DR Congo: Rwandan Forces, M23 Rebels Shell Civilians
Click to expand Image Displacement camp shelters destroyed in the impact zone of a 122mm rocket strike on May 3, which killed at least 17 civilians of whom 15 were children, Goma, North Kivu province,...
View ArticleMSF Boat Detained in Italy Again After Saving Hundreds
Click to expand Image A Libyan coast guards patrol boat approaches a Médécins Sans Frontières (MSF) team performing a rescue in the central Mediterranean Sea, September 19, 2024. © 2024 Jude...
View ArticleAnother Hollow Amnesty Will Not Solve Syria’s Detainee Crisis
Click to expand Image Syrian president Bashar al-Asad. © 2020 Sputnik via AP Photo On September 22, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued a much-anticipated general amnesty, granting pardons for a...
View ArticleBrazil’s Turn to Ratify Landmark Environmental Treaty
Click to expand Image Environmentalists protesting in the streets. © 2023 FG Trade/Getty Images As world leaders spoke about protecting the environment at the United Nations General Assembly this...
View ArticleArrest of Cameroonian Separatist Leader Sends Important Message
Click to expand Image Lucas Cho Ayaba. © 2022 Ipob Rapture Media/Wikimedia Commons Earlier this week, Norwegian police confirmed the arrest of a man on suspicion of incitement to commit crimes...
View ArticleDeath in Police Custody in Greece
Click to expand Image A police car on the side of the road in Athens. © 2014 Human Rights Watch The death of Muhammad Kamran Ashiq, a 37-year-old Pakistani man in police custody in Athens on...
View ArticleGaza: Israeli Attacks Devastate Lives of Children with Disabilities
Click to expand Image Muhammad Haitham Hammad, a 6-year-old boy with cerebral palsy, and his mother, Marwa Atef Khalil Hammad, 27, in a tent after they were displaced, following the Israeli military's...
View ArticleTunisia: Release Former Truth Commission President
Click to expand Image Sihem Bensedrine. © 2018 NICOLAS MAETERLINCK/AFP via Getty Images (Beirut) – A Tunisian judge has detained a prominent activist and former president of the Truth and Dignity...
View ArticleNiger: New Terrorism Database Threatens Rights
Click to expand Image Police officers on the sidelines of a march in support of the coup plotters in Niger’s capital, Niamey, July 30, 2023. © 2023 Djibo Issifou/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images...
View ArticleGuatemala: High-Stakes Judicial Appointments
Lawmakers hold a session in Congress in Guatemala City, Dec. 13, 2023. © AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File (Washington, DC) – Guatemala’s Congress should ensure a transparent, merit-based selection...
View ArticleTribes in Nevada Honor Victims of US Cavalry Massacre
Click to expand Image Members of People of Red Mountain and their supporters stand around a fire for a song for healing during a gathering at Sentinel Rock to honor the lives of their ancestors,...
View ArticleSafeguarding Voters and Election Officials in the 2024 US Elections
Click to expand Image Election workers help voters on the state's primary election day at Lewisdale Elementary School in Chillum, Maryland, May 14, 2024. © 2024 Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Photo...
View ArticleBiden Administration Doubles Down on Harmful Asylum Rules
Click to expand Image A man seeking asylum in the US uses his phone to access the US Customs and Border Protection CBP One application to request an appointment at a land port of entry to the US,...
View ArticleJapan’s Abusive ‘Hostage Justice’ System Persists
Click to expand Image Iwao Hakamata, a former professional boxer who was sentenced to death in 1968 for the 1966 murder of a family of four, was acquitted on September 26, 2024 following a retrial....
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Reject Proposed Law on 'Extremist' Materials
Click to expand Image Police are deployed as people gather in support of a detained journalist, outside the Ministry of Interior Affairs in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, January 23, 2022. © 2022 IGOR...
View ArticleEgypt: Reject Draft Criminal Procedure Code
Click to expand Image Egyptian security officers guard a courthouse as prominent Egyptian rights lawyer lawyer Khaled Ali, arrives for a hearing, in Cairo, Egypt, November 8, 2017. © 2017 AP...
View ArticleSri Lanka: UN Rights Council Should Extend Crucial Mandate
Click to expand Image UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, February 26, 2024. © 2024 Janine Schmitz/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images (Geneva) – The United Nations Human Rights Council should adopt a...
View ArticleNortheast Syria: Military Recruitment of Children Persists
Click to expand Image Syrian Kurds demonstrate outside a UN building, calling on Kurdish authorities in Syria to help obtain the release of girls abducted and recruited into fighting, in the northeast...
View ArticleIndian Authorities Unlawfully Detain Himalaya Climate Activist
Click to expand Image Ladakh environmental activist Sonam Wangchuk speaking with the media on the Chalo Delhi Climate March in Chandigarh, India, September 27, 2024. © 2024 Ravi Kumar/Hindustan Times...
View ArticleEgypt Should Release Prominent Activist Alaa Abdel Fattah
Click to expand Image Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah (R) walks with his sister Mona Seif prior to a conference held at the American University in Cairo, Egypt, September 22, 2014. © 2014 Nariman...
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