Egypt: Restrictions on Civic Work Underscored
Click to expand Image Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi gives an address at the Ittihadiya presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, May 26, 2017. © 2017 Reuters (Beirut) – The implementing...
View ArticleThe United Kingdom's Brazen Assault on ICC Independence
Click to expand Image The International Criminal Court at The Hague. © 2018 HRW In a deeply unsettling letter made public this week, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson asserted the United Kingdom’s...
View ArticleThe Death of a Warlord in the Central African Republic
Click to expand Image Sidiki Abbas (also known as Bi Sidi Souleymane), the commander of Return, Reclamation, Rehabilitation, or 3R, at a peace deal signing ceremony in Bangui, Central African...
View ArticleA Plea to the UN to Address Sexual Violence in Conflict
Click to expand Image Video screenshot showing Caroline Atim addressing the United Nations Security Council during a virtual meeting, April 14, 2021. When Caroline Atim, founder and director of the...
View ArticleAfghanistan: US Should Prioritize Rights, Civilian Protection
Click to expand Image President Joe Biden speaks from the Treaty Room in the White House on April 14, 2021 about the withdrawal of the remainder of US troops from Afghanistan. © 2021 AP Photo/Andrew...
View ArticleThe Human Rights Watch Film Festival's Second Digital Edition
Click to expand Image Photo from director Nanfu Wang's 'In the Same Breath'. Photo courtesy of HBO. (New York) — The Human Rights Watch Film Festival, now in its 32nd year, will present its second...
View ArticleUnited States: EPA Should Ban Toxic Pesticide
Click to expand Image A 12-year-old girl picks cucumbers on a Michigan farm. © 2009 ROMANO (New York) – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should ban all uses of the toxic pesticide...
View ArticleAttacked for Blogging About Life with HIV in Russia
Twenty-nine-year-old Ilya Bronsky tested positive for HIV in 2019 and wanted other HIV-positive Russians to understand that the diagnosis is not the end of the world. His tweets about living with HIV...
View ArticleRussia: Ban Sought on Groups Linked to Navalny
Click to expand Image Police officers outside the Moscow City Court building. February 02, 2021. Russia, Moscow. © 2021 Emin Dzhafarov/Kommersant/Sipa USA(Sipa via AP Images) (Moscow) – The Moscow...
View ArticleChina: Crimes Against Humanity in Xinjiang
Click to expand Image A Chinese police officer guards the road near a “reeducation” camp in Yining, Xinjiang, September 4, 2018. © 2018 Thomas Peter/Reuters (New York) – The Chinese government is...
View ArticleMali: Killings, ‘Disappearances’ in Military Operations
Click to expand Image A member of the Malian Armed Forces (FAMA) patrols a road in central Mali, February 2020. © 2020 Michele Cattani/AFP via Getty Images (Bamako) – Malian soldiers have allegedly...
View ArticleApp-Based Jobs Emerge as Battleground for Workplace Safety in Georgia
Click to expand Image Bolt Food couriers protest in Tbilisi, Georgia, on March 24, 2021 © Shota Kincha/OC Media The Covid-19 pandemic has spurred a boom in food delivery services in Georgia, where...
View ArticleThailand: Free Unjustly Detained Democracy Activists
Click to expand Image Pro-democracy activists Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul, left, and Parit Chiwarak raise a three-fingers salute as they walk to Pathumwan police station in Bangkok, Thailand, January...
View ArticleSuspend Syria’s Rights Under Chemical Weapons Convention
Click to expand Image A civil defense member breathes through an oxygen mask, after what rescue workers described as a suspected chemical attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in rebel-held Idlib,...
View ArticleUS: Include Maternal Health in Climate Change Action
Click to expand Image US President Joe Biden signs a series of executive orders on tackling climate change on January 27, 2021 in Washington, DC. From left, Vice President Kamala Harris, Biden, White...
View ArticleJustice is Served for George Floyd, but US Police Reform Remains Urgent
Click to expand Image A mural dedicated to George Floyd and honoring the Black Lives Matter movement in Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 29, 2020. © 2020 munshots/Sipa via AP Images A Minnesota jury has...
View ArticleChad: Déby Leaves Legacy of Abuse
Click to expand Image Recently deceased Chadian President Idriss Déby Itno seen here addressing the Climate Action Summit at the United Nations General Assembly, at UN headquarters on Monday, Sept....
View ArticleASEAN: Withdraw Invite to Myanmar Junta Leader
Click to expand Image State Administrative Council Chairman and Commander-in-Chief Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing makes a televised statement in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, February 11, 2021. © 2021 Tatmadaw...
View ArticleMaldives Advances Media Freedom, But Long Way to Go
Click to expand Image Relatives of disappeared Maldivian journalist Ahmed Rilwan Abdulla hold a silent protest during International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances in Colombo, Sri Lanka,...
View ArticleRemembering Chad’s Idriss Deby
Click to expand Image Reed Brody meets Idriss Déby at his office in N'Djamena, Chad, 2004. © Private I met Chadian president Idriss Déby, who was killed this week, several times. For 30 years, the...
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