Guinea: Ensure Respect for Rights in Massive Iron Ore Project
Click to expand Image Mist shrouds the Simandou mountains in Guinea, which reportedly contain the largest untapped high-grade iron ore deposit in the world. The companies developing the Simandou...
View ArticleAt UN Talks, Countries Divided on Approach to Plastics Agreement
Click to expand Image Greenpeace projects messages and plastic waste imagery on a billboard in Uruguay as global leaders come together to discuss a Global Plastics Treaty in Punta del Este, Uruguay. ©...
View ArticleJapan Highlights Chinese Government Rights Abuses
Click to expand Image China's President Xi Jinping (R) and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, November 17, 2022. © 2022 Pool for Yomiuri/AP Photo On December 5, Japan’s...
View ArticleNortheast Syria: Turkish Strikes Exacerbate Humanitarian Crisis
Click to expand Image A fighter of the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army take part in a military parade in the countryside of Aleppo Governorate on June 9, 2022, as part of the forces' preparations...
View ArticleWarring Parties in Yemen Silent Amid Reports of Migrant Abuse
Click to expand Image Ethiopian migrants climb on a pickup truck in Dhale province in Yemen, which is one of the stops where migrants take shelter before continuing their journey to Saudi Arabia,...
View ArticleJapan Highlights Chinese Government Rights Abuses
Click to expand Image China's President Xi Jinping (R) and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, November 17, 2022. © 2022 Pool for Yomiuri/AP Photo On December 5, Japan’s...
View ArticleEritrea: 10 Years Behind Bars for Ex-Minister’s Daughter
Click to expand Image Ciham Ali Abdu © Private (Nairobi) – The Eritrean government should immediately release Ciham Ali Abdu, unlawfully held since she was arrested a decade ago, when she was only...
View ArticleTunisia: Domestic Violence Law Not Protecting Women
(Tunis) – Tunisian authorities are failing to protect women from domestic violence despite enacting a strong law in 2017, Human Rights Watch said in a report published today.The 94-page report, “So...
View ArticleGreece: Problematic Surveillance Bill
Click to expand Image Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis speaks during a parliament session in Athens, Greece, Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis (Athens, December...
View ArticleEU admits Croatia to Schengen Without Regard To Abuses at the Border
Click to expand Image A man holds a banner during a protest against the violent pushbacks of migrants, allegedly conducted by Croatian police, near the border crossing between Croatia and Bosnia and...
View ArticleIndonesia: New Criminal Code Disastrous for Rights
Click to expand Image Protesters hold up signs prior to passage of a new Indonesian criminal code that will ban sex outside marriage, cohabitation between unmarried couples, insulting the president,...
View ArticleHuman Rights Watch Statement on Coup in Peru
Human Rights Watch categorically condemns former President Pedro Castillo's attempt to undermine the rule of law in Peru. On December 7, 2022, the then-president announced the temporary dissolution of...
View ArticleShackled in Ghana for Mental Health Conditions
Click to expand Image A woman with a real or perceived psychosocial disability is chained in a room at Mount Horeb Prayer Camp in Mamfi, Ghana. The black bucket is where she defecates and urinates,...
View ArticleUS Congress Protects Right to Marry
Click to expand Image Senators Rob Portman, Tammy Baldwin, Susan Collins, and Kyrsten Sinema, talk with reporters following Senate passage of the Respect for Marriage Act at the Capitol in Washington,...
View ArticleEU Should Stop Illegal Migrant Pushbacks at its Borders
Click to expand Image Migrants show broken phones in the village of Horgos, Serbia, January 28, 2020. © 2020 Darko Vojinovic/AP Photo A new report, including disturbing video and audio evidence, shows...
View ArticleNo Justice for Victims of Forced Disappearances in Uganda
Click to expand Image President Yowerei Museveni speaks during a news conference in Entebbe, Uganda, July 26, 2022. © 2022 Hajarah Nalwadda/AP Photo In recent weeks, Ugandan media has been awash once...
View ArticlePoland: Veto Bill Targeting Sex Ed
Click to expand Image People attend 'Stop Lex Czarnek' protest at the Main Square in Krakow, Poland on February 15, 2022. ©2022 Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via AP. (London) – President Andrzej Duda of...
View ArticleQatar and FIFA’s Callous Response to a Migrant Worker’s Death
Click to expand Image The chief executive of Qatar 2022, Nasser Al Khater, at the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy and the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 news conference in Doha, Qatar, October...
View ArticleRussia: Harsh Sentence For Opposition Politician
Click to expand Image Ilya Yashin waves to supporters in a Moscow courtroom during a hearing on abusive charges against him of spreading "false information" about Russian forces. Moscow, Russia,...
View ArticleBiden Should Stop Using Trump’s Playbook at the Border
Click to expand Image Venezuelan migrants stand near the Paso del Norte International Bridge, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico October 21, 2022. © 2022 Jose Luis Gonzalez/REUTERS President Donald Trump left...
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