Netanyahu Visit Highlights US Officials’ Liability Risk
Click to expand Image US President Joe Biden, left, meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on October 18, 2023. © 2023 Miriam Alster/Pool Photo via AP, File...
View ArticleDecree in Cameroon Unjustifiably Censors Free Speech
Click to expand Image Cameroon's parliament in Yaoundé, November 17, 2017. © 2017 AFP via Getty Images It is becoming increasingly difficult to speak freely in Cameroon.In a decree issued on July 16,...
View ArticleAzerbaijan: Free Academic Facing Bogus Charges
Click to expand Image A photograph of Gubad Ibadoghlu taken in 2021. © 2021 Private (Berlin, July 23, 2024) – Azerbaijan should free Dr. Gubad Ibadoghlu, an academic arrested a year ago who is facing...
View ArticleOlympics: Abuse in Indian Wrestling Exposes Need for Global Hotline
Click to expand Image Indian wrestlers Sangita Phogat (left), Vinesh Phogat (center), and Sakshi Malik hold candles during a march in response to allegations of sexual harassment of athletes by the...
View ArticleSouth Korea’s Supreme Court Affirms Rights of Same-Sex Partners
Click to expand Image So Seong-wook, left, and Kim Yong Min leave the Supreme Court building in Seoul, South Korea, July 18, 2024. © 2024 Suh Dae-yeon/Yonhap via AP Photo On July 18, South Korea’s...
View ArticleUN Body Calls for Release of Qatar Whistleblower
Click to expand Image Abdullah Ibhais. © Private (Geneva) – Qatari authorities should immediately free a Jordanian former media manager for the 2022 men’s World Cup, Abdullah Ibhais, after a United...
View ArticleEcuador: Slow Progress to End Sexual Violence in Schools
Click to expand Image Protestors outside a school denouncing a reported case of sexual violence against a student, in Quito, Ecuador, November 2022. © 2022 Gaby Giacometti / Génerxs Diversxs Despite...
View ArticleUAE: Unjust Convictions Follow Bangladesh Protests
Click to expand Image Anti-quota protestors and police are engaging in a clash in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 18, 2024. © 2024 Anik Rahman/NurPhoto via AP Photo (Beirut) – Emirati authorities...
View ArticleAnti-Corruption Protesters Arrested in Uganda
Click to expand Image Members of the Uganda Police force arrest protesters marching to parliament during a planned anti-corruption demonstration in Kampala on July 23, 2024. © 2024 Badru Katumba/AFP...
View ArticleNo Justice for Rights Defender’s Death in Kyrgyzstan Prison
Click to expand Image Ethnic Uzbek journalist Azimzhan Askarov, who was arbitrarily arrested, tortured, convicted after an unfair trial and jailed for life looks through metal bars during hearings at...
View ArticleNiger: Rights in Free Fall a Year After Coup
Click to expand Image Mohamed Toumba, an officer involved in the ouster of Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum, addresses supporters of the military junta in Niamey, Niger, August 6, 2023. © 2023 AP...
View ArticleProminent Rights Lawyer Shot in West Papua, Indonesia
When the human rights lawyer Yan Christian Warinussy returned home from work on July 17, his 10-year-old son, Mario, begged for ice cream. Warinussy took off his tie, packed his three children and...
View ArticleVenezuela: Repression Mars Key Upcoming Election
Click to expand Image A voter casts his ballot as part of a rehearsal for the July 28 presidential election at a voting center in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, June 30, 2024. The electoral process has...
View ArticleGuinea: High Stakes Verdict in Stadium Massacre Trial Nears
Click to expand Image Eleven men accused of responsibility for the 2009 massacre and mass rape of pro-democracy protesters by forces linked to a former military junta, stand during their trial in...
View ArticleBurkina Faso: Video Shows Soldiers Disemboweling Body
Click to expand Image A Burkina Faso soldier stands guard in an armored vehicle in the capital, Ouagadougou, October 2, 2022. © 2022 REUTERS/Vincent Bado (Nairobi) – Burkina Faso authorities should...
View ArticleAustralia: Press Vietnam to End Rights Abuses
Click to expand Image Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (left) shakes hands with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in Melbourne, Australia, March...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Authorities Target Religious Minorities
Click to expand Image A Hindu worshipper celebrating the festival of Shivaratri in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, on March 8, 2024. © 2024 Thilina Kaluthotage/NurPhoto via AP Photo (New York) –...
View ArticleSudan: Widespread Sexual Violence in the Capital
Click to expand Image Women walk on an empty street in Khartoum's Jabra neighborhood, on May 28, 2023, as fighting between two rival generals persists. © 2023 AFP via Getty Images Rapid Support...
View ArticleUS Should End Solitary Confinement of Immigrants
Click to expand Image Guards prepare to escort an immigrant detainee from his 'segregation cell' back into the general population at the Adelanto Detention Facility, Adelanto, California, on November...
View ArticleSocial Media Activist Arrested in Cameroon over Social Media Posts
Click to expand Image A patrol of Cameroonian gendarmes in the Omar Bongo Square, Buea, capital of the South-West region, on October 3, 2018 on the sidelines of a political rally. © 2018 Marco...
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