Chinese Diplomats Try Using UN as Shield for Xinjiang Crimes
Click to expand Image Police officers check the identity cards of a people as security forces keep watch in a street in Kashgar, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China on March 24, 2017. © 2017...
View ArticleMultiple Knife Attacks in France
Click to expand Image People set flowers at a memorial in front of the Notre Dame church, in Nice, France, October 30, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Daniel Cole The French public has been shaken in recent...
View ArticleEgypt Detains Men for Alleged Sexual Orientation, Alongside Alleged Rapists
Click to expand Image Seif Bedour, 21 (Left) and Ahmed al-Ganzoury, 40 (Right) © 2020 Private When Seif Bedour, 21, returned to Egypt this year to visit his family after years studying abroad, he did...
View ArticleRussia Should Support Health Workers, Not Silence Them
Click to expand Image A medical specialist wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) takes a break at the City Clinical Hospital Number 15 which delivers treatment to COVID-19 patients in Moscow,...
View ArticleCameroon: Gunmen Massacre School Children
Click to expand Image Screenshot of a video filmed outside Mother Francisca Bilingual Academy, in Kumba, South-West region, after the attack which killed 7 children on October 24, 2020 © Private (New...
View ArticleNepal: Carry Out Rights Panel’s Recommendations
Click to expand Image Nepal's Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli, left, shakes hand with former Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal, February 15, 2018. In May 2018, Oli and Dahal parties merged their...
View ArticleLebanon: Broken Promises On Women’s Rights
Click to expand Image Lebanese women have long been leaders in the country’s protest movements. Here, women shout slogans and wave the Lebanese flag during a demonstration in down town Beirut on...
View ArticleWhat Does the Council of Europe Have Against People with Disabilities?
Click to expand Image The headquarters of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. © 2018 Human Rights Watch In what may seem like a contradiction, the Council of Europe—the continent’s leading human...
View ArticleUS: Electoral Process Needs Time
Click to expand Image Municipal workers extract Luzerne County ballots from their envelopes, Wednesday, November 4, 2020, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. © AP Photo/Mary Altaffer (New York) – The...
View ArticleOregon Decriminalizes Simple Possession of All Drugs
Click to expand Image Election workers empty ballots at the Multnomah County Elections Division in Portland, Oregon, November 3, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Paula Bronstein Oregon voters have made history...
View ArticleBullying, Violence Common in Schools Worldwide
Click to expand Image Since Lebanon opened classes for Syrian refugee students, the number of children in public schools has more than doubled. But teachers need training in positive discipline....
View ArticleDozens of Prisoners Released in Syria
Click to expand Image A checkpoint in the Syrian city of Daraa. © 2018 Friedemann Kohler/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images On November 4, local news outlets reported that the Syrian government had...
View ArticleBelarus: Expert Report Calls for International Inquiry into Torture
Click to expand Image A protester waves the former national Belarus' flag in Minsk, on June 7, 2020, during a collect of signatures in support of alternative candidates ahead of Belarus presidential...
View ArticleSeveral US States Advanced Gender Equality on Election Day
Click to expand Image Boxes of vote-by-mail ballot envelopes are shown at the King County election headquarters in Renton, Washington, October 23, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Ted S. Warren With all eyes...
View ArticleHonduras: Regional Court Hears Trans Murder Case
Click to expand Image Picture of Vicky Hernández. © Red Lésbica Cattrachas (New York) – The government of Honduras has an obligation to conduct an effective investigation into any alleged violation of...
View ArticleSpain: Respect Rights of People Arriving by Sea to Canary Islands
Click to expand Image Nach einer gefährlichen Reise über den Atlantik verlassen Männer ein Holzboot am Arguineguín-Pier in Gran Canaria. © 2020 Javier Bauluz (Milan) – Spanish authorities should...
View ArticleLibya: Outspoken Benghazi Lawyer Murdered
Click to expand Image Hanan Al-Barassi, a Benghazi-based lawyer, was assassinated by unidentified gunmen on November 10, 2020, in her hometown. © 2020, Hanan Al-Barassi’s Facebook Live (Beirut) –...
View ArticleRussia: New Effort to Stifle Independent Groups
Click to expand Image Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin addresses the State Duma, the lower house of Russia’s Parliament, in Moscow, Russia. July 22, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko...
View ArticleAfghan Victims Deserve Justice in Australian Inquiry
Click to expand Image Australian SAS search operation in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, in May 2012. Screenshot from ABC News, Four Corners, March 16, 2020. The Australian military has long been known...
View ArticleNew Philippine Police Chief Has Troubling Record
Click to expand Image Major General Debold Sinas. © NCRPO PIO/Facebook President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed police Maj. Gen. Debold Sinas as the new head of the Philippine National Police (PNP),...
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