France Should End Abusive Policies Toward Migrants
Click to expand Image Police officers patrol near a migrant camp in Calais, northern France, October 14, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Christophe Ena Three weeks after French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin...
View ArticleVenezuela: ICC Investigation Opens
Click to expand Image Permanent premises of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, the Netherlands. © 2018 Marina Riera/Human Rights Watch (Washington, DC) – The decision of the International...
View ArticleUN Should Create New Yemen War-Crimes Investigation
Click to expand Image Yemeni men inspect a destroyed house that was allegedly targeted by Saudi-led air strikes in Sanaa, Yemen, March 8, 2018. © 2018 Hani Al-Ansi/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images Last...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Taliban Blocking Female Aid Workers
Click to expand Image Men wait in a line to receive cash at a money distribution organized by the World Food Program in Kabul, Afghanistan, November 3, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Bram Janssen (New York) –...
View ArticleInternational Investigation Needed into Abuses in Ethiopia
Click to expand Image Ethiopians wait for food distribution in a small town north of Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, May 7, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Ben Curtis © 2021 AP Photo/Ben...
View ArticleChina: Release Gravely Ill Activist
Click to expand Image Zhang Zhan, an activist who criticized the Chinese government's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and is being held in a Shanghai prison. © Private/Twitter (New York) – Chinese...
View ArticleFrom Schools to Motels, Nowhere is Safe from Spy Cams in South Korea
Click to expand Image South Korean women protest against non-consensual filming and sharing of intimate images on August 4, 2018 in Seoul, South Korea. © 2018 Jean Chung/Getty Images Last week,...
View ArticleSingapore: Halt Execution of Man with Intellectual Disability
Click to expand Image An activist in Kuala Lumpur holds a placard in protest of the impending execution in Singapore of Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, sentenced for importing diamorphine into Singapore,...
View ArticleEgypt: Emergency Provisions Made Permanent
Click to expand Image Members of the Egyptian police special forces stand guard on Cairo's landmark Tahrir Square on January 25, 2016. © 2016 Mohamed el-Shahed via Getty Images (Beirut, November 5,...
View ArticlePeople with Disabilities Needed in Global Efforts to Combat Climate Change
Click to expand Image Exterior of the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, with a banner reading: "Welcome to the UN Climate Change Conference UK 2021." © 2021 Human Rights Watch “Disabled people...
View ArticleYoung Activists Denounce Climate Plans as 'Betrayal'
Click to expand Image Climate activist Greta Thunberg, center, demonstrates with others in front of the Standard and Chartered Bank during a climate protest in London, England, October 29, 2021, ahead...
View ArticleVietnam: US Should Urge Release of Dissidents
Click to expand Image US Vice President Kamala Harris, second left, attends a bilateral meeting with Vietnam's Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam, August 25,...
View ArticleEthiopia: International Action Needed to Prevent Atrocities
Click to expand Image Members of the House of People's Representatives attend a session to approve the state of emergency declared by the prime minister, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on November 4, 2021....
View ArticleSudan: Immediately Free Detainees; Halt Arrests
Click to expand Image Sudanese security forces deployed during a protest in Khartoum, Sudan on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Marwan Ali (Nairobi) – Sudanese security authorities should...
View ArticleEthiopia: Blocking Tigray Aid Harms Rape Survivors
The Ethiopian government’s blocking of aid with health facilities in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region destroyed is preventing sexual violence survivors from getting post-rape care. The government’s...
View ArticleIran: Population Law Violates Women’s Rights
Click to expand Image Iranian women walk down a street in the capital Tehran on February 7, 2018. © 2018 ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images (Beirut) – Iran’s new population law further violates women’s...
View ArticleEU: Artificial Intelligence Regulation Threatens Social Safety Net
Click to expand Image European Commissioner for Europe fit for the Digital Age Margrethe Vestager, left, and European Commissioner in charge of internal market Thierry Breton participate in a media...
View ArticlePapua New Guinea: Address Abuses Raised at UN Review
Click to expand Image Screenshot of Elias Wohengu, Acting Foreign Affairs and International Trade Secretary of Papua New Guinea, presenting during the Papua New Guinea Universal Periodic Review on...
View ArticleLandmines: US Should Support Global Ban
Click to expand Image Clearance operator from the Halo Trust clearing a steep, rocky hillside in Afghanistan. © 2004 Brian Liu/Toolbox DC The annual Landmine Monitor 2021 report recorded at least...
View ArticleLeaders Meet in Paris to Support Libya Elections
Click to expand Image People carry a Libyan flag at Martyr square during a march commemorating the anniversary of protests in Tripoli, Libya, February 25, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File...
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