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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...

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Haiti: 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...

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East 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...

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Australia: 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...

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South 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...

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Bangladesh: 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...

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North 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...

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Pakistan: 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...

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Sri 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...

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Egypt: 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...

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Tunisia: 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.  ©...

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Iraq: 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...

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Retreat 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,...

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Israel/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...

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Proposed 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...

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US 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...

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Thailand: 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...

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Ecuador 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...

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Tunisian 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...

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Panama 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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