European Union: Rules for Batteries Should Cover Bauxite, Copper, Iron
Click to expand Image A man washes clothes next to a road used by a bauxite mining consortium in Guinea, West Africa. Local community members said that the construction of mining roads blocked rivers...
View ArticleSudan: Hundreds of Protesters Detained, Mistreated
Click to expand Image Main entrance of Soba prison in Khartoum, Sudan where scores of individuals have been detained in connection to the protests following the military coup. © 2022 Private (Nairobi)...
View ArticleRussia: Respect the Rights of Prisoners of War
(Berlin) – Russian authorities should stop broadcasting programs featuring images of and interviews with captured Ukrainian soldiers that expose them to public curiosity, Human Rights Watch said today....
View ArticleEgypt: End Restrictions on Religious Rituals
Click to expand Image People gathering at Al Azhar mosque to break their fast, Cairo, Egypt, April 8, 2022. © 2022 Ziad Ahmed/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images (Beirut) – Egypt’s Ministry of Religious...
View ArticleMalaysia’s Death Penalty Hypocrisy
Click to expand Image Activists holds posters against the impending execution of Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam, sentenced to death for drug trafficking into Singapore, during a candlelight vigil outside...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: Forthcoming Penal Code Should Protect Rights
Click to expand Image Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the Royal Court, in Riyadh, on January 14, 2019. © 2019 Andrew Cabellero-Reynolds/Pool via AP (Beirut) – Saudi Arabia should ensure...
View ArticlePoland: Trafficking, Exploitation Risks for Refugees
Click to expand Image People make their way through Medyka border crossing in Poland, where lack of systematic protection measures expose refugees to risks of trafficking and other exploitation. ©...
View ArticleOn May 1, End Violence and Harassment at Work
On International Workers’ Day, May 1, countries worldwide celebrate workers’ rights, and people take to the streets to call for better working conditions. Governments should also recognize people’s...
View ArticleIran: Labor Protests Surge
Click to expand Image Thousands of Iranian teachers took to the streets in 28 cities across the country, demanding better labor protections, February 2015. © 2015 Siavosh Hosseini, Sipa via AP Images...
View ArticleBrazil: Armed Forces Should Not Count Votes
Click to expand Image © 2020 Agencia Estado via AP Images (Sao Paulo) – Brazil’s Armed Forces should not set up a parallel system for counting votes in the upcoming presidential election as President...
View ArticleInadequate Kenyan Police Response to Brutal Killing of Non-Binary Lesbian
Sheila Adhiambo Lumumba, a 25-year-old Kenyan non-binary lesbian, was found murdered and naked in their bedroom in Karatina, north of Nairobi on April 17. A postmortem report conducted the next day at...
View ArticleVenezuelan Tainted Gold
Click to expand Image Men look for diamonds and gold in a recently dug mine at the edge of the Canaima National Park in Parai-Tepui, Venezuela, May 14, 2019. © 2019 Michael Robinson Chavez/The...
View ArticleA Bleak Week for Rights in the UK
Click to expand Image A protestor demonstrates outside the Houses of Parliament, in opposition to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, London, January 15, 2022. © 2022 Lucy North/MI...
View ArticleUkraine: Russian Forces Fired On Civilian Vehicles
Click to expand Image Maksym Maksymenko’s shot-up car in Hostomel, Ukraine. Russian forces opened fire on the vehicle on February 28, 2022 while Maksym was trying to evacuate with his mother,...
View ArticleOlder People No Longer Invisible Casualties of War in Ukraine
Click to expand Image An older woman is evacuated from a hospice in Chasiv Yar city, Donetsk district, Ukraine, April 18, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris The impact of war on older people...
View ArticleEl Salvador: Evidence of Serious Abuse in State of Emergency
Click to expand Image People wait for news of the release of relatives detained during the state of emergency in El Salvador, at the security perimeter of the Izalco prison in Izalco, El Salvador, on...
View ArticleLow Income Puts Older People’s Rights at Risk
Click to expand Image Zenobia Ansualve, 88, eats lunch at her home in Caracas, Venezuela, August 2021. Ansualve lives alone on US$20 a month and relies on a friend to help buy her groceries and cook...
View ArticleMexico: Address Persistent Violence Against Journalists
Click to expand Image Journalists from Veracruz commemorate their killed colleagues and demand an end to violence against journalists during a nationwide demonstration, at the Zócalo of Veracruz,...
View ArticleCentral African Republic: Abuses by Russia-Linked Forces
Click to expand Image A UN peacekeeper alongside a member of Russian security forces and a member of Central African President Faustin-Archange Touadéra’s presidential guard in Bangui, December 27,...
View ArticleTime for British Columbia to Cancel Immigration Detention Contracts
Click to expand Image © Shivangi Sikri/Centre for Gender & Sexual Health Equity Human rights organizations and advocates across the Canadian province of British Columbia (BC) are launching a...
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