Woman in Gaza Fights Travel Ban Imposed by Her Father
Click to expand Image Women hold signs during a protest against the decision by Gaza's Supreme Judicial Council banning women from movement in and out of the Gaza Strip without the permission of her...
View ArticleLibya: Asylum Seekers, Refugees Need Crisis Response
Click to expand Image After Libyan armed groups on October 1, 2021, destroyed shelters and detained thousands of migrants, asylum seekers and refugees camped in front of a shuttered facility managed...
View ArticleAlternatives to Immigration Detention
(New York) – Pilot programs testing alternatives to immigration detention in several countries, including the United States, offer governments models for more humane and rights-respecting approaches,...
View ArticleNew Hypocrisy in US Immigration Policy
Click to expand Image Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during a press briefing at the White House, September 24, 2021, in Washington. © 2021 AP Photo/Patrick Semansky United...
View ArticleThailand: Police Torture Political Activists
Click to expand Image Police officers disperse protesters in front of Din Daeng police station in Bangkok, Thailand on October 29, 2021, during a memorial for Warit Somnoi, a 15-year-old demonstrator...
View ArticleSatellite Data Raise Fears Myanmar’s Army Setting Towns Ablaze
Click to expand Image A screenshot of thermal anomaly data showing fire activity in Thantlang town, Chin State, Myanmar on October 29, 2021. © 2021 VIIRS New satellite data analyzed by Human Rights...
View ArticleCOP26 States Should Agree to Cut Military Emissions
Click to expand Image A Chinese special warfare equipment unit participates in celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the People's Republic of China in Beijing, October 1, 2019. © 2019 Imaginechina...
View ArticleUN Should Create New Yemen War-Crimes Investigation
Click to expand Image Yemeni men inspect a destroyed house that was allegedly targeted by Saudi-led air strikes in Sanaa, Yemen, March 8, 2018. © 2018 Hani Al-Ansi/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images Last...
View ArticleFrance Should End Abusive Policies Toward Migrants
Click to expand Image Police officers patrol near a migrant camp in Calais, northern France, October 14, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Christophe Ena Three weeks after French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin...
View ArticleVenezuela: ICC Investigation Opens
Click to expand Image Permanent premises of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, the Netherlands. © 2018 Marina Riera/Human Rights Watch (Washington, DC) – The decision of the International...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Taliban Blocking Female Aid Workers
Click to expand Image Men wait in a line to receive cash at a money distribution organized by the World Food Program in Kabul, Afghanistan, November 3, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Bram Janssen (New York) –...
View ArticleInternational Investigation Needed into Abuses in Ethiopia
Click to expand Image Ethiopians wait for food distribution in a small town north of Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, May 7, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Ben Curtis © 2021 AP Photo/Ben...
View ArticleChina: Release Gravely Ill Activist
Click to expand Image Zhang Zhan, an activist who criticized the Chinese government's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and is being held in a Shanghai prison. © Private/Twitter (New York) – Chinese...
View ArticleFrom Schools to Motels, Nowhere is Safe from Spy Cams in South Korea
Click to expand Image South Korean women protest against non-consensual filming and sharing of intimate images on August 4, 2018 in Seoul, South Korea. © 2018 Jean Chung/Getty Images Last week,...
View ArticleSingapore: Halt Execution of Man with Intellectual Disability
Click to expand Image An activist in Kuala Lumpur holds a placard in protest of the impending execution in Singapore of Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, sentenced for importing diamorphine into Singapore,...
View ArticleEgypt: Emergency Provisions Made Permanent
Click to expand Image Members of the Egyptian police special forces stand guard on Cairo's landmark Tahrir Square on January 25, 2016. © 2016 Mohamed el-Shahed via Getty Images (Beirut, November 5,...
View ArticlePeople with Disabilities Needed in Global Efforts to Combat Climate Change
Click to expand Image Exterior of the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, with a banner reading: "Welcome to the UN Climate Change Conference UK 2021." © 2021 Human Rights Watch “Disabled people...
View ArticleYoung Activists Denounce Climate Plans as 'Betrayal'
Click to expand Image Climate activist Greta Thunberg, center, demonstrates with others in front of the Standard and Chartered Bank during a climate protest in London, England, October 29, 2021, ahead...
View ArticleVietnam: US Should Urge Release of Dissidents
Click to expand Image US Vice President Kamala Harris, second left, attends a bilateral meeting with Vietnam's Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam, August 25,...
View ArticleEthiopia: International Action Needed to Prevent Atrocities
Click to expand Image Members of the House of People's Representatives attend a session to approve the state of emergency declared by the prime minister, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on November 4, 2021....
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