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Iran Court Issues Sentences in Downing of Ukraine Flight PS752

Click to expand Image Hundreds attended a candlelight vigil at Mel Lastman Square in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 08, 2023 as Iranian-Canadians marked 3rd anniversary of the downing of...

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Yemen: New Truce Would Require Accountability

Click to expand Image Yemeni men inspect a destroyed house that was allegedly targeted by Saudi-led air strikes in Sanaa, Yemen, March 8, 2018.  © 2018 Hani Al-Ansi/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images...

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Marriage Equality Could Bring Women Autonomy and Safety

Click to expand Image "Women & Trans-persons’ March for Peace & Diversity" in Kolkata, India, April 4, 2019. © 2019 Avishek Das/SOPA Images/Sipa USA/AP Images A coalition of queer feminist...

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Peru Ruling a Victory for LGBT Equality

Click to expand Image Inter-American Court of Human Rights judges in a hearing in San Jose, Costa Rica, March 22, 2023. © 2023 Mayela Lopez/Reuters In a landmark unanimous ruling published last week,...

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France Ratifies Treaty to End Violence and Harassment at Work

Click to expand Image Protestors marching to demand the end of femicide and violence against women in Paris, France, November 23, 2019.  © 2019 Christian Hartmann/Reuters In a long overdue step,...

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Plantations, Ranches Are Devouring World’s Forests

Click to expand Image An aerial view shows cattle on a deforested plot of the Amazon near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, August 14, 2020. © 2020 Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters This Earth Day, it's...

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Cambodia: Renewed Attacks on Political Opposition

Click to expand Image Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen gives a speech in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Thursday, January 30, 2020. © Heng Sinith/AP Photo (Bangkok) – The Cambodian government has stepped up...

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White House Issues Significant Environmental Justice Order for Earth Day

Click to expand Image On Earth Day, marchers at the White House hold a banner reading, “End the Era of Fossil Fuels.” Washington, DC, US, April 22, 2023.  © 2023 Antonia Juhasz When Tish Taylor saw...

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Iran: Security Forces Kill, Torture, Abuse Children

Click to expand Image A memorial to children killed in Iran outside of UNICEF’s office in Washington, DC, November 30, 2022.    © 2022 Bryan Olin Dozier/NurPhoto via AP (Beirut) – Iran’s security...

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Sudan Conflict and International Law

Click to expand Image Residential buildings damaged in fighting in Khartoum, Sudan, April 20, 2023. © 2023 AP Photo/Marwan Ali (Nairobi) – Human Rights Watch released a question and answer document...

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Pakistan’s Sindh Province Backs Transgender Rights

Click to expand Image The Aurat March to end gender-based violence against women and transgender and non-binary people on International Women's Day, March 8, 2021 in Karachi, Pakistan.  © 2021 Betsy...

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Mexico’s Congress Should Ban Discriminatory Immigration Checks

Click to expand Image A Mexican Marine orders a group of migrants from Bangladesh, India and Pakistan off a bus at an immigration checkpoint outside the town of Viva Mexico, near Tapachula, in Chiapas...

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Rights Groups Launch Community Safety Agenda for the US

Click to expand Image Hundreds march from Nubian Square to City Hall to urge Boston City Council to reallocate Boston police funding to youth jobs programs in Boston Public Schools in Boston,...

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Kyrgyzstan: Parliament Threatens Ombudswoman’s Early Dismissal

Click to expand Image President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov speaks at a plenary session of parliament where new ministers are sworn in on March 9, 2022 in Bishkek. © 2022 Nazir Aliyev Tayfur/Anadolu...

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EU Council Conclusions on Ethiopia Shortchange Justice

Click to expand Image Displaced Tigrayans sit alongside metal shacks at a reception center for internally displaced people in Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, May 9, 2021.  © 2021...

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Ethiopia: Companies Long Ignored Gold Mine Pollution

Click to expand Image A 16-year-old boy collects water from a spring near Lega Dembi gold mine in the Oromia region of Ethiopia.  © 2020 Tom Gardner The company operating an Ethiopian gold mine and...

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Peru: Egregious Abuses by Security Forces

Click to expand Image Relatives and friends of people killed during demonstrations in Juliaca, Peru, carry pictures of their loved ones at a February 9, 2023, march commemorating one month since their...

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Pope Francis Should Stress Equal Treatment of Refugees During Hungary Visit

Click to expand Image Police patrol the Hungarian-Serbian border barrier near Kelebia, Hungary, December 15, 2022.  © 2022 Marton Monus/Reuters Pope Francis’ visit to Hungary from April 28-30 is an...

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Hong Kong Arrest Encroaches on Free Expression in Japan

Click to expand Image Japanese Foreign Ministry's senior official Shigeo Yamada, second right, speaks to Chinese counterpart Sun Weidong, second left, during the Japan-China security dialogue at the...

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A Chance for Justice in Burundi

Click to expand Image Burundi's former Prime minister Alain Guillaume Bunyoni at the Ingoma stadium in Gitega, Burundi, on June 26, 2020.  © 2020 Tchandrou Nitanga/AFP via Getty Images The arrest of...

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