Vietnam: Free Prominent Blogger
Click to expand Image Pham Doan Trang with two books that she co-authored, 2019. © Private (New York) – The Vietnamese authorities should drop all criminal charges against the prominent human rights...
View ArticleBahrain: Free Leading Opposition Activists
Click to expand Image Bahraini political opposition leaders, activists, bloggers, and human rights defenders imprisoned for their roles in the 2011 pro-democracy protests. © 2021 Bahrain Institute...
View ArticleVietnam: Free Land Rights Activists
Click to expand Image Photos of Nguyen Thi Tam (right) and Trinh Ba Phuong (left), wearing a shirt that says "Human Rights" and carrying a sign that reads, "[You] cannot rob human rights from us, the...
View ArticleKenya: Vaccine Requirements Violate Rights
Click to expand Image A nurse prepares a dose of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, March 5, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Ben Curtis (Nairobi) – Kenyan...
View ArticleIsrael: Abusive Policing in Lod During May Hostilities
Click to expand Image Israeli forces detain three Palestinians on May 13, 2021 during unrest in Lod, a mixed Jewish and Palestinian city in central Israel. © 2021 Associated Press (Jerusalem) –...
View ArticleUN to Release Much-Anticipated Rights Report on China
Click to expand Image UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, September 4, 2019. © 2019 Salvatore...
View ArticleUS: End Impunity for Civilian Casualties
Click to expand Image The Pentagon, Washington, DC, United States. © 2008 Flickr/David B. Gleason (Washington) – The US military’s decision to hold no one accountable for killing 10 civilians in an...
View ArticlePhilippines: ICC Should Continue ‘Drug War’ Investigation
Click to expand Image Protesters holding up caricature of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte march outside Malacanang palace in Manila, Philippines, June 30, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Aaron Favila (New...
View ArticleVietnam: Ex-Political Prisoner Faces New Charges
Click to expand Image Do Nam Trung holds a sign, which says "Request for Immediate Release of Nguyen Thuy Hanh." © Private (New York) – The Vietnamese authorities should immediately release the human...
View ArticleSudan: New Wave of Attacks in Darfur
Click to expand Image The aftermath of an attack on the village of Masteri in west Darfur, Sudan Saturday, July 25, 2020. © 2020 Mustafa Younes via AP (Nairobi, December 15, 2021) – A new wave of...
View ArticlePerformers Should Speak Up or Not Attend Saudi Music Festival
Click to expand Image Swedish DJ Alesso performs at the Ultra festival in Buenos Aires, Argentina, February 22, 2015. © 2015 AP/Natacha Pisarenko Global music superstars slated to perform at the...
View ArticleExperts Identify 100 Plus Firms to Make Covid-19 mRNA Vaccines
Click to expand Image Companies with sterile injectable pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities that have been certified for Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) by the European Medicines Agency and/or...
View ArticleChinese Authorities Double Down on Tibetan Reincarnations
Click to expand Image Graduates of a training course in official policy on the recognition of reincarnations in Ngamring County, Shigatse Municipality, Tibet Autonomous Region, September 2021. ©...
View ArticleMali: Security Suspects Allegedly Tortured
Click to expand Image © 2021 John Emerson/Human Rights Watch (Nairobi) – Mali government security agents allegedly tortured six men who were held incommunicado in unauthorized detention facilities in...
View ArticleUS Congress Misses Key Opportunity to Promote Rights
Click to expand Image The dome of the US Capitol seen through a glass ceiling in Washington, DC, April 29, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades Today, the US Congress passed the annual defense...
View ArticleMyanmar Atrocities Show Need for International Action
Click to expand Image A resident walks past smoldering houses following an alleged military attack on Kinma village, Pauk township, Magway Region, in central Myanmar, June 16, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo...
View ArticleNorth Korea: Abusive Rule 10 Years after Kim Jong Il
Click to expand Image Then North Korea leader Kim Jong Il, left, and his son and now leader, Kim Jong Un, attend a military parade marking the 65th anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea,...
View ArticleCameroon: Armed Separatists’ Attack on Education
Attacks by armed separatist groups on students, teachers, and schools in Cameroon’s Anglophone regions have had a devastating impact on children’s right to education. These criminal attacks don’t just...
View ArticleThailand: Transgender People Denied Equal Rights
Click to expand Image © 2021 John Holmes for Human Rights Watch (Bangkok) – Transgender people in Thailand have no route to legal recognition of their gender identity, making them vulnerable to...
View ArticleEthiopia: New Wave of Atrocities in Western Tigray
Click to expand Image Refugees who fled the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region arrive on the banks of the Tekeze River on the Sudan-Ethiopia border, in Hamdayet, eastern Sudan, November 21, 2020. ©...
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