Malaysia: Myanmar Refugee Activist Abducted
Click to expand Image The Myanmar refugee activist Thuzar Maung with her husband, Saw Than Tin Win, who were abducted along with her three children from their home in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on July...
View ArticleMiddle East and North Africa: End Curbs on Women’s Mobility
Click to expand Image Women hold signs during a protest against the decision by the Supreme Judicial Council, a body run by Hamas authorities, to allow male guardians--usually referring to fathers or...
View ArticleKenya: Officials Threaten Protesters with Violence
(Nairobi) – Senior Kenya government officials have responded to the resumption of protests by an opposition coalition with threats and hostile rhetoric, heightening political tension, Human Rights...
View ArticlePhilippines: ICC Affirms Prosecutor’s Inquiry
Click to expand Image Protesters march outside Malacanang palace in Manila, Philippines, June 30, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Aaron Favila (New York) – The appeals chamber of the International Criminal...
View ArticleQuestions Remain Over Rwandan Journalist’s Suspicious Death
Becoming a journalist in Rwanda is a brave undertaking. During his career, John Williams Ntwali, the founder of the YouTube channel Pax TV- IREME News and editor of the private The Chronicles...
View ArticleJapan Supreme Court Ruling a Victory for Transgender Employees
Click to expand Image A plaintiff speaks during a news conference at Tokyo District Court, Tokyo, Japan, July 11, 2023. © 2023 Eugene Hoshiko/AP Images In a victory for transgender people in Japan,...
View ArticleCaster Semenya Won Her Case, But Not the Right to Compete
Click to expand Image Caster Semenya, of South Africa, competes during a heat in the women's 5000-meter run at the World Athletics Championships, Eugene, Oregon, US, July 20, 2022. © 2022 Ashley...
View ArticleTunisia: No Safe Haven for Black African Migrants, Refugees
Click to expand Image The Tunisian Maritime National Guard (coast guard) approaches a boat at sea carrying people from different African countries seeking to get to Italy, near the coast of Sfax,...
View ArticleUkraine: Russian Missile Strike on Lviv a Possible War Crime
Click to expand Image A communal worker sweeps outside an apartment building in Lviv, Ukraine, on July 7, 2023, a day after it was seriously damaged by a Russian missile strike. © 2023 YURIY...
View ArticleCambodia: Harassment, Arrests of Opposition Activists
Click to expand Image Cambodia's Candlelight Party supporters wave before marching during an election campaign for the June 5 communal elections in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, May 21, 2022. © 2022 Heng...
View ArticleUK’s Invite to Saudi Crown Prince Risks Rubber-Stamping Repression
Click to expand Image Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, left, and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia during a bilateral meeting at the G20 Summit, Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia,...
View ArticleHarassment, Threats Prompt Cancellation of LGBT Conference in Indonesia
Click to expand Image Protesters hold up signs prior to passage of a new Indonesian criminal code that will ban sex outside marriage, cohabitation between unmarried couples, insulting the president,...
View ArticleExtreme Heat Is a Pregnancy Health and Reproductive Justice Problem
Click to expand Image Pregnant woman holding her belly. © Catherine McQueen/Getty Images As many countries around the world are facing threats from deadly extreme heat, public health officials should...
View ArticleUS: Texas Laws Threaten Houston Area Voting Rights
Click to expand Image People attend a rally held by the Southern Poverty Law Center near the U.S. Capitol on October 4, 2022 for fair voting maps and voter representation. © Bryan Olin Dozier/NurPhoto...
View ArticleZambia: Clean Up Toxic Lead Waste at Mine Site
(Johannesburg) – The Zambian government should make comprehensive efforts to clean up the contaminated former lead mine in Kabwe, the capital of Zambia’s Central province, Environment Africa and Human...
View ArticleSaint Vincent and the Grenadines: LGBT People Face Bias
Click to expand Image © 2023 Judith Rudd for Human Rights Watch (New York) – Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines face bias-motivated violence and...
View ArticleUgandan Court Orders Compensation to Torture Victim
Click to expand Image Ugandan soldiers patrol in Magere, Uganda, January 14, 2021. © 2021 Sally Hayden / SOPA Images/Sipa via AP Images On June 30, Uganda’s High Court ordered Frank “Kaka” Bagyenda,...
View ArticleNike Should Help Cambodian Workers Hurt by Factory Closure
Click to expand Image Garment workers make clothes at a factory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, December 17, 2021. © 2021 Wu Changwei/Xinhua via Getty Images More than a thousand Cambodian workers have spent...
View ArticleDiscriminatory Bill Harms Trans Women in Hungary
Click to expand Image Pride parade in Budapest, Hungary, July 15, 2023. © 2023 Marton Monus/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images In another blow to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights in...
View ArticleUS: Texas Officials Put Migrants in Danger
Click to expand Image Guardsmen watch as migrants try to cross the Rio Grande from Mexico into the US near Eagle Pass, Texas, July 11, 2023. © 2023 AP Photo/Eric Gay (Austin, July 20, 2023)—Reports...
View Article
