Western Australia: Covid-19 Hard Border Causing Hardship
Click to expand Image A Covid-19 signage is seen at a vehicle checkpoint on the Pacific Highway on the Queensland - New South Wales border in Brisbane, Australia, April 15, 2020. © 2020 PATRICK...
View ArticleNorth Korea’s Unlawful ‘Shoot on Sight’ Orders
Click to expand Image A North Korean flag flutters in the wind at a military guard post seen from the South Korean city of Paju, at the border with North Korea, May 3, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Ahn...
View ArticleMyanmar: Election Commission Lacks Transparency
Click to expand Image Members of the Union Election Commission during a press conference in Naypyitaw, Myanmar on Thursday, June 4, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo (Bangkok) – Myanmar’s Union...
View ArticleCambodia: Hun Sen Threatens Families of Activists
Click to expand Image Activists at protests on October 23, commemorating the 29th anniversary of the 1991 Paris Peace Accords in front of the US embassy in Phnom Penh. © 2020 LICADHO (Bangkok) – The...
View ArticleUse of Force is Wrong Response to Mental Health in US
Click to expand Image A neighbor gathers at a memorial outside Walter Wallace Jr.'s home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 27, 2020. © 2020 Jose F. Moreno/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP The...
View ArticleJustice Key to Durable Peace in Libya
Click to expand Image Armed forces allied to internationally recognized government fight with armed group in Tripoli, Libya September 22, 2018. © 2018 Hani Amara/Reuters Last week in Geneva the two...
View ArticleRights, Transparency Central for Covid-19 Vaccines
(New York) – Governments should maximize Covid-19 vaccine access and affordability for people worldwide, and those funding vaccines with public money should be transparent about the terms and...
View ArticleBangladesh: Pivotal Moment to Stop Violence Against Women
Click to expand Image Women take part in a candlelight vigil to mark International Women's Day in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on March 8, 2019. © 2019 Rehman Asad / Barcroft Media via Getty Images (New York) –...
View ArticleViolent Pushbacks on Croatia Border Require EU Action
Recent reports by humanitarian groups and the media paint a gruesome picture of abuse on Croatia’s border with Bosnia-Herzegovina. Photos show injuries consistent with beatings by police batons....
View ArticleAfghan Police Take Page from Taliban Playbook
Click to expand Image Afghan National Police seen near the Defense Ministry compound in Kabul, Afghanistan, February 27, 2016. © 2016 AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini An Afghan police raid on the home of two...
View ArticleImportant Test as Pennsylvania Deploys National Guard
Click to expand Image Philadelphia police officers form a line during a demonstration in Philadelphia, October 27, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Matt Slocum As the police killing this week of Walter Wallace...
View ArticlePast Covid-19 Relief Shows Fighting Poverty Is Possible
Click to expand Image People line up outside a grocery store in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, May 11, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Kathy Willens The Covid-19 pandemic has caused...
View ArticleChina: Tibetan Woman Dies in Custody
Click to expand Image Lhamo © Private (New York) – Chinese authorities should investigate the death of a Tibetan woman in custody and release her wrongfully detained cousin, Human Rights Watch said...
View ArticleArmenia: Cluster Munitions Kill Civilians in Azerbaijan
Click to expand Image Residents of Barda examine the remnants of a Smerch cluster munition rocket that landed in Barda on October 28. © 2020 Aziz Karimov Armenian forces either fired or supplied...
View ArticleLebanon: Blow to Migrant Domestic Worker Rights
Click to expand Image Protestors holding banners calling for the abolishment of Lebanon's controversial kafala sponsorship system. © 2019 Adib Chowdhury / SOPA Images/Sipa via AP Images (Beirut) –...
View ArticleIndia: Counterterrorism Raids Targeting Peaceful Critics
Click to expand Image An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard as National Investigation Agency personnel search the residence of Agence France-Presse’s correspondent Parvaiz Bukhari on the...
View ArticleSuspected Architect of Sri Lanka War Crimes is UN’s ‘Chief Guest’
Click to expand Image Sri Lanka’s former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, waits to be sworn in as prime minister at Kelaniya Royal Buddhist temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 9, 2020. © 2020 AP...
View ArticleJapan: End Aid to Vietnam’s Police
Click to expand Image Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, left, shakes hands with Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc after the exchange of documents at the Government Office in Hanoi on...
View ArticleWhat Will it Take for Saudi Arabia to Abolish Abusive Sponsorship System?
Click to expand Image There are reports this week that Saudi authorities are seeking to abolish the notorious kafala (sponsorship) system in 2021. Under that system, some 10 million migrant workers’...
View ArticleUS: Protecting the Vote and 2020 Election Security
Click to expand Image A voter wearing a mask to protect against coronavirus lines up at Riverside High School for the Wisconsin primary election on April 7, 2020, in Milwaukee. © 2020 AP Photo/Morry...
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