European Climate Change Lawsuit Spotlights Child Rights
Click to expand Image Firefighters try to extinguish a wildfire at the village of Chaveira, near Macao, in central Portugal on Monday, July 22, 2019. © AP Photo/Sergio Azenha Increased heat, more...
View ArticleArtists Unite to Support Human Rights Watch
(New York) – A group of contemporary artists whose works grapple with the challenges of our time announced an auction today to benefit Human Rights Watch.The auction, 20 21 Artists in Support of Human...
View ArticleUS: ‘New’ Dream Act Not Full Reform
Click to expand Image Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) students celebrate in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, June 18, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta (Washington,...
View ArticleLebanon: Sexual Harassment Law Missing Key Protections
Click to expand Image Activists take part in a demonstration against sexual harassment, rape, and domestic violence in the Lebanese capital Beirut on December 7, 2019. © ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty...
View ArticleMexico: Abuses Against Asylum Seekers at US Border
(Washington, DC) – Asylum seekers sent to Mexico by the administration of former US president Donald Trump have suffered violence and extortion by Mexican police, immigration agents, and criminal...
View ArticleWestern Sahara: Harassment of Independence Activist
Click to expand Image Sahrawi activist Sultana Khaya in 2019. © 2019 Stefano Montesi - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images (Washington) – Moroccan security forces have maintained a near-constant heavy...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Withdraw Problematic Draft Constitution
Click to expand Image The new Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Zhaparov, who won the January 10 snap election, at his inauguration ceremony in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. © 2021 AP...
View ArticleCambodia: Scrap Abusive Covid-19 Prevention Bill
Click to expand Image Front side of the National Assembly of Cambodia in Phnom Penh, May 7, 2019. © Daniel Kalker/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images (Bangkok) – The Cambodian government should withdraw a...
View ArticleEthiopia: Eritrean Forces Massacre Tigray Civilians
Click to expand Image Priest on his way to church in Axum, Tigray region, Ethiopia on January 25, 2011. © 2011 Matjaz Krivic via Getty Images (Nairobi) – Eritrean armed forces massacred scores of...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Thousands of Villagers Facing Eviction
Click to expand Image Staff from the Masvingo Centre for Research Advocacy and Development (MACRAD Trust) consult with members of the Chilonga community in Chiredzi. © 2021 MACRAD Trust (Johannesburg)...
View ArticleBring Highland Killers in Papua New Guinea to Justice
Click to expand Image In this July 8, 2019 file photo, locals stand near the bodies of victims recovered following tribal violence in Karida, Papua New Guinea. © 2019 Pills Kolo via AP, File New year,...
View ArticleBurundi: Free Forcibly Returned Refugees
Click to expand Image Sign outside the Muha High Court in Bujumbura, Burundi. © 2021 SOS Médias Burundi (Nairobi) – Burundian authorities should drop baseless charges and release eight former...
View Article‘No Time to Mourn’ Narratives of Gender Inequality in South Sudan
South Sudanese women have faced the brunt of years of violence, abuses, and repressive gender norms, and their voices have too often been silenced. A new anthology of poems, short stories, and artwork...
View ArticleJapanese Firms to Reassess Businesses Using Xinjiang Forced Labor
Click to expand Image In this file image from undated video footage run by China's CCTV via AP Video, Muslim trainees work in a garment factory at the Hotan Vocational Education and Training Center in...
View ArticleBrazil: Support Wider Vaccine Production at WTO
Click to expand Image The Covid-19 vaccine is administered to a health professional in Sao Paulo, Brasil on January 20, 2021. © 2021 Agência Brasil / Rovena Rosa (São Paulo, March 9, 2021) - Brazil...
View ArticleDR Congo: Quash Whistleblowers’ Death Sentences
Click to expand Image Gradi Koko, right, and Navy Malela, former staff of the audit department at Afriland First Bank CD, on February 17, 2021 in Paris, France. © 2021 Cyril Marcilhacy/Bloomberg via...
View ArticlePanama: Bill Bars Same-Sex Couples from Adoption
Click to expand Image El presidente de Panamá Laurentino Cortizo ofrece su primer discurso de Informe a la Nación ante la Asamblea Nacional en la Ciudad de Panamá el 1 de julio de 2020. © 2020 AP...
View ArticleEgypt: Provide Equitable Covid-19 Vaccine Access
Click to expand Image Egyptian Health Minister Hala Zayed at a press conference on January 24, 2021, speaking about the government's plans for Covid-19 vaccinations. © 2021 Fadel Dawod/NurPhoto via AP...
View ArticleThe Legacy of Racism in South Africa
Click to expand Image Protesters run for cover as they clash with police at Eldorado Park police station in Johannesburg, South Africa, August 27, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Themba Hadebe Police brutality...
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