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Online Learning Products Enabled Surveillance of Children

Click to expand Image © Andrea Devia Nuño, Hero Studios (New York) – The overwhelming majority of education technology (EdTech) products endorsed by 49 governments of the world’s most populous...

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Indonesian Islamic College Bans Magazine Reporting Sexual Abuse

Click to expand Image Students protest outside the Ambon administrative court on July 7, 2022, in support of Lintas magazine, which the State Islamic Institute in Ambon ordered closed in March. © 2022...

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Landmark Judgment Against Turkey for Ignoring European Ruling

Click to expand Image Osman Kavala © 2017 Private (New York) – The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) handed down a landmark judgment announced on July 11, 2022 against Turkey...

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UN Chief Leaves Child Rights Violators Off ‘List of Shame’

Click to expand Image Pictures of children killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza in May 2021 are displayed on the ruins of the Al-Saqa family home in Khan Yunis, Gaza, June 19, 2021. © 2021 Sipa via AP...

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Hong Kong Delegation Faces UN Scrutiny on Rights

Click to expand Image Hong Kong’s secretary for constitutional and mainland affairs, Erick Tsang, speaks during a press conference in Hong Kong, November 29, 2021. © 2021 Vernon Yuen/NurPhoto via AP...

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Afghanistan: Toll of Ban on Girls’ Secondary Education

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Poland: End Prosecution of Abortion Activist

Click to expand Image Justyna Wydrzyńska (left) and a colleague from the group Abortion Dream Team address a gathering in Warsaw city center to share the experiences of people who needed abortions,...

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France Repatriates 51 Women and Children from Camps in Syria

Click to expand Image A young person holds an umbrella as he walks in the rain at Camp Roj, where relatives of people suspected of belonging to the Islamic State (IS) group are held, in Syria's...

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Zambian Woman Footballer Sex Tested Because FIFA Allows It

Click to expand Image Zambia's Barbra Banda (11) celebrates after scoring a goal against China during a women's soccer match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, July 24, 2021, in Miyagi, Japan. © 2021 AP...

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Sri Lanka: Protect Rights During Political Turmoil

Click to expand Image Police use tear gas as protesters storm the compound of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe 's office, calling for his resignation after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the...

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Spain: Food Lines Grow During Pandemic

Click to expand Image People queue to receive donated food in Barcelona, Spain, November 10, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti (Madrid) – The failure of Spain’s government to respond adequately...

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Russia: Forcible Disappearances of Ukrainian Civilians

Click to expand Image A pre-trial detention center near St. Petersburg, Russia. © 2021 Russian Look Ltd. / Alamy Stock Photo (Berlin, July 14, 2022) – Russian forces in Ukraine have forcibly...

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Tunisia: Questions and Answers on the Draft Constitution

Click to expand Image Tunisia’s shuttered parliament. President Saeid suspended the body on July 25 as part of his seizure of extraordinary powers. July 26, 2021, Bardo, Tunis, Tunisia. © 2021 Ahmed...

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Brazil: Candidates Should Address Human Rights

Click to expand Image A woman, accompanied by a child, casts her ballot in the municipal election in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016. © AP Photo/Nelson Antoine (São Paulo) – Candidates running...

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Swedish Court Finds Iranian Guilty Over Mass Executions

Click to expand Image Photos of victims at a memorial commemorating those killed during the mass executions in the 1980s, Khavaran cemetery in Tehran, Iran, 2020. © 2020 Private "We are not looking...

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Guatemala: Attorney General Arbitrarily Fires Prosecutors

Click to expand Image Guatemalan Attorney General Consuelo Porras, reappointed on May 16, 2022, speaks to the press after an interview with a nominating commission in Guatemala City. © 2022 AP...

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UN Member States Should Accredit Blocked Human Rights Groups

Click to expand Image The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) meets at the UN Headquarters in New York, February 27, 2018. © 2018 Luiz Rampelotto/Sipa via AP Images United Nations...

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Biden Should Not Renew Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia

Click to expand Image People inspect a damaged building at the site of a Saudi-led airstrike on Sanaa, Yemen. © 2022 Hani Al-Ansi/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images President Biden is set to land in Saudi...

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Support Justice for Serious Crimes Globally

Click to expand Image The International Criminal Court (ICC) is seen in The Hague, Netherlands, November 7, 2019.  © 2019 AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File (New York) – Countries should take concrete steps...

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France’s Energy Plans Should Not Include Ignoring UAE Abuses

Click to expand Image French President, Emmanuel Macron and Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan meet in Fontainebleau, France on September 15, 2021. © 2021 Chesnot/Getty...

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