Venezuela: Rights Crisis Deepens as Maduro is Sworn in
Relatives of political prisoners light candles during a vigil calling for their freedom in Caracas, Venezuela on Sunday, December 1, 2024. © 2024 AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos (Mexico City) – Repression...
View ArticleHaiti: Escalating Violence; Humanitarian Crisis
Residents walk past a burnt car as they evacuate the Delmas 22 neighborhood the morning after an attack amid ongoing criminal violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, May 2, 2024. © 2024 Ramon...
View ArticleEast Africa, Horn: Civilian Suffering in Armed Conflict
Click to expand Image Refugees are taken in trucks from Joda, on the Sudanese border, to Renk, in South Sudan. © 2024 Sipa via AP Images (Nairobi) – Civilians in East Africa and the Horn bore the...
View ArticleAustralia: Reversals in Respect for Children’s Rights
Click to expand Image A cell at Cairns watch house in Queensland, Australia where the authorities detained children in 2024. © 2024 Inspector of Detention Services, Office of the Queensland Ombudsman...
View ArticleSouth Korea: Rights and Democracy Prevail
Click to expand Image Demonstrators chant slogans during a protest against South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol outside the National Assembly in Seoul, December 7, 2024. © 2024 Jean Chung/Bloomberg...
View ArticleBangladesh: Lasting Reforms Needed to Stop Abuses
Click to expand Image Students take part in a protest march to demand justice for those killed during anti-quota protests in Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 3, 2024. © 2024 KM Asad/LightRocket via Getty...
View ArticleNorth Korea: No Easing of Systemic Rights Abuses
Click to expand Image The town of Chunggang, North Korea, as seen from the Chinese border town of Linjiang, February 29, 2024. © 2024 PEDRO PARDO/AFP via Getty Images (Bangkok) – North Korea’s...
View ArticlePakistan: New Government Cracks Down on Free Expression
Click to expand Image A police vehicle set on fire by alleged supporters of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan party during clashes in Karachi, Pakistan, October 13, 2024. © 2024 AP Photo/Fareed Khan...
View ArticleSri Lanka: New Government Pledges Economic Reform, Justice
Click to expand Image Newspaper front pages featuring president-elect Anura Kumara Dissanayake on display in Colombo, Sri Lanka, September 23, 2024. © 2024 AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena (Bangkok) – The...
View ArticleEgypt: Repression, Rising Poverty in Sisi’s Second Decade
Click to expand Image A man walks past an exchange office in Cairo, Egypt, March 6, 2024. © 2024 AP Photo/Amr Nabil. (Beirut) – The government of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Egypt entered its...
View ArticleTunisia: Drastic Closure of Civic Space
Click to expand Image Demonstrators wave Tunisian flags and raise placards during a demonstration organized by the Tunisian Network for Rights and Freedoms in Tunis, Tunisia, on September 22, 2024. ©...
View ArticleIraq: Repressive Laws Roll Back Rights
Click to expand Image A woman walks holding a placard as activists demonstrate against female child marriages, in Tahrir Square, central Baghdad, July 28, 2024. © 2024 Ahmad Al-Rubaye / AFP via Getty...
View ArticleRetreat and Resistance in Dark Times
Play Video (New York) – The events of 2024 have shown that even in the darkest times there are those who dare to resist oppression and demonstrate the courage to seek progress, said Tirana Hassan,...
View ArticleIsrael/Palestine: An Abyss of Human Suffering in Gaza
Click to expand Image The moon rises as a man sits atop a pile of rubble it al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza Strip on November 15, 2024, amid ongoing hostilities in Gaza. © 2024 Eyad Baba/AFP...
View ArticleProposed EU Bill Could Unravel Corporate Accountability Laws
Click to expand Image President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, during a press conference in Strasbourg, France, September 17, 2024. © 2024 Philipp von...
View ArticleUS Commits to Protecting Education during Conflict
Click to expand Image A school guard walks in the corridor of a school which was heavily damaged after a Russian airstrike in Mohrytsia, Ukraine, August 14, 2024. © 2024 Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo...
View ArticleThailand: Don’t Send Uyghurs to China
Click to expand Image Detainees behind cell bars at the police Immigration Detention Center in Bangkok, Thailand, January 21, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit (Bangkok) – A group of 48 Uyghur men...
View ArticleEcuador High Court Upholds Rights of Trans Student
Click to expand Image The Constitutional Court building, in Quito, Ecuador, February 7, 2024. © 2024 Dolores Ochoa/AP Photo Ecuador’s Constitutional Court recently made public a ruling upholding the...
View ArticleTunisian Human Rights Defender on Hunger Strike
Click to expand Image Demonstrators hold up a banner bearing the effigy of Tunisian President Kais Saied that reads ''Tyrant,'' while others wear masks representing Tunisian women jailed or detained...
View ArticlePanama Floods Show Need for Planned Relocation Policy
Click to expand Image The Guna Indigenous community of Ukupa in Panama during a flood in December 2024. © 2024 Emigdio Morris The Guna Indigenous community of Ukupa in Panama has announced a plan for...
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