Sweden: Iran War Crimes Trial Opens
Click to expand Image A human rights exhibition on Iran during the international campaign to demand justice for the victims of the 1988 massacre, held near the French National Assembly in Paris,...
View ArticleVideo Captures Vicious Homophobic Attack in Cameroon
Click to expand Image Patricia and Shakiro, two transgender women who were convicted in May of "attempted homosexuality," record a video after their release to thank those who supported them in...
View ArticleCambodia: China’s ‘Belt and Road’ Dam is a Rights Disaster
(Bangkok) – A large-scale, Chinese-financed hydroelectric dam in northeastern Cambodia, completed in 2018, has undermined the lives and livelihoods of thousands of Indigenous and ethnic minority...
View ArticleMozambique Government Retakes Key Town from Militants
Click to expand Image Rwandan soldiers patrol the village of Mute, in Cabo Delgado province, Mozambique, on August 9, 2021. © 2021 Marc Hoogsteyns/AP Photos Mozambican and Rwandan government forces...
View ArticleIraq: Apparent Familial Feud Drives Illegal Evictions
Click to expand Image Government buses waiting to move families from one camp in Anbar governate to another during a previous wave of camp closures in December 2018. © 2018 Belkis Wille/Human Rights...
View ArticleNiger: Surging Atrocities by Armed Islamist Groups
Click to expand Image Villagers at a mass grave containing the remains of civilians killed during the March 21, 2021 attack by armed Islamist groups on villages in Tahoua region, Niger. More than 170...
View ArticlePalestinian Rockets in May Killed Civilians in Israel, Gaza
Click to expand Image Rockets launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israel on the evening of May 11, 2021. © 2021 Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via AP (Jerusalem) – Palestinian armed groups’ rocket and mortar...
View ArticlePoland Targets TV Channel, Limits Press Freedom and Pluralism
Click to expand Image A woman holds a sign with the words "Free media" in Warsaw, Poland on August 11, 2021. © 2021 STR/NurPhoto via AP Poland’s lower house unleashed a major threat to media pluralism...
View ArticleCongo Promotes Ex-Rebel Leader to Top Position
Click to expand Image Militiamen of the armed group URDPC/CODECO in the village of Wadda, Ituri Province, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo on September 19, 2020. © 2020 ALEXIS HUGUET/AFP via...
View ArticleAfghanistan: At-Risk Civilians Need Evacuation, Protection
Click to expand Image Afghans from northern provinces, who fled their homes due to fighting between the Taliban and Afghan security forces, take refuge in a public park in Kabul, Afghanistan, August...
View ArticleProtesters, Police Clash in Thailand Vaccine Protests
Click to expand Image An anti-government protester tries to control smoke from a teargas canister fired by riot police during a protest in Bangkok, Thailand, August 13, 2021. © 2021 AP...
View ArticleCovid-19 Surge in Myanmar’s Prisons
Click to expand Image Relatives wait in front of Insein prison for the release of people detained since the February 1 military coup, June 30, 2021. © 2021 Santosh Krl / SOPA Images/Sipa via AP Images...
View ArticleBangladesh: 86 Victims of Enforced Disappearance Still Missing
Click to expand Image © Private (Geneva) – United Nations human rights experts should lead an independent international investigation into enforced disappearances by security forces in Bangladesh,...
View ArticleUK: Police Scotland Reviews Sri Lankan Police Training
Click to expand Image Sri Lankan police officers patrol a Muslim neighborhood after the Easter Sunday bombings, Colombo, April 26, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo (London) – The Scottish government should...
View ArticleEthiopia: Ethnic Tigrayans Forcibly Disappeared
Click to expand Image Ethiopian Federal Police headquarters in Addis Ababa. © 2008 Vob08, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/, via Wikimedia Commons (Nairobi) – Ethiopian...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Taliban Rights Pledges Raise Concerns
Click to expand Image Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid attends the first press conference, in Kabul, held by the Islamic militant group since it seized power in Afghanistan, August 17, 2021. ©...
View ArticleUS Bans Toxic Pesticide on Food Crops
Click to expand Image Migrant Farmworkers from Central and South America load fresh-picked corn into trays at Southern Hill Farms on April 21, 2020, in Clermont, Florida. © 2020 Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP...
View ArticleAustralia: Prioritize Protection for Fleeing Afghans
Click to expand Image Two boys pass members of a Taliban Red Unit, an elite force, in Laghman province, Afghanistan, March 13, 2020. © 2020 Jim Huylebroek/The New York Times/Redux (Sydney) – The...
View ArticleIran: Government Mismanagement Compounds Covid-19 Crisis
Click to expand Image An Iranian man wearing a protective face mask looks on as people line-up to receive China's Sinopharm vaccine in central Tehran on July 19, 2021. © 2021 Morteza...
View ArticleEcuador Marks First Day Against Sexual Violence in Schools
Click to expand Image Judges at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights hear the case Paola Guzmán Albarracín’s mother brought against Ecuador in San José, Costa Rica on January 28, 2020. © 2020...
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