Indonesian Police Crack Down on Anti-Corruption Protests
Click to expand Image Students protest proposed amendment to the local election law outside of West Java’s parliament building in Bandung, Indonesia, August 22, 2024. © 2024 Ryan Suherlan/NurPhoto...
View ArticleEcuador Sets Plan to End Sexual Violence in Schools
Click to expand Image Students return to school after the government of Ecuador temporarily suspended in-person lessons in response to a series of violent events at the beginning of the year in Quito,...
View ArticleAustralia: Bolster Global Advocacy Against Death Penalty
Click to expand Image An activist during a protest against the death penalty at Speakers' Corner in Singapore on April 3, 2022. © 2022 Roslan Rahman/AFP via Getty Images (Sydney) - The Australian...
View ArticleHong Kong: Two Journalists Convicted on Baseless ‘Sedition’ Charge
Click to expand Image Chung Pui-kuen, the former chief editor of Hong Kong's now-shuttered Stand News, is released on bail after being found guilty in a politically motivated sedition trial, in Hong...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Families of ‘Disappeared’ Persecuted
Click to expand Image Soosai Victoria shows photographs of her missing son at her home in Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka, May 7, 2024. © 2024 Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo (Geneva) – The Sri Lankan government...
View ArticleWaiting for Justice for Afghanistan’s Forcibly Disappeared
Click to expand Image Photos of some of the victims of enforced disappearances in Afghanistan following the communist coup of 1978. © Other Afghanistan has one of the world’s highest number of...
View ArticleDR Congo: Little Justice for Goma Massacre Victims
Click to expand Image Congolese military personnel on trial for the murder of 57 civilians during a demonstration against the presence of MONUSCO, the United Nations stabilization mission in the...
View ArticleMexico: Proposed Constitutional Changes Threaten Rights
Click to expand Image Federal court workers in Mexico City protest against a proposal that would remove and replace all judges in the country in popular elections, Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. © 2024...
View ArticleDominican Republic: Court Reviews Laws Against Gay Sex
Click to expand Image Officers of the Dominican Republic's armed forces take part in a parade to celebrate the country's independence in Santo Domingo on February 27, 2012. © 2012 Ricardo...
View ArticleMexican State Approves Six-Week Abortion Ban
Click to expand Image People protest in favor of access to abortion in Mexico, September 29, 2020. © 2020 Cover Images/AP Photo This week, Mexico’s Aguascalientes state took an alarming step backwards...
View ArticleAzerbaijan: Escalating Crackdown on Critics
Click to expand Image Left - Bahruz Samadov. © Bahruz Samadov/Facebook and Right - Igbal Abilov. © Private (Berlin) – Azerbaijani authorities have arrested a researcher and political analyst, Bahruz...
View ArticleNorth Korean Olympian Selfies Spotlight Rights Crisis
Click to expand Image South Korea's Lim Jong-hoon, right, takes a selfie with other table tennis Olympians, including North Korea's Ri Jong Sik, left, and Kim Kum, second left, during the medal...
View ArticleEU Should Support Human Rights Progress in Bangladesh
Click to expand Image Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus after his arrival at the airport in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 8, 2024. © 2024 Kazi Salahuddin Razu/NurPhoto via AP Photo The Bangladeshi people...
View ArticleTürkiye: Plans for Harmful Coal Expansion
Click to expand Image Entrance to Çoğulhan village, located 500 meters from Afşin Elbistan, a coal power plant, Afşin, Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye. © 2024 Katharina Rall/Human Rights Watch (Istanbul) –...
View ArticleMongolia: Arrest Putin
Click to expand Image Permanent premises of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, the Netherlands. © 2019 Peter Dejong/AP Mongolia should deny entry to Russian President Vladimir Putin or...
View ArticleAfter Riots, UN Calls on UK to Tackle Systemic Racism, Colonial Legacies
Click to expand Image People attend a rally to commemorate Windrush Day, a celebration of the contribution of the Windrush generation in Windrush Square, London, Britain June 22, 2020. © 2020 Toby...
View ArticleMovie Based on Migrant Worker’s Life Faces Backlash in Saudi Arabia
Click to expand Image Goats walking in the desert in Al-Ula City, Saudi Arabia, February 12, 2024. © 2024 Anushka Eranga/NurPhoto via AP Photo This month, Netflix released “The Goat Life,” a movie...
View ArticleInclude Disability in Planned Relocation Processes
Click to expand Image Local resident of Veivatuloa Village in Fiji looks out at seawater flooding around his home at high tide in July 16, 2022. © 2022 Loren Elliot/Reuters Last week, United Nations...
View ArticleKillings of Israeli Hostages in Gaza Spark Outrage, Protest
Click to expand Image Relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages taken captive in the Gaza Strip carry pictures of Hersh Goldberg-Polin (L), Almog Sarusi (C) and Alexander Lobanov and other hostages...
View Article720 Australian and Brazilian Children Better Protected from AI Misuse
Click to expand Image Two young girls are playing with their cameras in a garden, Osterode, Germany, January 8, 2016. © 2016 Frank May/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Photo LAION, the German nonprofit...
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