Germany’s Coalition Talks Should Focus on Rights
Click to expand Image Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), speaks during a news conference at the headquarters of the CDU party in Berlin, Germany, February 24, 2025. © 2025...
View ArticleEU: Restore Humanity at Sea
Click to expand Image A Médecins Sans Frontières team performs a rescue in the Mediterranean Sea, September 19, 2024. © 2024 Mohamad Cheblak/Médecins Sans Frontières (Milan) –The European Union, its...
View ArticleSudan: Armed Group Allied to the Military Attacks Village
Click to expand Image Picture of graves dug by residents of Tayba where the victims of the Sudan Shield Forces were buried after the attack on January 10. The picture was taken/shared by a resident of...
View ArticleIndonesian Catholic Group Wields Blasphemy Law in Land Dispute
Click to expand Image PT Kristus Raja Maumere, a company owned by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Maumere, using excavators to demolish buildings and evict residents on Flores island, Indonesia, January...
View ArticleVietnam Targets Independent Journalist
On February 27, the People’s Court of Hanoi will hear the case of prominent independent journalist Truong Huy San (known by his pen name Huy Duc). The authorities arrested Truong in June and charged...
View ArticleVictory for Kenyans Denied Citizenship
Click to expand Image A woman has her fingerprints taken as she registers with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) at the Liboi transit point in Kenya, near the Somali border,...
View ArticleEU Should Address Modi’s Rights Crackdown During India Visit
Click to expand Image EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (left) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meeting in New Delhi, April 25, 2022. © 2022 Press Information Bureau via AP Photo On...
View ArticleOlympics: Presidential Candidates Need to Step Up on Rights
Click to expand Image The Olympic flag is displayed at the entrance of the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, March 23, 2020. © 2020 Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP (Amsterdam) –...
View ArticleIsrael Imports Gaza Abuses into the West Bank
Click to expand Image Israeli tanks are deployed during an ongoing army operation in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, February 24, 2025. © 2025 Majdi Mohammed/AP Photo This week,...
View ArticleArgentina: Milei Undermines Judicial Independence
Public hearing of the Agreements Committee of the Senate of the Nation, in which Federal Judge Ariel Lijo answered questions on his nomination to the Supreme Court, on August 21, 2024, in the Blue...
View ArticleBibas Family Funeral in Israel Highlights Illegality of Hostage Taking
Click to expand Image A mourner at the grave of hostages Shiri Bibas, Kfir Bibas and Ariel Bibas after their funeral on February 26, 2025, in Tzohar, Israel. © 2025 Amir Levy/Getty Images Shiri, Kfir,...
View ArticleSouth Sudan Army Attacks Displace Thousands in Nasir
Click to expand Image A guard of South Sudan People's Defence Forces (SSPDF) in Malakal, November 21, 2022. © 2022 Samir Bol/AFP via Getty Images An alarming surge of violence in South Sudan’s Nasir...
View ArticleThailand: 40 Uyghurs Forcibly Sent to China
Click to expand Image An immigration detention center in Bangkok, Thailand, February 26, 2025. © 2025 Jerry Harmer/AP Photo (Bangkok) – The Thai government violated domestic and international law by...
View ArticleNo Clarity Over Chadian Opposition Member’s Death
Click to expand Image Political opposition leader Yaya Dillo gives a press conference on April 30, 2021, in N’Djamena, Chad. Dillo was killed on February 28, 2024, by security forces at his party’s...
View ArticleTürkiye: Use Call to Halt Violence as Catalyst to End Rights Abuses
Click to expand Image At a news conference Kurdish politician Ahmet Türk reads out a statement from Abdullah Öcalan, jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), calling on the organization to...
View ArticleUS: Trump Administration Guts Foreign Aid
Click to expand Image A sign with the names of US government agencies housed at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC, with the USAID headquarters taped over, February 7, 2025. © 2025 Manuel...
View ArticleUS Registration Directive Further Criminalizes Undocumented Immigrants
Click to expand Image A NeoScan 45 fingerprint scanner, paired with an app known as EDDIE, is used by ICE to run remote ID checks. © 2020 Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP Photo This week,...
View ArticleSouth Africa: Protect Civilians from Use of Explosive Weapons
Click to expand Image A damaged apartment building following an overnight Israeli strike on Deir al-Balah, Gaza, January 8, 2025. © 2025 Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo (Johannesburg, March 3, 2025) –...
View ArticleTwo Years On, Honoring Judy Heumann’s Legacy
Click to expand Image International Disability Rights Advocate, Judy Heumann, in Washington, DC, May 11, 2021. © 2021 Shuran Huang for The Washington Post via Getty Images Today marks two years since...
View ArticleUAE: Unfair Mass Trial Convictions Upheld
Click to expand Image UAE Minister of State and CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber talks during the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week's opening ceremony, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab...
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