Nepal: Stop Stalling Enforced Disappearance Inquiries
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 ArticleBangladesh: Officials Linked to Hundreds of ‘Disappearances’
Click to expand Image © Private (Washington, DC) – The Bangladesh government has repeatedly denied involvement in hundreds of enforced disappearances of activists, critics, and opposition members, and...
View ArticleVenezuela: Human Rights Agenda for Political Negotiation
Click to expand Image Head of the Venezuelan opposition delegation Gerardo Blyde, Kingdom of Norway representative Dag Nylander, Venezuelan National Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez, and Mexican...
View ArticleBelarusian Authorities “Liquidate” Leading Media Freedom Organization
Click to expand Image The door of the Belarusian Association of Journalists main office in Minsk, Belarus on June 2021 © 2021 BAJ On August 27, the Supreme Court of Belarus upheld the appeal by the...
View ArticlePreserve Evidence of Potential Rights Abuses in Afghanistan
Click to expand Image The YouTube video sharing application is seen on an iPhone with the symbol for unavailable content in the background in this photo illustration on December 1, 2017. © 2017 Sipa...
View ArticlePhilippines Adopts ‘Drug War’ Measures Against Activists
Click to expand Image A woman carries a slogan condemning government attacks on activists at a rally to mark International Women's Day, Manila, Philippines on March 8, 2021. © 2021 Aaron Favila/AP...
View ArticleRussia Jails Comedian, Then Expels Him
Click to expand Image Idrak Mirzalizade, June 2021. © Idrak Mirzalizade/YouTube In an outrageous move, the Russian Interior Ministry announced today it has banned a stand-up comedian, Idrak...
View ArticleNo End to Chechnya’s Violent Anti-Gay Campaign
Click to expand Image Campaigners protest for LGBT rights in Chechnya outside the Russian embassy in London, Britain on June 2, 2017. © 2017 Neil Hall/REUTERS The Russian LGBT Network has reported...
View ArticleMalaysia: New Prime Minister Needs New Rights Agenda
Click to expand Image A protester holds a placard during a demonstration demanding that Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin resign for mismanaging the coronavirus pandemic in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July...
View ArticleUS Court Ruling Furthers South Dakota Tribe’s Right to Health
Click to expand Image The US Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hosts a field hearing in Rapid City, South Dakota, on June 17, 2016, to discuss proposed legislation aimed at fixing shortcomings at the...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: Yemeni Workers at Risk of Mass Forced Returns
Click to expand Image An aid worker gives a food ration to a woman in Sanaa, Yemen, July 19, 2020. © 2020 REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (Beirut) – Saudi authorities have since July 2021 began to terminate...
View ArticleJustice for Murder of Chechen Rights Defender Remains Elusive
Click to expand Image Natalia Estemirova in Chechnya, 2007. © 2017 Tanya Lokshina for Human Rights Watch Today, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on the case of Natalia Estemirova, star...
View ArticleUS Congress: Sufficiently Fund Public Housing
Click to expand Image First Houses in Manhattan, one of the earliest public housing developments in the United States, April 2, 2009 © 2009 Americasroof (Washington, DC) – The United States Congress...
View ArticleProtest Demands End to Harmful Surgeries on Intersex Children
Click to expand Image Demonstrators gather for an #EndIntersexSurgery protest outside Weill-Cornell hospital in New York City in August 2021. © 2021 Matias Alvial Protesters picketed Weill-Cornell, a...
View ArticleAustralia: Prisoners Denied Vaccine Access
Click to expand Image The entry sign to Parklea Correctional Centre in Sydney, Australia, July 30, 2020. 2020 Matt Blyth/Getty Images (Sydney) – The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) should...
View ArticleSale of a Seized Beach House Funds Covid-19 Vaccine Drive in Equatorial Guinea
Click to expand Image Proceeds from the Malibu home seized from Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, vice president of Equatorial Guinea, are now funding the country's Covid-19 vaccine drive. © 2021 Google...
View ArticleUN Security Council: Renew Afghanistan Mission
Click to expand Image Taliban fighters stand guard at a checkpoint in the Wazir Akbar Khan neighborhood of Kabul, Afghanistan on August 22, 2021. © 2021 Rahmat Gul/AP Images (New York) - The United...
View ArticleEU’s Cold-Hearted Response to Afghans at Risk
Click to expand Image Polish soldiers build a fence with concertina wire at the border with Belarus in Krynki, Poland, on August 27, 2021. © 2021 Dominika Zarzycka/Sipa USA/AP Images Instead of...
View ArticleNorth Korea Controls Youth Through ‘Hard Labor’
Click to expand Image Farmers plant rice in Rangnang district in Pyongyang, North Korea, May 25, 2021. © 2021 Jon Chol Jin/AP North Korea’s economy has taken a hit as the country’s borders remain...
View ArticleEl Salvador: New Laws Threaten Judicial Independence
Click to expand Image El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele delivers his annual address to the nation before Congress, in San Salvador, El Salvador, Tuesday, June 1. © 2021 AP Photo/Salvador Melendez...
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