Malaysia: End Abusive Immigration Detention
Click to expand Image Police officers detain an immigrant from an apartment under enhanced lockdown in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 1, 2020. © 2020 Reuters/Lim Huey Teng (Bangkok) – Malaysia should...
View ArticleCanada Needs to Deliver Promised Climate Accountability
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has tabled legislation that would increase transparency of government efforts to meet climate change commitments. Bill C-12, tabled November 19,...
View ArticleNepal: Stalling on Justice for Conflict-Era Crimes
Click to expand Image A Nepali man looks at photographs of disappeared persons displayed by human rights activists at an event to mark the International Day of the Disappeared in Kathmandu, Nepal,...
View ArticleTop Human Rights Tweets of the Week
Trending rights tweets this week: Beijing is destroying Hong Kong's universities with "shrinking space for dissent or even discussion”; Police escalate tensions in Thailand and used water cannons...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Bad Faith Efforts to Overhaul Constitution
Click to expand Image Kyrgyzstan's Prime Minister Sadyr Japarov delivers his speech during an official ceremony of transfer of the power at the Kyrgyzstan Parliament in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Friday,...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Donors Should Support Rights Gains
Click to expand Image Mothers along with babies who suffer from malnutrition wait at a UNICEF clinic in Jabal Saraj, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, August 26, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool...
View ArticleMauritania: Revise Draft Associations Law
Click to expand Image (Beirut) – Mauritania’s parliament should revise a draft law on associations it is due to confirm during its current session to ensure that it meets international standards on...
View ArticleUN: Implement Human Rights Principles for Assistance in Syria
Click to expand Image An aid convoy drives through the city of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Syria, in March 2018 when it was still held by anti-government armed groups. © 2018 Samer...
View ArticleRussia: New Move to Suffocate Civil Society
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 ArticleSomalia: Ensure Justice in Health Worker Massacre
Click to expand Image An ambulance transports patients to a hospital from a camp for internally displaced people on the outskirts Mogadishu, Somalia, March 2017. © 2017 REUTERS/Feisal Omar (Nairobi) –...
View ArticleWhy Won’t Lebanon Stand Up for Free Expression?
Click to expand Image LGBTQ Rights graffiti spray-painted at a protest site in downtown Beirut. December 22, 2019. © 2019 Marwan Tahtah for Human Rights Watch The “Coalition to Defend Freedom of...
View ArticleEgyptian Judiciary in Service of Repression
Click to expand Image Policemen and people walk in front of the main gate of Tora prison in Cairo on June 4, 2012. © 2012 Reuters Walid Shawky, a dentist and activist in Egypt, spent nearly two years...
View ArticleSingle Women in South Korea Have Rights to a Family Too
Click to expand Image Protesters celebrate after listening to a judgment during a rally demanding the abolition of abortion law outside of the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea, April 11,...
View ArticleMyanmar: Release Students Jailed for Peaceful Protest
Click to expand Image (Bangkok) – The Myanmar authorities should immediately end criminal proceedings and release students and other activists charged for participating in recent peaceful protests, a...
View ArticleUS Renters Need More Support in Pandemic
Click to expand Image A rental sign is posted in front of an apartment complex in Phoenix, Arizona, July 14, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin With negotiations concerning a new economic...
View ArticleItaly: Strengthen Immigration Law Protections
Click to expand Image Men aboard the Sea-Watch 4, a nongovernmental rescue ship, rejoice on September 1, 2020, as they learn that they have permission to disembark in Palermo, Sicily, the next day. ©...
View ArticleNew Law Would Expand Internet Censorship in Russia
Click to expand Image A man checks his smartphone while waiting to board a subway in Moscow, Russia, December 23, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin On November 19, a draft law was submitted to...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: Clarify Status of Uyghur Detainees
Click to expand Image (Beirut) – Saudi authorities should immediately clarify the status of two Chinese Muslim Uyghur men arrested in Saudi Arabia on November 20, 2020, and disclose the basis for...
View ArticleTunisia: Harsh Sentence Against Blogger
Click to expand Image A Tunisian woman walks past a graffiti that reads "Freedom is a daily practice" in Tunis April 26, 2011. © 2011 Reuters / Anis Mili (Tunis) – A Tunis court on November 12, 2020...
View ArticleHaiti: Lifetime Ban for Football Chief
Click to expand Image Women hold up signs demanding justice during the hearing of the president of the Fédération Haïtienne De Football (FHF), Yves Jean-Bart, regarding allegations that he abused...
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