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How the French Football Team Can Support Human Rights

Click to expand Image The French national team, including captain Hugo Lloris (in yellow), pose for a photo during the UEFA Nations League A Group 1 match between France and Denmark at Stade de France...

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Egypt: Arbitrary Travel Bans Throttle Civil Society

Click to expand Image Gamal Eid (Top Left), Karim Ennarah (Top Right), Azza Soliman (Bottom Left), and Nasser Amin (Bottom Right). © 2022 Private (Washington, DC) – Egypt is using arbitrary travel...

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Victory for Asylum Seekers in US Supreme Court

Click to expand Image A protest against the "Remain in Mexico" policy in front of the US Supreme Court, Washington, D.C., April 26, 2022. © 2022 Photo by Michael Brochstein/ Sipa via AP Images The...

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Forced Return of Syrians by Lebanon Unsafe and Unlawful

Click to expand Image A group of Syrians gather around a small fire inside a camp in the village of Sumakieh in north Lebanon a few hundred meters from the Lebanese-Syrian border, January 31, 2022. ©...

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Egypt: Flawed Investigation Into Death in Custody

Click to expand Image Ayman Hadhoud © Private (Beirut) – The Egyptian authorities have failed to conduct an independent, effective, and transparent investigation into the suspicious death in custody...

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Indonesia: Make Draft Criminal Code Public

Click to expand Image About 2,000 students from several universities in Jakarta protest outside the parliament building, calling on the Indonesian government and parliament to allow sufficient time...

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Afghanistan: Taliban Execute, ‘Disappear’ Alleged Militants

Click to expand Image Darunta Canal, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, June 27, 2022. © 2022 Private (New York) – Taliban security forces have summarily executed and forcibly disappeared alleged...

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The Cost of Speaking Up in Rwanda

Click to expand Image Kizito Mihigo speaking to the media in Kigali on April 15, 2014 after nine days in incommunicado detention. In an audio recording released after his death, Mihigo says he was...

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Reproductive Justice on the Frontlines of US Climate Action

Click to expand Image Nancy Pedroza, 27, who is pregnant, receives support from Nichollette Jones, her doula, in Fort Worth, Texas, April 7, 2020. © 2020 REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare Massive heatwaves in...

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EU Parliament Adopts Landmark Regulation of Internet Platforms

Click to expand Image The European Union logo is seen on a portable mobile device in this photo illustration on January 22, 2019. © 2019 Jaap Arriens/Sipa via AP Images The European Parliament has...

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Cameroon: Military Killings Inquiry A Positive Step

Click to expand Image Soldiers of the 21st Motorized Infantry Brigade patrol in the streets of Buea, South-West Region of Cameroon on April 26, 2018. © 2018 ALEXIS HUGUET/AFP via Getty Images...

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European Court Slams Greece Over Deadly Migrant Pushback

Click to expand Image Demonstrators gather in front of the Greek parliament in Athens during a protest against violence at the Greek-Turkish border on February 6, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Yorgos...

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Former Angolan President Dos Santos Dies

Click to expand Image Angola President José Eduardo dos Santos visiting Lusaka, Zambia on April 12, 2008. © 2008 AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File After years of prolonged illness, the former president of...

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Afghanistan Earthquake Response Overlooks People with Disabilities

Click to expand Image Humanitarian aid is lined up for distribution after an earthquake in Gayan village, in Paktika province, Afghanistan, June 24, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Ebrahim Nooroozi People with...

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Cuba: Crackdown on Protests Creates Rights Crisis

Click to expand Image Emilio Roman, father of two young men and a daughter who were imprisoned and accused of participating in the July protests against the government, shows a picture of his children...

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US: End Texas Assault on Migrants; Cut Funds

Click to expand Image Texas Governor Greg Abbott, left, and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton confer after an Operation Lone Star roundtable discussion on March 10, 2022, in Weslaco, Texas.  © 2022...

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Antigua and Barbuda: High Court Decriminalizes Gay Sex

Click to expand Image High Court of Antigua and Barbuda in St. John’s, Antigua on June 1, 2011. © 2011 Press Association via AP Images (New York) – The High Court of Justice for Antigua and Barbuda...

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Families Bring Home Migrant Worker Remains from Qatar

Click to expand Image The remains of a Nepali migrant worker who lost his life in Qatar being delivered from the airport to his family members in rural Nepal. © 2022 Private Human Rights Watch...

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Egypt: Statements on COP27 Imply Restricting Activism

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Iran: Arrest of High-Profile Critics

Click to expand Image Mostafa Tajzadeh, Iranian reformist politician, speaks during an interview in Tehran, Iran on June 15, 2021. © 2021 The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images (Beirut) – Iranian...

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