Burkina Faso Acts to Tackle Armed Forces Abuses
Click to expand Image Two soldiers enter the Catholic church at the army barracks in Kaya, Burkina Faso, April 10, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Sophie Garcia On February 16, Burkina Faso’s transitional...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: Jordanian Executed After Unfair Trial
Click to expand Image © 2011 Human Rights Watch (Beirut) – Saudi authorities executed Hussein Abu al-Khair, a Jordanian citizen, on March 12, 2023, after his conviction for a nonviolent drug crime,...
View ArticleFIFA Reverses Saudi Sponsorship of Women’s World Cup
Click to expand Image Emir and President of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, FIFA President Gianni Infantino, and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman al-Saud at the 2022 Qatar World...
View ArticleTwenty Years on, Iraq Bears Scars of US-led Invasion
In the lead up to the US-led invasion of Iraq on March 20, 2003, proponents of the war spoke of the Iraqi people as helpless victims of a dictatorial regime. Yet the Iraqi people paid the heaviest...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Free the 22 ‘Kempir-Abad’ Protest Detainees
Click to expand Image Demonstrators protest against a controversial border demarcation deal… and demand to free detained opposition politicians and activists, in Bishkek on October 24, 2022 © 2022...
View ArticleSupport Builds for ICC Ukraine Investigation
Click to expand Image The International Criminal Court (ICC) is seen in The Hague, Netherlands, November 7, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File Justice ministers from International Criminal...
View ArticleDeportation of Tajik Activist From Germany Raises Concerns
Click to expand Image Supporters of Tajik activist Abdullohi Shamsiddin, in Dortmund, Germany, hold posters asking where Shamsiddin is, calling for his return to Germany, and for people not to be...
View ArticleUS: Urge TikTok to Enhance Transparency
Click to expand Image Shou Zi Chew, chief executive officer of TikTok Inc., speaks during the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore, November 16, 2022. © 2022 Bryan van der Beek/Bloomberg via Getty...
View ArticleUN Warns of Climate Collapse
Click to expand Image The chimney of the coal-powered thermal power plant of Teruel was demolished after having closed in 2020, Andorra, Spain, February 16, 2023. © 2023 Joan Cros/NurPhoto via AP...
View ArticleUN Human Rights Chief Calls for Reforms in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan
Click to expand Image The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk (L) holds a press conference at the UN Office in Astana, Kazakhstan on March 17, 2023. © 2023 Meiramgul...
View ArticleCovid-19: Lessons Learned for a Rights-Based Response
Click to expand Image People standing in line to receive benefits at a South African Social Security Agency building on May 12, 2020 in Cape Town, South Africa. © Nardus Engelbrecht/Gallo Images via...
View ArticleHaiti/France: Journalist Sued for Exposing Sex Abuse in Haiti Soccer
Click to expand Image In this file photo dated Thursday, May 21, 2020, Yves Jean-Bart, then-president of the Haitian Football Federation, wearing a protective face mask, arrives for a court hearing...
View ArticlePakistan: Drop Overbroad Terrorism Charges
Click to expand Image A riot police officer looks on after firing tear gas to disperse supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan during clashes in Lahore, Pakistan, March 15, 2023. © 2023 AP...
View ArticleBelarus: Don’t Return Activist to Tajikistan
(Berlin, March 21, 2023) – The government of Belarus should not forcibly return Nizomiddin Nasriddinov, a Tajik political activist with refugee status in Germany, to Tajikistan, nine organizations...
View ArticleG7 Letter Highlights Japan’s LGBT Rights Gaps
Click to expand Image Plaintiffs and supporters of marriage equality for same sex couples walk to the Tokyo district court in Tokyo, Japan, November 30, 2022. © 2022 Kyodo News via AP Photo As the...
View ArticleFirst Australian Soldier Charged over Alleged War Crime in Afghanistan
Click to expand Image Chief of the Australian Defence Force, General Angus Campbell, delivers the findings from the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force Afghanistan Inquiry, in Canberra,...
View ArticleRussia Opens New Case against Memorial
Click to expand Image Oleg Orlov, at Memorial’s Moscow office, which the Russian government has confiscated. © 2022 Memorial Today, police and criminal investigators in Moscow raided the homes of...
View ArticleUkraine: Izium Apartment Victims Need Justice
(Kyiv, March 22, 2023) – Russian forces used a large air-delivered munition on an apartment building on March 9, 2022, in Izium, eastern Ukraine, in an attack that killed at least 44 civilians and...
View ArticleTurkey: Suspend Time Limit on Travel Outside Quake Zone
Click to expand Image A Syrian refugee couple carry their belongings by shopping cart in Elbistan, Kahramanmaraş province, Turkey, February 8, 2023. © © 2023 Mehmet Kacmaz/Getty Images (Istanbul) -...
View ArticleEthiopia: US Recognizes Atrocities in Conflict
Click to expand Image US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on March 15, 2023. © 2023 Tiksa Negeri/Reuters (Washington) – The United States government’s recognition that...
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