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Chinese Authorities Shutter Schools in Eastern Tibet

Click to expand Image A security guard outside the Shangri-La Key School in Kardze prefecture, Sichuan province, China, September 5, 2023. © 2023 AP Photo/Andy Wong The Chinese authorities, as part of...

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UN Rights Council Should Address Impunity in DR Congo

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 create an...

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US: Lithium Mine Permit Violates Indigenous Peoples’ Rights

Click to expand Image Numu/Nuwu and Newe prayer riders overlooking the ongoing construction that is destroying the sacred land of Peehee Mu’huh. Nevada, March 26, 2024.  © 2024 David Calvert The US...

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Spain’s Universal Child Benefit Could Transform Lives

Click to expand Image Two parents play with their children at a school in Valencia, Spain, September 12, 2022. © 2022 Jorge Gil/Europa Press via AP Photo Key cabinet ministers in Spain’s government...

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UN Censors Criticism of Saudi Arabia at Internet Conference

Click to expand Image A sign stands in front an empty seat for Saudi human rights activist Lina al-Hathloul, during the Internet Governance Forum in Riyadh, on December 18, 2024.  © 2024 Haitham...

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Mob in Bangladesh Destroys Ousted PM’s Family Home

Click to expand Image A man hammers the debris around the vandalized residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh's former leader and the father of the country's ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,...

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Google Announces Willingness to Develop AI for Weapons

Click to expand Image New product announcements at Made By Google in Mountain View, California, August 13, 2024. © 2024 Juliana Yamada/AP Photo Google, a company that once went by the motto “don’t be...

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Accountability Elusive Two Years after Türkiye’s Devastating Earthquakes

Click to expand Image Döne Kaya, who lost family members in the February 6, 2023 earthquake in Türkiye, actively campaigns for accountability for earthquake deaths with the Platform for Families in...

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Northeast Syria: Camp Detainees Face Uncertain Future

Click to expand Image  Kurdish-run al-Hol camp, which holds relatives of suspected Islamic State group fighters, in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh governorate, August 2, 2021.  © 2021 Delil...

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Some US Adoptees Fear Stricter Immigration Policies, Mass Deportations

Click to expand Image Buttons is one of thousands of children adopted from abroad by American parents, many of them military service members, who were left without citizenship by loopholes in American...

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US: Trump Authorizes International Criminal Court Sanctions

Click to expand Image The International Criminal Court (ICC) is seen in The Hague, Netherlands, November 7, 2019.  © 2019 AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File (Washington, DC) – US government sanctions...

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UN Rights Council Launches Inquiry into Atrocities in Eastern DR Congo

Click to expand Image Residents walk by charred vehicles in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, January 31, 2025. © 2025 Moses Sawasawa/AP Photo The United Nations Human Rights Council today agreed by...

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US Information Erasure Hurts Everyone

Click to expand Image A page, top, from the US government Census.gov website that displayed on January 24, 2025 about sexual orientation and gender identity, and the error page, bottom, showing the...

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UN Needs Backup Plan to Keep Saving Lives

Click to expand Image Palestinians receive humanitarian aid from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in Khan Younis, Gaza, February 5, 2025. ©...

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Negotiations for UN Tax Treaty Present Historic Opportunity for Rights

Click to expand Image An activist holds up a button as negotiations for the tax convention take place at the United Nations in New York, February 6, 2025.  © 2025 Anne Marte Skaland Last week, United...

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Japan Prepares to Accept Medical Evacuees from Gaza

Click to expand Image Damage caused by an artillery shell that hit the maternity hospital inside the Nasser Medical Complex, in Khan Yunis, Gaza, December 17, 2023. © 2023 Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty...

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US: Lifesaving Programs Remain Suspended Despite Waivers

Click to expand Image US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks after being sworn in by Vice President JD Vance near the White House in Washington, DC,  January 21, 2025. © 2025 AP Photo/Evan Vucci...

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US: New Jersey Indiscriminately Prosecutes Children as Adults

Click to expand Image Young person in a detention facility in Olathe, Kansas. Human Rights Watch requested access to photograph inside New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commission facilities but was denied....

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France Backtracks on Corporate Accountability in the EU

Click to expand Image A Decathlon store in Lyon, France, December 3, 2022. © 2022 Julien Reynaud/APS-Medias/Abaca/Sipa USA via AP Photo The French government is obstructing implementation of landmark...

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Panama Needs to Expedite Efforts Toward Climate Relocation Policy

 At a meeting last week in Panama City with Human Rights Watch, government officials from Panama’s Ministry of Environment said they are drafting a climate adaptation decree, expected to be adopted by...

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