Russia: Sentencing for Prominent Kremlin Critic
Click to expand Image Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza is escorted to a hearing in a court in Moscow, Russia, February 8, 2023 © 2023 AP Photo, File (Berlin, April 14, 2023) – Moscow...
View ArticleFrance’s Macron Ignores Violations During China Visit
Click to expand Image French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese President Xi Jinping take part in a business council meeting in Beijing, April 6, 2023. © 2023 Ludovic Marin/AP Images French...
View ArticleIndonesia: Activists on Trial for Criminal Defamation
Click to expand Image Fatia Maulidiyanti of KontraS is interviewed on Haris Azhar’s YouTube channel on August 20, 2021, in which they discussed new reports on human rights abuses in Indonesia’s Papua...
View ArticleIraq: Flawed Implementation of Yazidi Compensation Law
Click to expand Image (Beirut) – The Iraqi government’s recent decision requiring applicants under the Yazidi Survivors Law to file a judicial complaint to be eligible for reparations is an alarming...
View ArticleFlorida Passes Extreme 6-Week Abortion Ban
Click to expand Image People are protesting during The Bans Off Our Bodies pro-choice rally at the US Federal Court House on July 13, 2022 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. © 2022 mpi04/MediaPunch/1PX/AP...
View ArticleAngolan Forces Linked to Abuses Against Migrant Women
Click to expand Image Laundry belonging to Congolese migrants expelled from Angola in Kamako, Kasai province near the border with Angola, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, October 13, 2018. ©...
View ArticleUK: “Hostile” Compensation Scheme Fails ‘Windrush’ Victims
Click to expand Image Thomas Tobierre, 69, who applied to the Home Office’s Windrush Compensation Scheme as a primary applicant, says he realized that the scheme was set up to deny claimants their...
View ArticleDecade After Rana Plaza, Safety Flaws Persist
Click to expand Image A garment factory worker in Bangladesh holds a sign to stand up for safe factories and the International Health and Safety Accord, November 16, 2021. © 2021 Bangladesh Center for...
View ArticleLibya: Crackdown on Nongovernmental Groups
Click to expand Image People gather on Martyrs Square in the heart of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, on January 11, 2023. © 2023 Mahmud Turkia/AFP via Getty Images (Beirut) – Libya’s Government of...
View ArticleNepal: Expand Child Grant Program to All Families
Click to expand Image Children write in chalk on the walls of a Saraswati temple on the festival of Saraswati Puja on January 26, 2023. © 2023 Sipa via AP Images (Kathmandu) – The Nepali government...
View ArticleIndian Troops Won’t Be Tried for Nagaland Killings
Click to expand Image Ethnic Nagas hold placards and participate in a 70-kilometer walk demanding the repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in Kohima, Nagaland, India, January 11,...
View ArticleYemen: Release Arbitrarily Detained People
Click to expand Image A woman holds her son's picture as she waits for Houthi prisoners to arrive at Sanaa airport, Yemen, April 15, 2023. © 2023 AP Photo/Hani Mohammed (Beirut) – All parties to the...
View ArticleEgypt: Tens of Thousands of Students Exposed to Risk of Harm
Click to expand Image Egyptian high school students take their final exams in Cairo, Egypt, June 21, 2020. © 2020 Ziad Ahmed/NurPhoto via AP Images (Beirut) – The Egyptian government and a private...
View ArticleEgypt: Data of Tens of Thousands of Students Compromised
Click to expand Image Egyptian high school students take their final exams in Cairo, Egypt, June 21, 2020. © 2020 Ziad Ahmed/NurPhoto via AP Images (Beirut) – The Egyptian government and a private...
View ArticleEU: Major Step For ‘Deforestation-Free’ Trade
Click to expand Image European lawmakers vote on climate change issues at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Tuesday, September 13, 2022. © AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias (Berlin) –...
View ArticleBeirut Bar Association Seeks to Muzzle Lawyers
Click to expand Image Lebanese lawyer Nizar Saghieh, who heads of the local rights-based organization Legal Agenda. © Legal Agenda Prominent Lebanese lawyer Nizar Saghieh, who heads the local...
View ArticleUK Social Security Should Guarantee Adequate Living Standard
Click to expand Image A person holding a shopping basket in a supermarket, March 1, 2023. © 2023 Press Association/AP Images Faced with a cost-of-living crisis and a generational high in inflation,...
View ArticleUN: More Groups Address ‘Antisemitism’ Issue
Click to expand Image United Nations Headquarters building in Manhattan, New York City, on December 21, 2021. © 2021 Sergi Reboredo / VWPics via AP Images (New York) – More than 100 human rights and...
View ArticleAustralia: Press Vietnam on Poor Rights Record
Click to expand Image Twelve Vietnamese rights activists and bloggers currently detained for exercising their basic rights. Top row from left to right: Le Van Dung, Le Manh Ha, Dinh Van Hai, Bui Van...
View ArticleBiden Administration Should End Federal Marijuana Prohibition
Click to expand Image A demonstrator waves a flag during a protest calling for the legalization of marijuana, outside of the White House on April 2, 2016, in Washington, DC, US. © 2016 Jose Luis...
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