Egypt: Leading Rights Group Official Arrested
Click to expand Image Several European diplomats attend a meeting at the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights' (EIPR) office in Cairo on November 3, 2020. © 2020 Egyptian Initiative for Personal...
View ArticleIran: No Justice for Bloody 2019 Crackdown
Click to expand Image Iranian protesters gather around a burning car during a demonstration against an increase in gasoline prices in the capital Tehran, on November 16, 2019. © AFP/Getty Images...
View ArticleUkraine: Armed Groups’ Arbitrary Pandemic Restrictions
Click to expand Image People listen to an armed man with the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic as they wait before crossing the line of contact at a checkpoint, which was temporary closed due...
View ArticleTrump Administration Moves to Entrench Global Gag Rule
Click to expand Image A woman walks past a mural on a Family Health Options clinic in the Kibera slums in Nairobi, Kenya, May 16, 2017. © 2017 Reuters With attention turning toward what the...
View ArticleTrans People at Risk in Honduras
Click to expand Image People participate in the March against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia in Tegucigalpa, Honduras on May 17, 2019. © 2019 Mirte Postema/Human Rights Watch William Alejandro...
View ArticleGuatemala: Congress Assaulting Judicial Independence
Click to expand Image Lawmakers vote in Congress, in Guatemala City, Guatemala, on September 11, 2017. © REUTERS/Luis Echeverria (Washington, DC) – The Guatemalan Congress’s efforts to press criminal...
View ArticleBad News for the US on World Prematurity Day
Click to expand Image Farmworkers, considered essential workers under the current Covid-19 pandemic guidelines, work a strawberry field in Santa Paula, California, April 15, 2020. © 2020 AP...
View ArticleMyanmar’s Military Still Using Children in Fighting
Click to expand Image Myanmar military officers salute at their national flag during a ceremony to mark the 72nd anniversary of Independence Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. © 2020 AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo...
View ArticleHungary: Intensified Attack on LGBT People
Click to expand Image People march with a giant rainbow flag from the parliament building in Budapest during the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Pride Parade on July 6, 2019. © © 2019...
View ArticleHaiti: End Sexual Abuse in Football
Click to expand Image Residents of the Centre Technique National in Croix-des-Bouquets play in a match on May 12, 2020. Earlier this year, survivors and family members accused Haitian Football...
View ArticleFilm Shows Why George Soros Believes in an Open Society
Click to expand Image SOROS © 2020 Vital Pictures, LLC. All of us are the product of our backgrounds. George Soros is no exception. “Soros,” a new documentary about him opening tonight, shows vividly...
View ArticleAustralia: Follow Up Afghan Report with Prosecutions
Click to expand Image Australian SAS search operation in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, in May 2012. Screenshot from ABC News, Four Corners, March 16, 2020. (Sydney) – The findings of the four-year...
View ArticlePushbacks in Greek Waters Put Lives at Risk
Click to expand Image An officer from the European Union’s border protection agency, Frontex, holds the arm of a migrant as they board a ferry in the port of Mytilini, Lesbos island, Greece, on...
View ArticleGuinea: Post-Election Violence, Repression
(New York) – The post presidential-election period in Guinea has been marred with violence and repression, with at least 12 people dead, Human Rights Watch said today. Following the October 18, 2020...
View ArticleTurkey: Opposition Politicians Detained for Four Years
Click to expand Image Selahattin Demirtaş, former co-chair of the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), has been held in Edirne F-type Prison since November 4, 2016. © 2020 Private (Istanbul) –...
View ArticleThailand: Police Violence Against Democracy Demonstrators
Click to expand Image Democracy demonstrators take cover with inflatable ducks and umbrellas as police use water cannons during a protest rally near the parliament in Bangkok, November 17, 2020. ©...
View ArticleLame Duck US Congress Should Pass Bill to Study Reparations for Slavery
Click to expand Image A young boy raises his fist during a demonstration in Atlanta, Georgia, May 31, 2020. © 2020 Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images Before the 116th US Congress adjourns for the year, it...
View ArticleGreece Commits to End “Protective” Child Detention
Click to expand Image Unaccompanied children line up for an evening meal at a detention facility run by the Greek police. © 2015 Kelly Lynn Lunde In a huge victory for children’s rights, the Greek...
View ArticleStill no Accountability for Hong Kong’s Police Force
Click to expand Image A protester is tackled by riot police during a demonstration outside the Legislative Council in Hong Kong, June 12, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo/Kin Cheung Among the gloomy news coming...
View ArticleUganda: Authorities Weaponize Covid-19 for Repression
Click to expand Image Musician and opposition candidate Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine during a press conference in Kampala, Uganda, October 1, 2019. © 2019 Sipa via AP Images (Nairobi) – The arrest...
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