UN: Ban Abusive Bangladesh Unit from Peacekeeping
Click to expand Image Bangladeshi Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) stand on guard at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka, Bangladesh. © 2021 Piyas Biswas / SOPA Images/Sipa USA (Sipa via AP Images) (New...
View ArticlePakistan’s New Law Aims to Protect Women in Workplace
Click to expand Image Women's rights activists demonstrate to condemn violence against women in Lahore, Pakistan, July 24, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/K.M. Chaudhry Pakistan’s parliament has passed a bill...
View ArticleCongo’s Prison Rape Trial a Missed Opportunity
This week a court in Lubumbashi in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo found 10 male inmates guilty of rape, arson, and attempted escape during riots at Kasapa central prison in September 2020....
View ArticleDutch University Hit by Chinese Government Funding Scandal
Click to expand Image Main building of the Vrije Universiteit (Free University) Campus at Amstelveenseweg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. © 2016 Ger Bosma/Alamy Stock Photo The Vrije Universiteit (Free...
View ArticleNew Study Underscores Dangerous Levels of Chemical Pollution
Click to expand Image A 200-meter pile of plastic waste originating from household waste fills the river at Kali Busa, near Jakarta, Indonesia, September 2, 2021. © 2021 Kuncoro Widyo Rumpoko/Medialys...
View ArticleChechen Police Abduct a Woman in Retaliation Against Her Sons
Click to expand Image Zarema Mussaeva. © 2021 Private As all eyes are focused on growing tensions between the Kremlin and NATO, Chechen authorities seem emboldened to be unrestrained in their use of...
View ArticlePrioritize Rights, Justice in Southern Thailand Peace Efforts
Click to expand Image A soldier checks vehicles at a checkpoint in downtown Narathiwat, Thailand, June 29, 2015. © 2015 Thierry Falise/LightRocket via Getty Images The Thai government returned to the...
View ArticleUN Reviews Venezuela’s Poor Human Rights Record
Click to expand Image Delegates sit at the opening of the 41th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 24, 2019. © 2019...
View ArticleBurundi: Account for Dead in Gitega Prison Fire
Click to expand Image A fire broke out in a severely overcrowded prison in Gitega, Burundi’s political capital, early on December 7, 2021. © 2021 Private (Nairobi) – Burundian authorities should...
View ArticleGuatemala: Anti-Trans Bill Threatens Rights
Click to expand Image Legislators attend a session of Congress in Guatemala City, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. ©AP Photo/Moises Castillo (New York) – A group of lawmakers in Guatemala has advanced a bill...
View ArticleAfghan Women’s Rights Activists Forcibly Disappeared
Click to expand Image Afghan women activists gathered to protest against Taliban restrictions in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 19, 2021 © 2021 Haroon Sabawoon/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images The...
View ArticleA Gold Medal for Censorship in China
Click to expand Image © 2021 Badiucao In the video, a skier is preparing for her big race at the Winter Olympics in China. She puts on her boots, her gloves, her helmet, and her googles. Then she...
View ArticleCampaign Targeting Immigration Detention in Canada Builds Momentum
Click to expand Image © Brian Stauffer for Human Rights Watch Since Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International launched the joint #WelcomeToCanada campaign in October 2021 calling on Canada to stop...
View ArticleEU, Egypt Bid to Lead Global Counterterrorism Body an Affront to Rights
Click to expand Image An Egyptian intelligence security detail member stands guard near a banner showing President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. © 2021 Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images The European Union (EU)...
View ArticleMyanmar: Urgent Action Needed to Block Foreign Revenue
Click to expand Image A natural gas and oil pipeline of the Yadana project in Myanmar. © Getty Images (New York) – Myanmar’s military will continue to collect massive revenues from natural gas and...
View ArticleChile’s New President-Elect Sets out a Feminist Government
Click to expand Image Chilean President-elect Gabriel Boric, center, poses for photos with his cabinet appointments in Santiago, Chile, Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Esteban Felix Last...
View ArticleNamibian Court Rules It Cannot Require Recognition of Same-Sex Marriages
Click to expand Image Anita Elfriede Seiler-Lilles (1st L) and Anette Seiler ( 2nd L, applicants in the case), Phillip Lhl (C) and Guillermo Delgado (4th R) who have a pending case regarding domicile...
View ArticleTunisian Activist Sentenced to Prison over Criticism of Police
Click to expand Image Activist Myriam Bribri participates in a protest organized by the Manich Msamah movement in Tunis, Tunisia, May 13, 2017 © 2017 Lina Ben Mhenni “I’m not sure whether to laugh,...
View ArticleUN Security Council Should Act on Myanmar Atrocities
Click to expand Image Anti-coup protesters run from teargas deployed by the police during a demonstration in Yangon, Myanmar, March 1, 2021. © 2021 Sipa USA via AP Images United Nations Security...
View ArticleHuman Rights Watch Among Pegasus Spyware Targets
(New York) – The targeting of a Human Rights Watch staff member with Pegasus spyware underscores the urgent need to regulate the global trade in surveillance technology, Human Rights Watch said today....
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