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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...

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France’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...

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Indonesia: 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...

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Iraq: 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...

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Florida 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...

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Angolan 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. ©...

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UK: “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...

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Decade 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...

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Libya: 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...

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Nepal: 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...

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Indian 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,...

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Yemen: 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...

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Egypt: 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...

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Egypt: 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...

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EU: 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) –...

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Beirut 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...

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UK 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,...

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UN: 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...

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Australia: 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...

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Biden 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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