US: Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’
Play Video (Washington, DC) – The fossil fuel and petrochemical industry in the Louisiana area that has come to be known as “Cancer Alley” has devastated the health, lives, and environment of...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Bill Threatens to Curb Civil Society
Click to expand Image The parliament (Supreme Council) of the Kyrgyz Republic. Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. © Mariusz Prusaczyk via Getty Images (Bishkek, January 25, 2024) – The Kyrgyz parliament should...
View ArticleHaiti: Escalating Violence Threatens Millions
Play Video Read a text description of this video (Jose Ulysse, Director, Fontaine Hospital)I had a meeting (scheduled) with some of the hospital team at 11:30am – 1pm, to do end of the year...
View ArticleAnother Canadian Province to End Immigration Detention in its Jails
Click to expand Image © 2024 Human Rights Watch The Canadian province of Prince Edward Island has joined eight other provinces to block the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) from using provincial...
View ArticleGaza: World Court Orders Israel to Prevent Genocide
Click to expand Image The International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, August 27, 2018. © 2018 Mike Corder/AP Photo (The Hague) – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered...
View ArticleMali’s Peace Deal Ends
Click to expand Image Representatives of the Azawad Movement attend the signing of the Algerian-brokered peace agreement in Bamako, Mali, June 20, 2015. © 2015 Habibou Kouyate/Getty Images Mali's...
View ArticleNigeria Should Act on UN Review’s Rights Concerns
Click to expand Image Delegates attend the opening day of the 50th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, in Geneva, June 13, 2022. © 2022 Keystone/Valentin Flauraud The Nigerian...
View ArticleIndia: End Lifelong Warehousing of People with Disabilities
Click to expand Image Nearly 1000 men, women, and children are trapped in Asha Kiran, most of whom will live there for their entire lives. Some are confined to a bed with limited to no activity and...
View ArticleSri Lanka: New Transitional Justice Process Lacks Credibility
Click to expand Image Thagbsiwaran Sivaganawathy holds a photo of her daughter, Thageswaran Susanya, at a protest for relatives of the disappeared on May 13, 2019 in Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka. © 2019...
View ArticleEswatini: Address Violence Against Women
Click to expand Image The Parliament of Eswatini in Lobamba, on October 29, 2021. © MICHELE SPATARI/AFP via Getty Images (Johannesburg) – Eswatini’s parliament should provide sufficient resources to...
View ArticleWar Crimes Trial Continues in Uganda After Long Delays
Click to expand Image Thomas Kwoyelo at the opening of his trial at the International Crimes Division of the High Court in Gulu, Uganda on September 24, 2018. © 2018 Patrick Uma The defense stage of...
View ArticleBhutan: New Government Should Release Political Prisoners
Click to expand Image Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay of Bhutan addresses the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, September 22, 2017. © 2017 Richard Drew/AP Photo (New York) –...
View ArticleThailand: Don’t Return Rock Band Members to Russia
Click to expand Image The rock band Bi-2 performs in Estoril, Portugal, July 6, 2023. © 2023 Horacio Villalobos/Corbis via Getty Images (Bangkok) – Members of the exiled Russian-Belarusian rock band...
View ArticleYemen: Judge Arrested After Criticizing Houthis
Click to expand Image The Galaxy Leader, a ship seized by the Houthi armed group on November 19, 2023, at a port on the Red Sea in Yemen’s Hodeidah governorate, November 22, 2023. © 2023 AFP via...
View ArticleFrance: Migrant Children Sleep in the Street in Marseille
Click to expand Image Half of unaccompanied migrant children who face an age assessment in Marseille are denied formal recognition as a child, yet those decisions are overturned for nearly 75 percent...
View ArticleUN Food Award for Ethiopia’s Premier Ignores Wartime Abuses
Click to expand Image Displaced people from Western Tigray stand outside a school where they are sheltering in Mekele, Ethiopia, February 24, 2021. © 2021 EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP via Getty Images On...
View ArticleUK Should Abandon Dangerous, Authoritarian Rwanda Bill
Click to expand Image Activists and supporters of Together with Refugees stage a protest in Parliament Square in London, January 25, 2023. © 2023 NEIL HALL/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Yesterday, a United...
View ArticlePlaying Politics with the Right to Seek Asylum in the US
Click to expand Image Demonstrators gather near the White House in Washington, DC for a protest to speak out against the Biden administration's reported plans for new asylum restrictions at the...
View ArticleZimbabwe Opposition Leader Freed After 595 Days Behind Bars
Click to expand Image Zimbabwean opposition politician Job Sikhala enters the holding cells at the magistrates court in Harare, Zimbabwe, January 24, 2024. © 2024 AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi On...
View ArticleMyanmar: Military Abuses Against Civilians Intensify
Click to expand Image Destruction at a school in Namsham, Shan State, after Myanmar military airstrikes on January 9, 2024. © 2024 Private (Bangkok) – Myanmar’s military junta has increasingly carried...
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