights Olympic Failure
Click to expand Image Krystina Timanovskaya, of Belarus, runs in the women's 100-meter run at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 30, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Martin Meissner On Sunday, Belarusian...
View ArticleCroatia/EU: Strengthen Border Monitoring System
Click to expand Image European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, October 28, 2015. © 2015 Reuters (Brussels) – Croatia’s recently announced border...
View ArticleLebanon: Evidence Implicates Officials in Beirut Blast
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View ArticleKyrgyzstan: “False Information” Law Threatens Free Speech
Click to expand Image Kyrgyzstan's Prime Minister Sadyr Japarov delivers a speech during a session of parliament in Bishkek, October 16, 2020. © 2020 REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov (Bishkek) – Kyrgyzstan’s...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Advancing Taliban Execute Detainees
Click to expand Image Supporters of the Taliban carry their signature white flags after the Taliban said they seized the Afghan border town of Spin Boldaka on July 14, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Tariq...
View ArticleIndonesia Army Chief to Terminate Unscientific ‘Virginity Test’
Click to expand Image Female national army officers and police officers escort hundreds of women who packed the area in front of the State Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia on March 8, 2020, in...
View ArticleIndian Girl’s Alleged Rape and Murder Sparks Protests
Click to expand Image Activists hold a candlelight march protesting the alleged rape and murder of a 9-year-old Dalit girl in New Delhi, India on August 4, 2021. © 2021 Pankaj Nangia/Anadolu Agency...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Justice System Failing Women
Click to expand Image A mural calling for an end to violence against women in Kabul, Afghanistan. © 2017 ArtLords (New York) – The Afghan government’s failure to provide accountability for violence...
View ArticleUzbekistan: Forced Anal Testing in Homosexuality Prosecutions
Click to expand Image Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev speaking in Qingdao, China on June 9, 2018. © 2018 AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko (Washington, D.C.)—Authorities in Uzbekistan have...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: African Union Disappoints on Justice
Click to expand Image Civilians fleeing Kajo Keji county, toward the southern border with Uganda, April 27, 2017. © 2017 Jason Patinkin (Nairobi) – The African Union Commission’s failure to advance...
View ArticleRussia Expands Onslaught on Critics
Click to expand Image A smart phone user reads MBKh Media news site, one of three news outlets whose websites were blocked on August 4, 2021. © 2021 Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Images With Russia’s...
View ArticleNew EU Sanctions on Nicaraguan Officials Amid Escalating Crisis
Click to expand Image Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, lead a rally in Managua, Nicaragua on September 5, 2018. © 2018 Alfredo Zuniga/AP Images On...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Police Abuses Surge Amid Covid-19 Pandemic
Click to expand Image Family members of inmates gathered at Mahara prison near Colombo, Sri Lanka, demanding to see their imprisoned relatives after eight inmates died during unrest, November 20,...
View ArticleMozambique: Civilians Prevented from Fleeing Fighting
A man carries a mattress as he arrives at Paquitequete beach in Pemba, Mozambique after fleeing Palma by boat with 49 other people, on May 22, 2021. © 2021 JOHN WESSELS/AFP via Getty Images. The...
View ArticleEnsure Justice for Zimbabwe’s Child Brides
The heart-wrenching case of a 14-year-old girl who died during childbirth at an Apostolic church in Marange, in Zimbabwe’s Manicaland province, has sent shockwaves across the country. According to...
View ArticleA Year of Dismantling Civil Society in Belarus
Click to expand Image A woman wearing white stands in front of riot police during a Belarusian opposition rally protesting the official presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus, September 13,...
View ArticleHuman Rights Watch Mourns Death of Sergei Kovalev
Sergei Kovalev, a prominent Soviet dissident and Russia’s first human rights ombudsman, died on August 9, 2021, at the age of 91. A talented biophysicist, Kovalev paid a high price for his strong stand...
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