Attack on Kazakhstan Journalist in Ukraine
Click to expand Image The scene of the shooting of Aidos Sadykov in Kyiv, Ukraine, June 18, 2024. © 2024 t.me/UA_National_Police (Berlin, June 21, 2024) – Ukrainian and Kazakh authorities should carry...
View ArticleAn Homage to a Beloved Indigenous Visionary
Click to expand Image Blas Lopez, a Guna Indigenous community leader from Gardi Sugdub, Panama. © Pamela Vacacurva and Wagua Films Today we honor Blas Lopez, a Guna Indigenous community leader from...
View ArticleIncreased Attacks on Education During War
Click to expand Image The destroyed playground of a kindergarten in the town of Kupiansk, Kharkivska region, Ukraine, May 26, 2023. © 2023 Serbei Bobok/AFP via Getty Images Attacks on education and...
View ArticleHow Employers Can Help End Domestic Violence
Click to expand Image Indonesian women march to demand the Indonesian government enacts an anti-discrimination law and to advocate for ending sexual violence and harassment at work, March 8, 2024. ©...
View ArticleNew Mass Media Law Threatens Freedom of Speech, Information in Kazakhstan
Click to expand Image A cameraman from the "TV & Radio Team of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan" films during the German-Kazakh Economic Forum, Astana, Kazakhstan, June 20, 2023. © 2023...
View ArticleEducation Still Vulnerable to Attack in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
Click to expand Image A burnt-out kindergarten in the Kyrgyz village of Ak-Sai. The village saw widespread looting and destruction while briefly under the control of Tajik forces on September 16,...
View ArticleTwo Years of Outrage: US Abortion Restrictions since Dobbs
Click to expand Image Protesters chant during the Women’s Wave National Day of Action for Reproductive Rights, Boston, Massachusetts, October 8, 2022. © 2022 Boston Globe via Getty Images Two years...
View ArticleRespecting Rights in the Response to Militant Attacks in Dagestan
Click to expand Image The aftermath of an armed militant attack in Makhachkala, Dagestan, in southern Russia, on June 23, 2024. © 2024 Aleksandr Chernykh/Kommersant/Sipa via AP Photo On June 23, armed...
View ArticleUN Meeting Blocks Afghan Women from Agenda, Participation
Click to expand Image UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, February 26, 2024. © 2024 Janine Schmitz/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images A famous Farsi proverb says, “Whatever spoils, they put salt on it....
View ArticleMali’s Junta Renews Assault on Political Opposition
Click to expand Image The leader of Mali's junta, Col. Assimi Goïta, center, in Bamako, Mali, September 22, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo Mali’s military junta arrested 11 opposition figures last week in the...
View ArticleBeyond Life Without Parole in the US: 2nd Chances Make Communities Stronger
Click to expand Image Ruben R. was sentenced to life without parole for a crime he committed when he was 17 years old. Changes in law gave him the chance to go before the parole board, and he was...
View ArticleIn Russia, a Trial in Name Only
Click to expand Image Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court, in Moscow, Russia, December 14, 2023. © 2023 Dmitry Serebryakov/AP Photo On Wednesday, a...
View ArticleNamibia Court Decriminalizes Consensual Same-Sex Conduct
Click to expand Image People hold banners in support of LGBTQ rights outside the high court which made a landmark ruling in favor of LGBTQ communities in Windhoek, Namibia, June 21, 2024. © 2024 Opas...
View ArticleDeaths During Annual Hajj in Saudi Arabia Underscore Extreme Heat Dangers
Click to expand Image Pilgrims use umbrellas to shade themselves from the sun as they arrive at the base of Mount Arafat, also known as Jabal al-Rahma or Mount of Mercy, during the annual hajj...
View ArticleWhat Participating in the UN Disabilities Conference Taught me
Click to expand Image Mariana Lozano, Human Rights Watch Marca Bristo Fellow 2023/2024, delivers her speech in a roundtable on promoting the rights of persons with disabilities to decent work and...
View ArticlePhilippine Court Clears Leading ‘Drug War’ Critic
Click to expand Image Former senator and human rights lawyer Leila de Lima (center right) acknowledges supporters after a court acquitted her of the last criminal charges against her, outside the...
View ArticleYemen: Houthis Disappear Dozens of UN, Civil Society Staff
Click to expand Image The UN special envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, meets with local officials in Taizz, Yemen, February 12, 2024. (C) 2024 Ahmad Al-Basha/AFP via Getty Images Houthis have since the...
View ArticleMali: ICC Unseals Arrest Warrant for Armed Group Leader
Click to expand Image Iyad Ag Ghaly, left, the leader of the Islamist armed group Ansar Dine, with the then-Burkinabe foreign minister, Djibrille Bassole, at the Kidal airport in northern Mali, August...
View ArticleUS: Border Deterrence Leads to Deaths, Disappearances
Click to expand Image Photographs of people who disappeared while attempting to migrate to the United States are laid out across the street from the US Capitol in Washington, DC, October 19, 2021. ©...
View ArticleNew ICC Warrants Issued for Ukraine Crimes
Click to expand Image Former Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, right, and Russian Chief of General Staff Gen. Valery Gerasimov attend a meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin with...
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