US: Temporary Protection for Venezuelans
Click to expand Image A sign that reads "There is no water" (top L) is seen at the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) hospital in Caracas, Venezuela. © 2018 REUTERS/Marco Bello (Washington, DC) –...
View ArticleThailand: Activists Jailed for Criticizing Monarchy
Click to expand Image Jatupat "Pai" Boonpattararaksa plays the Isan harp at Democracy Monument during a protest against the imprisonment of four pro-democracy activists in Bangkok, Thailand on March...
View ArticleTunisia: Harassment, Arbitrary Detention of LGBT Rights Activist
Click to expand Image Rania Amdouni, 26, at the office of the Tunisian Association of Democratic Women, on October 27, 2020. © 2020 Hamza Nasri (Beirut) – A Tunisian court sentenced a prominent LGBT...
View ArticleMyanmar: Urgently Investigate NLD Official’s Death in Custody
Click to expand Image Myanmar soldiers blocking the street in Yangon near the home of Khin Maung Latt on the night of his arrest, March 6, 2021. © 2021 Private (Bangkok) – Myanmar’s junta should...
View ArticlePhilippines: Killings Highlight Need for International Action
Click to expand Image Protesters display slogans condemning the recent government attacks on activists during a rally near the Malacanang presidential palace on March 8, 2021 in Manila, Philippines. ©...
View ArticleCommission to Investigate Abuses Against Australia’s First Nations
Click to expand Image A woman holds an Indigenous Lives Matter placard during a Black Lives Matter rally on June 6, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. © 2020 Speed Media/Icon Sportswire via AP Images. This...
View ArticleFrontex Turns a Blind Eye to Greece’s Border Abuses
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 ArticleBahrain: Police Beat, Threaten Children
Click to expand Image Sayed Hasan Ameen, 16, has serious medical complications from sickle cell anemia but Bahraini authorities denied him family visits and access to medications in detention. He is...
View ArticleEquatorial Guinea: Seek Independent Inquiry of Blast
Click to expand Image A dark cloud of smoke shown in the aftermath of a series of explosions in Bata, Equatorial Guinea, March 7, 2021. © 2021 Private (Johannesburg) – Equatorial Guinean authorities...
View ArticleFrench Minister Rightly Shocked by Poland’s Anti-LGBT Zones
Click to expand Image A protester chants slogans on a megaphone during the Women's Day Manifa march in Warsaw, Poland calling for action on climate change, gender equality, access to legal abortion,...
View ArticleKazakhstan’s ‘First’ Women’s March
Click to expand Image International Women’s Day march in Almaty, Kazakhstan, March 8, 2021. © 2021 Human Rights Watch By Vika KimInternational Women’s Day 2021, on Monday, was the first time...
View ArticleUzbekistan: Draft Criminal Code Offers Little Meaningful Reform
Click to expand Image Exterior of Barak-khan Madrasah in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. © Getty Images (Berlin) – Uzbekistan should ensure that its new Criminal Code does not just tinker with some problematic...
View ArticleIndia: Halt All Forced Returns to Myanmar
Click to expand Image Rohingya refugees stand outside their makeshift camp on the outskirts of Jammu, India, March 7, 2021. © AP Photo/Channi Anand (New York) – The Indian government should halt any...
View ArticleThailand: Stop Border Pushbacks, Provide Protection
Click to expand Image A protester waving a Myanmar nation flag in front of the United Nation building during the demonstration. © 2021 Peerapon Boonyakiat / SOPA Images/Sipa USA (New York) – Thai...
View ArticleRussia Slows Down Twitter Access
Click to expand Image A mobile phone user turns on Twitter application on his smartphone in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, March 10, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko Today, Russian...
View ArticleIran: Overturn Shutdown of Charity
Click to expand Image Members of one of the Imam Ali Popular Students' Relief Society health houses hold a banner with the organization's name and logo. © 2014 IRNA (Beirut) – The Iranian government...
View ArticleUganda: End Enforced Disappearances of Opponents
Click to expand Image Ugandan soldiers patrol near the house of Ugandan opposition presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine in Magere, Uganda. ©Sally Hayden / SOPA Images /...
View ArticleBolivia: Amnesty Decree Opens the Door to Impunity
Click to expand Image Supporters of Bolivian opposition candidate Carlos Mesa and of then President Evo Morales clash during a demonstration over disputed electoral results, in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, on...
View ArticleIllinois: Repeal Forced Parental Notice of Abortion
(Chicago) – An Illinois law that requires a young person seeking an abortion to involve an adult family member is dangerous for youth in the state, violates their human rights, and threatens their...
View ArticleLessons for French Forces in Mali
Click to expand Image On January 3, 2021, two French Mirage 2000 jet fighters like this one dropped three bombs near Bounti, Central Mali. © 2013 Reuters/Benoit Tessier The facts surrounding the...
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