Afghanistan Facing Famine
Click to expand Image Afghans attempting to withdraw money from a bank in Kabul, Afghanistan, where lost income and cash shortages are worsening severe food insecurity, September 21, 2021. © 2021...
View ArticleGreece: Life-Saving on Trial
Click to expand Image Sean Binder and Sarah Mardini, search-and-rescue volunteers who helped migrants and asylum seekers at sea, were detained and face trial in Greece on unfounded charges. © Private,...
View ArticleHong Kong: Harsh Sentence for Shouting Slogans
Click to expand Image Hong Kong activist Ma Chun-man attends a vigil for Marco Leung Ling-kit, a protester who fell to his death during a demonstration outside the Pacific Place mall, Hong Kong, June...
View ArticleStuck in Limbo Between Poland and Belarus
Click to expand Image People continue to wait at the Polish-Belarusian border in Belarus, November 10, 2021. © 2021 Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images “Die here or go to Poland.”This was the...
View ArticleThailand: Cambodian Refugees Forcibly Returned
Click to expand Image Cambodian political opposition activist Veourn Veasna. © Private (Bangkok) – Thai immigration officials forcibly returned two Cambodian refugees on November 9, putting them at...
View ArticleRussian Authorities Move to Shut Down a Human Rights Giant
Click to expand Image On the night before the infamous “foreign agents” law came into force back in 2012, unknown individuals sprayed graffiti reading, “Foreign Agent! ♥ USA” on the buildings hosting...
View ArticleUkraine War Crimes Arrest a Step Toward Justice
On November 9 Ukrainian authorities arrested Denis Kulikovsky, a senior-level member of the Russia-backed armed group “DNR”. Between 2015 and 2018, Kulikovsky oversaw the “Izoliatsiia” detention center...
View ArticleEl Salvador: Shelve ‘Foreign Agents’ Bill
Click to expand Image El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele delivers his annual address to the nation before Congress, in San Salvador, El Salvador, Tuesday, June 1. © 2021 AP Photo/Salvador Melendez...
View ArticleNepal: Protect Judicial Independence and Integrity
Click to expand Image Police stand outside the Supreme Court of Nepal on February 23, 2021, following its ruling to reinstate the dissolved House of Representatives. © 2021 / Narayan...
View ArticleIn India, Speaking Out on Abuses Carries a High Price
Click to expand Image A student wearing a face mask stands next to a display of placards at a women-led protest against a new citizenship law in Bangalore, India, March 8, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Aijaz...
View ArticleChina: Olympics Sponsors in Spotlight as Games Loom
Click to expand Image Skaters compete in a test event for the 2022 Winter Olympics at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, October 21, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein (New York) – The...
View ArticleAU: Uphold African Human Rights Standards
Click to expand Image The African Union logo outside the AU headquarters building in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. © 2021 REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri (Dakar) – African Union member states should urgently tackle...
View ArticleEgypt: Rampant Abuses Make for Poor Climate Host
Click to expand Image Egyptian special riot police taking their places an hour before the start of the ''Pharaohs' Golden Parade'' on April 3, 2021, Cairo, Egypt. © 2021 Vassilis A....
View ArticleEgypt: US Advocate’s Father Held Incommunicado
Click to expand Image Salah Soltan © Private 2021 (Beirut) – Egyptian authorities have held Salah Soltan in incommunicado detention since June 2020, in conditions that amount to enforced disappearance...
View ArticleAfrican Leaders Meet in Niger to Support Girls’ Rights
Click to expand Image A 17-year-old girl from western Kenya who dropped out of lower secondary school when she got pregnant. She received no information that would have allowed her to continue going...
View ArticleBiden Needs to do More Than Raise Rights Issues at Xi Summit
Click to expand Image This combination image shows US President Joe Biden in Washington on November 6, 2021, and China's President Xi Jinping in Brasília, Brazil on November 13, 2019. © 2021 AP...
View ArticleCambodia: Political Prisoner Releases Just a Start
Click to expand Image Mother Nature activist Thun Ratha is reunited with his wife and child after being released from prison in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, November 12, 2021. © 2021 LICADHO (Bangkok) – The...
View ArticleBangladesh: Protests Erupt Over Rape Verdict
Click to expand Image Students and activists take part in a torch procession demanding for the government to take action against murder and rape in Bangladesh. © Photo by Zabed Hasnain Chowdhury /...
View ArticleSingapore Death Row Inmate Saved by Covid-19 – For Now
Click to expand Image Activists attend a candlelight vigil against the impending execution of Nagaenthran Dharmalingam outside the Singaporean embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, November 8, 2021. ©...
View ArticleNew Olympic Framework Backs Inclusion
Click to expand Image Annet Negesa, a Ugandan runner, holds a photo of herself racing in the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, South Korea. Negesa was targeted under sex testing regulations and...
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