Mixed Results on US Abortion Rights on the Ballot
Click to expand Image Reproductive rights activists demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on June 24, 2024. © 2024 Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images A second presidential term for...
View ArticleTürkiye: Government Removes Elected Opposition Mayors
Click to expand Image A protest against the arrest and removal from office of Ahmet Özer, elected mayor of Esenyurt from Türkiye's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP). October 31, 2024. ©...
View ArticleMozambique: Post-Election Internet Restrictions Hinder Rights
Click to expand Image A woman speaks on a mobile phone ahead of the announcement of provisional results of an October 9 election, in Laulane township, Maputo, Mozambique, October 23, 2024. © 2024...
View ArticleIncendiary Weapons: New Use Calls for Immediate Action
Click to expand Image An Israeli 155mm artillery projectile containing white phosphorus being airburst low over al-Bustan, a village in Lebanon near the border with Israel, October 15, 2023. © 2023...
View ArticleUgandan Court Hears Case on Secluding, Restraining Patients
Click to expand Image Benon Kabale speaks during a panel on mental health awareness during the Lubowa Community and Toastmasters Mental Health Run/Walk on November 2, 2024, in Lubowa, Kampala. © 2024...
View ArticleCOP29: Climate Action Crucial to Protect Rights
Click to expand Image The COP29 stand at Baku Boulevard in Baku, Azerbaijan, July 28, 2024. © 2024 Aziz Karimov/Getty Images (Berlin) – Governments participating in the 29th annual United Nations...
View ArticleUgandan Court Hears Case on Secluding, Restraints
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View ArticleMauritius Ends Social Media Ban ahead of Elections
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View ArticleSaudi Arabia: 2034 World Cup Risks Widespread Labor Abuse
Click to expand Image Emir and President of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (L), Gianni Infantino (SUI) FIFA President, (M), Saudi Arabia s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman al-Saud (R) in the...
View ArticleMozambique Police Brutally Repress Election Protesters
Click to expand Image A police officer aims at protesters in Maputo, Mozambique, November 7, 2024. © 2024 AP Photo/Carlos Uqueio On Thursday in the heart of Maputo, Mozambique’s capital, Angela was...
View ArticleEU: Don’t Weaken the Anti-Deforestation Law
Click to expand Image Deforestation due to plant palm oil plantations near Sandakan city, State of Sabah, North Borneo Island, Malaysia, August 5, 2019. © 2019 Emy/Abaca/Sipa USA via AP Images...
View ArticleUS: Second Trump Term a Threat to Rights in US, World
Click to expand Image Republican President-elect Donald Trump after speaking at a campaign rally at Van Andel Arena, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, November 5, 2024. (C) 2024 © 2024 Carlos Osorio/AP...
View ArticleChinese Provincial Governments Turn to Extortion
Click to expand Image Police officers patrol outside the China National Convention Center in Beijing, May 13, 2017. ( © 2017 Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images As local governments in China contend with...
View ArticleSudan: Rapid Support Forces Target Civilians
Click to expand Image People displaced from Gezira state by the Rapid Support Forces seek shade in New Halfa, Kassala state, Sudan, November 3, 2024. © 2024 REUTERS/El Tayeb Siddig (Nairobi) – The...
View ArticleSevere Hardship for Turkmens Arbitrarily Denied Passport Renewal Abroad
Click to expand Image © 2020 TIHR Turkmenistan’s authorities refuse to renew the passports of Turkmen citizens abroad via diplomatic missions, pressuring them to return to Turkmenistan.This policy is...
View ArticleBurkina Faso Plans to Reinstate Death Penalty
Click to expand Image Burkina Faso's president, Capt. Ibrahim Traore (center), in an armored vehicle in Ouagadougou, October 2, 2022. © 2022 Vincent Bado/Reuters Last week a government source told the...
View ArticleGermany’s Muddle on Antisemitism
Click to expand Image Lawmakers in the German Bundestag (Lower House of Parliament) in Berlin, Germany on November 7, 2024. © 2024 Markus Schreiber/AP Photo A resolution adopted by the German...
View ArticleWhat Can the Lebanese Government Do to Stop War Crimes?
Click to expand Image Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike on Dahiyeh, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, November 12, 2024. © 2024 Bilal Hussein/AP Photo The civilian death toll from...
View ArticleLibyan Minister’s ‘Morality’ Measures Would Violate Women’s Rights
Click to expand Image Emad Trabelsi (2nd-L), acting interior minister in the Libyan Government of National Unity, holds a press conference in Tripoli, August 23, 2024. © 2024 Mahmud Turkia/AFP via...
View ArticleIsrael’s Crimes Against Humanity in Gaza
Click to expand Image Displaced Palestinians leave al-Bureij refugee camp, in central Gaza, after the Israeli military issued a new evacuation order, on July 28, 2024. © 2024 Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via...
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