EU: Egypt Support Risks Complicity in Abuses
Click to expand Image President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, meets with the President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, June 15, 2022 © 2022 Directorate-General for Neighbourhood...
View ArticleTunisia: Cybercrime Decree Used Against Critics
Click to expand Image The Tunisian Journalists Union (SNJT) protests against the sentencing of journalist Khalifa Guesmi to five years in prison in Tunis, Tunisia, May 18, 2023. © 2023 Mohamed...
View ArticleAzerbaijan: Prominent Opposition Figure Arrested
Click to expand Image Tofig Yagublu, in Baku, Azerbaijan, December 1, 2023. © 2023 Ulviyya Ali (Berlin, December 19, 2023) – Azerbaijani authorities have arrested a prominent opposition leader and...
View Article10 Good News Stories for Kids in 2023
Click to expand Image Rohingya refugee children in a school classroom at a refugee camp in the Cox's Bazar district of Bangladesh, March 9, 2023. © 2023 Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo Grim stories of...
View ArticleRussia Forces Ukrainians in Occupied Areas into Military
Click to expand Image Conscripts called up for military service in the Russian army line up in Simferopol, Crimea, before their deployment. April 25, 2023. © 2023 Alexey Pavlishak/Reuters (Kyiv,...
View ArticleA Win for Iranian Women Football Fans
Click to expand Image Women wait to watch an AFC Champions League soccer match at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran, Iran, October 3, 2023. © 2023 AP Photo For the first time in years, Iranian female...
View ArticleUN Member Countries Should Resist Defunding of Human Rights
Click to expand Image The Fifth Committee of the 77th General Assembly at United Nations headquarters in New York, October 3, 2022. © 2022 Xie E/Xinhua via Getty Images Countries hostile toward...
View ArticleMost of Gaza’s Population Remains Displaced and in Harm’s Way
Click to expand Image People flee to the southern Gaza Strip along Salah al-Din Street, November 18, 2023. © 2023 Adel Hana/AP Photo On October 13, Israeli authorities ordered more than a million...
View ArticleFrench Lawmakers Adopt Regressive Immigration Bill
Click to expand Image Protesters attend a demonstration against an immigration bill at the Place de la Republique in Paris, France, December 18, 2023. © 2023 Sarah Messonnier/Reuters France’s...
View ArticleMeta: Systemic Censorship of Palestine Content
Click to expand Image © 2023 Human Rights Watch (New York) - Meta’s content moderation policies and systems have increasingly silenced voices in support of Palestine on Instagram and Facebook in the...
View ArticleEU’s Migration Pact is a Disaster for Migrants and Asylum Seekers
Click to expand Image Federal Police officers, on patrol in a forest near Forst south east of Berlin, Germany stand with a group of people who have irregularly crossed the border from Poland into...
View ArticleGuinea Massacre Trial Rebounds After Prison Break
Click to expand Image Security force members stand in a street ahead of the trial of eleven men accused of responsibility for the 2009 massacre and mass rape of pro-democracy protesters by forces...
View ArticleTexas Governor Signs Extreme Immigration Bill
Click to expand Image Asylum seekers from Central America sit by the road after police detained them in Hondo, Texas, about 100 miles from the US-Mexico border, June 1, 2022. © 2022 Shannon...
View ArticleMyanmar: Armed Group Abuses in Shan State
Click to expand Image A man sits in front of a house in Shan State that was destroyed during fighting between Myanmar security forces and the Ta'ang National Liberation Army, January 10, 2023. © 2023...
View ArticleMaldives: Reverse Plans to Reinstate Death Penalty
(Bangkok) – The Maldives government announced on December 20, 2023, that it plans to reinstate the death penalty, ending a de facto moratorium on its use that dates back to the 1950s. International and...
View ArticleMalawi: Rights Group Expelled from Refugee Camp
Click to expand Image People walk through Dzaleka refugee camp in Dowa district, Central Region, Malawi, on June 20, 2018. © 2018 Amos Gumulira/AFP via Getty Images (Johannesburg) – The Malawian...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Activist Held for Opposing Flag Change
Click to expand Image Aftandil Jorobekov. © Private (Berlin, December 22, 2023) – Kyrgyz authorities have brought a criminal case against an activist and blogger, Aftandil Jorobekov, after he publicly...
View ArticleBahrain: Repression of Pro-Palestine Protests
Click to expand Image A demonstrator holds a Palestinian flag during a protest in support of Palestinians in Gaza, in Diraz, Bahrain, October 27, 2023. © 2023 Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters (Beirut) –...
View ArticlePolice Assault Prominent Rights Lawyer in Cameroon
Atoh Walter M. Tchemi, a prominent Cameroonian human rights lawyer, knows firsthand the harassment and threats that comes with his job. But even he wasn’t expecting to be beaten up by the police when...
View ArticleBehind Bars for ‘Blasphemy’ in Indonesia
Click to expand Image Apollinaris Darmawan on his YouTube channel. © Private This month marks the third year behind bars for 74-year-old Apollinaris Darmawan. He was convicted under Indonesian law...
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