Caster Semenya Loses Appeal for Equal Treatment
Click to expand Image South Africa's Caster Semenya competes in the women's 800-meter race during the Prefontaine Classic, an IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting, in Stanford, California, June 30,...
View ArticleKillings in Philippines Up 50 Percent During Pandemic
Click to expand Image Police officers secure the road leading to the House of Representatives where President Rodrigo Duterte will deliver his 5th State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July...
View ArticleBahrain: Lawyers Prosecuted on Speech Charges
Click to expand Image Abdullah al-Shamlawi © 2020 Private (Beirut) – Bahraini authorities should not contest the appeal of Abdullah al-Shamlawi, a lawyer, to vacate his conviction and eight-month...
View ArticleGlobal Coalition urges UN to Address China’s Human Rights Abuses
Click to expand Image U.N. headquarters Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019. © AP Photo/Jeenah Moon (Geneva) – The United Nations should urgently create an independent international mechanism to address the...
View ArticleEcuador’s Assembly Approves Bill Furthering the Right to Health
Click to expand Image The flag of Ecuador. Ecuador’s National Assembly has approved a new health code that would help all in Ecuador enjoy better access to health care.The bill, nearly 8 years in the...
View ArticleGuatemala: Rights Official at Risk of Criminal Prosecution
Click to expand Image Guatemala’s Human Rights Ombudsperson Jordan Rodas speaks during a press conference after a meeting with members of the organization "proud of my PNC" (Civil National Police),...
View ArticleSouth Africa Should Press Zimbabwe to End Repression
Click to expand Image Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa addresses the media at State House in Harare, Zimbabwe, March, 17, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi A high-level delegation from...
View ArticleLibya: Armed Groups Violently Quell Protests
Click to expand Image Protesters chant slogans during anti-corruption demonstrations in the capital Tripoli’s Martyrs' Square on August 25, 2020. © 2020 AFP/Getty Images (Beirut) – Armed groups in...
View ArticleSocial Media Platforms Remove War Crimes Evidence
Click to expand Image YouTube, which is owned by Google, says it is implementing “cutting-edge machine-learning technology” designed to identify and remove millions of pieces of uploaded content,...
View ArticleVideo Demonstrates Chechnya Leadership’s Brutality
A video circulating on Russian social media shows a young man apparently being forced to penetrate himself with a glass bottle: a forced punishment for allegedly helping to “spread lies” about Chechen...
View ArticleRwanda: Rusesabagina Was Forcibly Disappeared
Click to expand Image Paul Rusesabagina, who was detained on August 27, 2020, is paraded in front of the media in handcuffs at the headquarters of the Rwanda Investigation Bureau in Kigali, Rwanda on...
View ArticlePakistan’s Hypocrisy on Press Freedom
Click to expand Image Pakistani police escort Mir Shakilur Rehman to court following his arrest in Lahore, Pakistan, March 13, 2020. © 2020 K.M. Chaudhry/AP Photo Last week, Prime Minister Imran Khan...
View ArticleEgypt: Gang Rape Witnesses Arrested, Smeared
Click to expand Image Women chant slogans as they gather to protest sexual harassment in front of the opera house in Cairo on June 14, 2014. © 2014 Reuters / Asmaa Waguih (Beirut) – Egyptian security...
View ArticleBolivia: Justice System Abused to Persecute Opponents
Click to expand Image Police present Mauricio Jara, who is facing criminal charges for sharing WhatsApp messages criticizing the interim government and in support of former president Evo Morales, at a...
View ArticleUK’s Bid for Brexit at All Costs Will Damage Human Rights
Click to expand Image The Union Flag and European Union flag fly in Parliament Square in central London, September 9, 2017. © 2017 Reuters Empty shelves. Panic buying. Queues outside supermarkets....
View ArticleEritrea Busses Thousands of Students to Military Camp
Click to expand Image Satellite Imagery of the Sawa military camp, including the Warsai Yikealo Secondary School, recorded in January 2015. Imagery © DigitalGlobe - Maxar Technologies 2019; Source:...
View ArticleCambodia: Free Detained Youth, Environmental Activists
Click to expand Image Supporters of Rong Chhun, president of the Cambodian Confederation of Unions, shout slogans in front of Phnom Penh Municipal Court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Saturday, August 1,...
View ArticleIran: Wrestler on Death Row for Alleged Murder
Click to expand Image Navid Afkari, a 27-year-old wrestler facing a death sentence. © Private (Beirut) – The case of an Iranian wrestler on death row is part of a systematic pattern in which Iranian...
View ArticleGreece’s Moria Camp Fire: What’s Next?
Click to expand Image Moria camp on Lesbos island following a fire that started on the evening of September 8, 2020, destroying most of the camp and leaving 12,000 asylum seekers and refugees without...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Protecting Rights Essential in Negotiations
Click to expand Image Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, center left, wears a protective face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, on the last day of an Afghan Loya Jirga or traditional...
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