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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...

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Winding 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...

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Vietnam: 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...

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Time 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...

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Egypt: 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...

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Afghanistan’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. ©...

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India: 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...

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Kyrgyz 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...

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Iran: 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...

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Uzbekistan: 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...

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Taliban’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...

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EU 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...

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Bangladesh: 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...

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Burkina 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....

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South 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...

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Meta’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,...

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Indonesia: 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...

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World 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...

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Protect 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...

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UK 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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