Uganda: Oil Pipeline Project Impoverishes Thousands
Click to expand Image A woman walks home from work in Kijumba, Uganda, January 14, 2023. A mother of five and a Project-Affected Person, she told the New York Times that she waited years for the oil...
View ArticleSudan: Darfur Town Destroyed
Click to expand Image Burned down dwelling in Misterei, Sudan, after the May 28 attack. © Private Rapid Support Forces and allied Arab militias summarily executed at least 28 ethnic Massalit and...
View ArticleOnline Incitement Against LGBT People in Cameroon
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people in Cameroon are all too aware of homophobic rhetoric and violent attacks against them. This has been highlighted once again in the...
View ArticleTravesty of Justice Reaches New Low in Belarus
Click to expand Image Belarusian lawyer Yulia Yurhilevich (L) and journalist Pavel Mazheika, June 26, 2018. © Yulia Yurhilevich/Facebook and 2018 Visana Belarusian lawyer Yulia Yurhilevich and...
View ArticleTurkey: End the Gezi Trial Injustice
Click to expand Image Osman Kavala © 2017 Private (Istanbul, July 12, 2023) – An opinion by a prosecutor at Turkey’s top court of appeal asking the court to uphold the conviction of jailed rights...
View ArticleVietnam Should Release Land Rights Activist
One dissident at the time, the Vietnamese government is pursuing a campaign to systematically eliminate what’s left of the country’s human rights and democracy movement. By inexorably adding peaceful...
View ArticleRemembering Chinese Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo
Click to expand Image The empty chair, diploma and medal that should have been awarded to Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo in the City Hall in Olso, Norway, December 10, 2010. © 2010 AP...
View ArticleJapan Passes Law to ‘Promote Understanding’ of LGBT People
Click to expand Image Supporters of Equality Act Japan gather in front of parliament before they submit a petition in Tokyo on March 25, 2021. © 2021 Kanae Doi/Human Rights Watch In June, the...
View ArticleEU lawmakers Call Out Commission Inaction on Rights Decline in Tunisia
Click to expand Image Press conference held at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on July 12, 2023, on the human rights situation in Tunisia. From left to right: Michael Gahler (European...
View ArticleA Year After Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka Remains in Crisis
Click to expand Image President Ranil Wickremesinghe and former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Navam Perahera festival in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on February 5, 2023. © 2023 Thilina...
View ArticleMali: Mounting Islamist Armed Group Killings, Rape
Click to expand Image An aerial view of the town of Ménaka, Mali, on November 22, 2020. © 2020 SOULEYMANE AG ANARA/AFP via Getty Images Islamist armed groups have carried out widespread killings,...
View ArticleEgypt: Civilians Fleeing Sudan Conflict Turned Away
Click to expand Image A group of Sudanese women protesting the new visa restrictions in front of Egypt’s consulate in Wadi Halfa, Sudan, June 21, 2023. © 2023 Private (Beirut) – The Egyptian...
View ArticleBangladesh: Spiraling Violence Against Rohingya Refugees
Click to expand Image Security force officers stand guard after the killing of Rohingya community leader Mohib Ullah in the Kutupalong refugee camp, Bangladesh, October 2021. © 2021 Munir Uz Zaman/AFP...
View ArticleGuinea’s Landmark 2009 Stadium Massacre Trial Back On
Click to expand Image Accused Marcel Guilavogui offers a new statement on July 10, 2023 in the trial of crimes committed during the September 28, 2009 massacre, rapes and other abuses in Conakry,...
View ArticleMali: Girls’ Coach Gets Life Ban for Sex Abuse
Click to expand Image Players from Mali stand for their national anthem prior to their Women's Basketball World Cup group B game between Serbia and Mali in Sydney, Australia on September 26, 2022. ©...
View ArticleNicaragua: Rights Abuses Need Stronger International Efforts
Click to expand Image A mural showing images of Nicaraguans killed during the 2018 social security reform protests under the words “memory and justice for Nicaragua” adorns a wall at the Nicaragua...
View ArticleICC Prosecutor’s Pronouncement Should Jumpstart Sudan Response
Click to expand Image Sudanese Ambassador to the United Nations Al-Harith Idriss Al-Harith Mohamed, third from right bottom, listens as Karim Khan, the prosecutor of International Criminal Court,...
View ArticleOpposition Politician’s Murder Shakes Congo
Click to expand Image Chérubin Okende, late spokesperson for Ensemble pour la République (Together for the Republic), an opposition party, during a march in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo,...
View ArticleRelying on Syrian Government for Cross Border Aid Delivery is Untenable
Click to expand Image UN humanitarian aid trucks enter northwest Syria through the Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey on June 1, 2021. © 2021 Associated Press Syria permitting the United Nations...
View ArticleRussia: Trans Health Care, Families Bill Violates Rights
Click to expand Image Lawmakers attend a session at the State Duma in Moscow, Russia, July 14, 2023. © 2023 the State Duma via AP Images (July 15, 2023) – Russia’s lower house of parliament adopted a...
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