Panama: Key Services Lacking at Climate Relocation Site
Click to expand Image Aerial view of houses for the new community where the residents of Gardi Sugdub will be transferred in Guna Yala, Panama, October 12, 2023. © 2023 Adri Salido/Getty Images The...
View ArticleUN Scrutinizes Indonesia’s Record on Socio-Economic Rights
Click to expand Image In Cibinong, West Java, a state school requires its female students to wear long skirts, long-sleeve shirts, and the hijab. © 2018 Andreas Harsono/Human Rights Watch On...
View ArticleKazakhstan: Arrest of Karakalpak Activist at Uzbekistan’s Behest
Click to expand Image Akylbek Muratov, August 2023 © Private (Berlin, February 26, 2024) – Uzbek officials have brought wholly unfounded criminal allegations against an activist who had been living in...
View ArticleEgypt: Rights Group and its Director Threatened and Smeared
Click to expand Image Ahmed Salem, director of the Sinai Foundation for Human Rights. © Private (Washington DC) – The Egyptian authorities and affiliated groups have responded to recent reporting by...
View ArticleIsrael Not Complying with World Court Order in Genocide Case
Click to expand Image The International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, August 27, 2018. © 2018 Mike Corder/AP Photo (The Hague, February 26, 2024) – The Israeli government has failed to...
View ArticleRussia: Sham Trial of Human Rights Leader Draws to a Close
Click to expand Image Oleg Orlov reading Franz Kafka’s The Trial in a Moscow courtroom during his trial, February 2024. © 2024 Ekaterina Yanshina, for Memorial Update: The verdict in the case of Oleg...
View ArticleAbusive Interrogation Video in Japan Shows Urgent Need for Reform
Click to expand Image Yamato Eguchi speaking at the "hostage justice" survivor event at the Japanese National Diet, Tokyo, November 10, 2023. © 2023 Yoshiyuki Nishi Criminal cases in Japan that go to...
View ArticleBurkina Faso: Abductions Used to Crack Down on Dissent
Click to expand Image Ablassé Ouedraogo, a former foreign minister and chair of the opposition party Le Faso Autrement, speaking here in November 2014, was abducted from his home in Ouagadougou,...
View ArticleRussia: Court Convicts Human Rights Leader in Sham Trial
Click to expand Image Oleg Orlov reading Franz Kafka’s The Trial in a Moscow courtroom during his trial, February 2024. © 2024 Ekaterina Yanshina, for Memorial (Moscow) – A Russian court sentenced one...
View ArticleAlgerian Activist Keeps Up Fight from Abroad
Click to expand Image Zaki Hannache, an Algerian activist, in Algiers on February 13, 2021. © 2021 Ryad Kramdi/AFP via Getty Images Five years ago last week, people filled the streets of Algiers to...
View ArticlePhilippines’ Marcos Addresses Australian Parliament Amid Abuses
Click to expand Image Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, left, meets with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., at Malacañang palace in Manila, September 8, 2023. © 2023 Earvin...
View ArticleChina: Free Detained Tibetan Demonstrators
Click to expand Image Tibetans protest the Chinese government’s construction of a hydropower dam on the Dri Chu River, Derge county, Sichuan province, China, February 14, 2024. © RFA (New York) – The...
View ArticleAustralia: Spotlight Rights at Summit with ASEAN
Click to expand Image Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stands alongside Foreign Minister Penny Wong (right) and Special Envoy to Southeast Asia Nicholas Moore in Jakarta, Indonesia to launch...
View ArticleChadian Commission President Removed at Critical Moment
Click to expand Image Chadian civil society leader Mahamat Nour Ibédou (center) attends a press conference in N'Djamena, Chad, February 5, 2018. © 2018 AFP via Getty Images Last week, a prominent...
View ArticleCambodia: Carbon Offsetting Project Violates Indigenous Group’s Rights
Click to expand Image Community members harvest rice in one of the villages included in the Southern Cardamom REDD+ Project in Koh Kong province, Cambodia, June 25, 2022. © 2022 Human Rights Watch...
View ArticleIndonesia: End Hijab-Linked Bullying in Schools
Click to expand Image A schoolgirl walking near her state high school in Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia. The mandatory school uniform includes a hijab, a long-sleeve shirt, and a long skirt. © 2022...
View ArticleSyria: Abuses, Impunity in Turkish-Occupied Territories
Click to expand Image A member of Sultan Suleiman Shah, a faction of the Syrian National Army, holds a Turkish flag as he takes part in a military exercise in Afrin, Syria, October 31, 2021 © 2021...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: Migrant Workers’ Long Overdue Wages at Risk
Click to expand Image Foreign laborers work on the construction of new luxury houses in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, April 2019. © 2019 FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP via Getty Images (Beirut) – Representatives...
View ArticleSuing Maldives to Enforce its Environmental Laws
Click to expand Image Satellite imagery from 2019, 2022, and 2023 shows the evolution of the land reclamation on the island of Gulhifalhu, Maldives. Image © Maxar Technologies, CNES / Airbus, Google...
View ArticleXinjiang Abuses Show Need for Robust EU Forced Labor Law
Play Video Read a text description of this video VOICEOVER:Do you have a car? If so, then parts of your car could be made with forced labor from China. Let's explain how. The first thing you need to...
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