Several Investigative Journalists Under Pressure in Ukraine
Click to expand Image Yurii Nikolov. © Private On January 14, unknown assailants attempted to break into the Kyiv apartment of Ukrainian journalist Yurii Nikolov, co-founder and editor of...
View ArticleHouthis Blockade Taizz while Attacking Ships in Response to Israel Siege of Gaza
Click to expand Image A group of women and children get water from a water truck in the Osaifera area, Taizz, March 7, 2023. © 2023 Ahmed Al-Basha Yemen’s Houthis are making headlines as they launch...
View ArticleIraq: Iranian Attack Kills Civilians in Erbil
Click to expand Image A view of a damaged building following missile attacks, in Erbil, Iraq, January 16, 2024. © 2024 Azad Lashkari/Reuters (Beirut) – An Iranian ballistic missile attack struck a...
View ArticleSenegal: Pre-Election Crackdown
Click to expand Image People protest the possibility that President Macky Sall could run for a third term in the presidential elections scheduled for February 2024 in Dakar, Senegal, on May 12, 2023....
View ArticleA Step for Freedom of Religion and Belief in Indonesia
Click to expand Image In Indonesia, a believer in Judaism shows his new ID card with the religious column, "Belief in the one God." © 2023 Andreas Harsono/Human Rights Watch In a step forward for...
View ArticleIndia Hindu Temple Opening Stokes Religious Minority Fears
Click to expand Image A man waves a flag with the Hindu god Ram to celebrate the opening of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya city, India, January 16, 2024. © 2024 Altaf Qadri/AP Photo Saffron flags and...
View ArticleMacron Should Call Out Modi’s Rights Crackdown During India Visit
Click to expand Image India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) and France's President Emmanuel Macron attend a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris on July 14, 2023. © 2023 Blondet...
View ArticleTrinidad and Tobago: Secure Return of Trinidadians Held in Syria
Click to expand Image A Trinidadian boy, then 16, looks out a window in the Houry detention center in northeast Syria on June 18, 2019. He was one of eight family members brought to Syria by his...
View ArticleUN: Draft Cybercrime Treaty Threatens Rights
Click to expand Image United Nations Headquarters building in Manhattan, New York City, on December 21, 2021. © 2021 Sergi Reboredo / VWPics via AP Images (New York) – The draft global cybercrime...
View ArticleSri Lanka’s Proposed Internet Law Threatens Upcoming Elections
A repressive new internet law that Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe is trying to rush through parliament this week would create broad and vague new speech-related offenses punishable by...
View ArticlePanama Moves Closer Towards First Climate-Related Relocation
Click to expand Image Aerial view of houses for the new community where the residents of Gardi Sugdub will be transferred in Kuna Yala, Panama, October 12, 2023. © 2023 Adri Salido/Getty Images Next...
View ArticleMeta: Protect LGBT People from Digital Targeting
Click to expand Image © 2024 Human Rights Watch (Beirut) – Meta should do more to protect the safety of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and all its users, in particular on...
View ArticleIran: 2 Detainees Executed, 11 Await Imminent Execution
Click to expand Image Ghezel Hesar prison is approximately eight kilometers southwest of Rajai Shahr in the city of Karaj. It is considered one of the largest prisons in the Middle East. The...
View ArticleAlabama Intends to Carry Out First Known US Execution Using Nitrogen Gas
Click to expand Image Activists calling for an end to the death penalty gather to protest an execution at the United States Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, January 12, 2021. © 2021 Brian...
View ArticleIraq: Unlawful Mass Executions Resume
Click to expand Image Suspected Islamic State members sit inside a small room in a prison south of Mosul, Iraq, July 18, 2017. © 2017 Bram Janssen/AP Photo (Beirut) – At least 150 prisoners at Iraq’s...
View ArticleUS and UK Continue to Skirt Accountability in Yemen
Click to expand Image Workers salvage oil canisters from the wreckage of a store hit by Saudi-led airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, July 2, 2020. © 2020 Hani Mohammed/AP Photo On January 11, the United...
View ArticleA Crucial Hearing as Journalists Under Siege in Greece
Click to expand Image Newspapers on a kiosk at Omonoia square in Athens, Greece on October 19, 2022. © 2022 Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via AP Images The first court hearing in a defamation lawsuit...
View ArticleCambodia: Dissident Arrested After Criticizing Minister
Click to expand Image Ny Nak at his farm. © Facebook/Nak Ny (Bangkok) – The Cambodian authorities should drop all charges against Ny Nak, an outspoken critic of the government who was arrested on...
View ArticleBangladesh Police Abuses Rampant in Rohingya Camps
Click to expand Image A member of the Armed Police Battalion stands guard at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia, Bangladesh, October 5, 2021. © 2021 Munir Uz Zaman/AFP via Getty Images Earlier this...
View ArticleBurkina Faso: Drone Strikes on Civilians Apparent War Crimes
Click to expand Image Photograph taken by a witness after the attack on a market near Boulkessi, Mopti Region, Mali on November 18, 2023. © 2023 Private Three Burkina Faso military drone strikes...
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