Philippines Worst in Asia for Killings of Environmental Defenders
Click to expand Image Climate activists hold up portraits of slain Philippine environmental defenders during the Global Day of Action for Climate Justice protest in Quezon City, Philippines, November...
View ArticleWinding Path to Justice for Australian War Crimes
Click to expand Image A soldier searches a house in a village in Baluchi pass in Uruzgan province, November 1, 2004. © 2004 Reuters Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles announced this week that...
View ArticleVietnam: Drop Charges, Release Democracy Campaigner
Click to expand Image Phan Van Bach carries a sign supporting political prisoner Tran Huynh Duy Thuc. © 2018 Private (Bangkok) – The Vietnamese authorities should immediately drop all charges and...
View ArticleTime to End Business as Usual in Unlawful West Bank Settlements
Click to expand Image People collect scrap timber in the Mishor Adumim industrial zone near the Israeli settlement of Maaleh Adumim, November 22, 2010. © 2010 Sebastian Scheiner/AP Photo The United...
View ArticleEgypt: US Waives Human Rights Conditions on Military Aid
Click to expand Image US Secretary of State Antony Blinken greets staff members at the US Embassy in Cairo, Egypt, May 26, 2021. © 2021 Alex Brandon/AP Photo (Washington, DC) – The Biden...
View ArticleAfghanistan’s Hazara Community Needs Protection
Click to expand Image Members of Afghanistan’s Hazara community protest a suicide attack at a tutoring center in Kabul outside the UN refugee agency’s office in New Delhi, India, September 30, 2022. ©...
View ArticleIndia: Renewed Ethnic Violence in Manipur State
Click to expand Image Police fire tear gas to disperse students protesting against ethnic violence in Imphal, in the northeastern state of Manipur, India, September 10, 2024. © 2024 Paojel Chaoba/AP...
View ArticleKyrgyz Police Go Unpunished for Failing to Protect Women
Click to expand Image A rally outside Kyrgyzstan's Interior Ministry demanding the resignation of its leadership after the murder of kidnapped bride Aizada Kanatbekova amid alleged inaction by the...
View ArticleIran: 2 Years On From Woman’s Death, No Change
Click to expand Image Iranian women, defying the mandatory hijab rule, take to the streets during nationwide protests that started after 22-year-old Mahsa (Jina) Amini died on September 16, 2022 in...
View ArticleUzbekistan: Free Wrongfully Imprisoned Activists
Click to expand Image Dildora Khakimova, 2023. © Private (Berlin) – Uzbek authorities should immediately quash the convictions and release two wrongfully imprisoned activists, Human Rights Watch and...
View ArticleTaliban’s Attack on Girls’ Education Harming Afghanistan’s Future
Click to expand Image The benches of a school sit empty in Kabul, Afghanistan, December 22, 2022. © 2022 Ebrahim Noroozi/AP Photo September 17 marks three years since the Taliban banned secondary...
View ArticleEU Anti-Deforestation Talks Shouldn’t Sideline Frontline Communities
Far from the front lines where bulldozers tear down tropical forests, European Union officials are preparing to implement a crucial law that will require EU-based companies to ensure their imports and...
View ArticleBangladesh: Ship Explosion Exposes Regulatory Failures
Click to expand Image The MT Suvarna Swarajya after an explosion occurred onboard while workers were dismantling the ship on September 7, 2024. © 2024 Anukta (Brussels) – The explosion on the oil...
View ArticleBurkina Faso: Islamist Armed Groups Terrorize Civilians
Click to expand Image Screenshot of a video filmed by fighters of the armed Islamist group JNIM showing their assault on the military barracks in Mansila, Sahel region, Burkina Faso, on June 16, 2024....
View ArticleSouth Africa Strengthens the Right to Education
Click to expand Image A teacher gives lessons to children at an early learning center in De Aar Town, South Africa, August 11, 2023. © 2023 Dong Jianghui/Xinhua via Getty Images Last Friday, South...
View ArticleMeta’s Oversight Board Rules ‘From the River to the Sea’ Isn’t Hate Speech
Click to expand Image Crowds gathered outside of Meta headquarters to protest the company’s censorship of posts on social platforms related to Palestine, in Menlo Park, California, US, November 3,...
View ArticleIndonesia: Racism, Discrimination Against Indigenous Papuans
Click to expand Image A member of the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) holds a placard that reads “End racism against Papuan people” in Indonesian during a demonstration to commemorate the 62nd...
View ArticleWorld Court Findings on Israeli Apartheid a Wake-Up Call
Click to expand Image Presiding Judge Nawaf Salam reads the advisory opinion [on the legal consequences of Israel’s policies and practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territory in the International...
View ArticleProtect Women and Girls in DR Congo’s Prisons
Click to expand Image Police vehicles outside the Makala Central prison in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, after an attempted jailbreak left many people dead, September 3, 2024. © 2024...
View ArticleUK Government Should End Cruel ‘Two-Child Limit’ Now
Click to expand Image Children play in a park on a housing estate in Redcar, Teesside, May 17, 2023. © 2023 Joanne Coates/Bloomberg via Getty Images The United Kingdom Labour Party is about to meet...
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