Cambodia: Lockdowns Hit Low-Income Families Hard
Click to expand Image A resident of a "Red Zone" carries bags of rice donated to his house during the coronavirus pandemic. © 2021 Andy Ball / SOPA Images/Sipa USA (Bangkok) – The Cambodian government...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Exiting Forces Should Protect Interpreters
Click to expand Image Former Afghan interpreters hold placards during a protest against the U.S. government and NATO in Kabul, Afghanistan on April 30, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib (Washington,...
View ArticleArmed Islamists’ Latest Sahel Massacre Targets Burkina Faso
Click to expand Image A man reads the L'Observateur Paalga newspaper in Ouagadougou on June 7, 2021, about the attacks that happened in Solhan. © 2021 OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT/AFP via Getty Images Just...
View ArticleTackling Digital Violence in Ecuador Shouldn’t Endanger Free Speech
Click to expand Image Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso attends the change of military command at the Carondelet Palace in Quito, Ecuador, on May 31, 2021. © 2021 Rafael Rodriguez/NurPhoto via AP...
View ArticleIndonesian Law Hampers Mosque Construction
Click to expand Image Indonesia's religious minorities, including Christians, Ahmadis, Buddhists and native faith believers, celebrate Indonesia’s Independence Day outside the State Palace in Jakarta,...
View ArticleRights of Women Violated in Myanmar Prisons
Click to expand Image An official with a megaphone during the release of prisoners from Insein prison after a presidential pardon in Yangon, Myanmar, April 17, 2020. © 2020 Thein Zaw/AP Photo When “Mi...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Missing Dual Turkish-Kyrgyz Citizen Risks Torture, Removal to Turkey
Click to expand Image Protestors in central Bishkek demanding Orhan Inandi, who disappeared on May 31, be found, hold posters with his image that read “Orhan Inandi is a Kyrgyz citizen! He should be...
View ArticleColombia: Egregious Police Abuses Against Protesters
Click to expand Image A member of ESMAD throws a tear gas grenade by hand at protesters on May 28, 2021 in Bogota, Colombia. © 2021 Ovidio Gonzalez/Getty Images. (Washington, DC) – Members of the...
View ArticleFamilies of Activists Who Flee Xinjiang Pay a Heavy Price
Click to expand Image The watchtower of a high-security facility near a “re-education camp” where mostly Muslim ethnic minorities are detained, on the outskirts of Hotan, in China's northwestern...
View ArticlePapua New Guinea: Violence Against Women Accused of Sorcery
Click to expand Image Screenshot from the testimony of Dr. Fiona Hukula (right) at the Special Parliamentary Inquiry into Gender-Based Violence in Port Moresby on May 24, 2021. © 2021 Facebook...
View ArticleEthiopia: Boy Publicly Executed in Oromia
Click to expand Image Roundabout at site of Amanuel Wondimu's execution on May 11, 2021, in Dembi Dollo town, Oromia, Ethiopia. © Nakoor Malkaa VOA (Nairobi) – Ethiopian government forces summarily...
View ArticleSurging Child Labor Demands Government Action
Click to expand Image A 14-year-old boy from Dolakha district at a brick kiln in Bholachhe, Bhaktapur, Nepal where he lives with his aunt’s family. He works as a carpenter’s apprentice in the day and...
View ArticleSyria: Russian Veto Would Shut Down Last Aid Lifeline
Millions of Syrians risk losing access to lifesaving aid, including during the Covid-19 pandemic, if Russia vetoes reauthorizing the only remaining UN aid corridor from Turkey into opposition-held...
View ArticleEuropean Parliament Alarmed over Sri Lanka’s Rights Situation
Click to expand Image A Sri Lankan woman holds a portrait of a relative who went missing, during a protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, February 14, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena The European...
View ArticleBrazil: Failure to Respond to Education Emergency
Click to expand Image Student receives hand sanitizer at a public school in São Paulo on the first day of in-person classes, on February 8th. © Andre Penner/ AP Photo/ Picture alliance (São Paulo,...
View ArticleGermany: New Supply Chain Law a Step in the Right Direction
Click to expand Image A 9-year old girl collects sand in search of gold at a mining site in Moroto District, Uganda. @2021 Angella Nabwowe Kasule for ISER © (Berlin) – A new law on human rights in...
View ArticleHungary: Reject Bill Banning Discussion of LGBT Issues
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 ArticleG7 Leaders Can’t Ignore Ethiopia’s Looming Famine
Click to expand Image People walk from a rural area towards a food distribution site near the town of Agula, in Tigray, Ethiopia, May 8, 2021. © 2021 Ben Curtis via AP G7 leaders meeting this week...
View ArticleDeadly Afghanistan Attack Shows Dangers to Humanitarian Workers
Click to expand Image Clearance operator from the Halo Trust clearing a steep, rocky hillside in Afghanistan. © 2004 Brian Liu/Toolbox DC The United Nations, governments, and humanitarian groups...
View ArticleTop Rights Tweets of the Week
Trending rights tweets this week: Two former Israeli ambassadors to South Africa say Israel is committing the crime of apartheid today; since the coup in Myanmar, women are reporting being sexually...
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