Europe Heatwaves Disastrous for Older People, People with Disabilities
Click to expand Image An older man sits outside his house during a heat wave in Barcelona, Spain, July 16, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti Thousands of people have died as 21 countries across...
View ArticleMomentum Grows for FIFA to Remedy Migrant Worker Abuses in Qatar
Click to expand Image The Norwegian national football team wear t-shirts calling for human rights for migrant workers prior to a match with Greece at Estadio La Rosaleda on June 6, 2021 in Malaga,...
View ArticleYet Another Victim of Indonesia’s Blasphemy Law
Click to expand Image Entrance to the Borobudur Buddhist temple, built in the 9th century on Java Island, Indonesia. © 2022 Andreas Harsono/Human Rights Watch Indonesia’s toxic blasphemy law has...
View ArticleBahrain: Free Ailing Academic
Click to expand Image Dr. Abduljalil al-Singace. © Private (Beirut) – The Bahrain authorities should free Dr. Abduljalil al-Singace, an academic imprisoned since 2011, 15 organizations including Human...
View ArticleEnglish Football Should Stand for Rights as World Cup Approaches
Click to expand Image The England National Football Team line up before the UEFA Nations League match between Germany and England at Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany, June 7, 2022. © 2022 Paul...
View ArticleWorld Cup Abuses Harm Children, Families of Migrant Workers
Click to expand Image Manju Devi, whose husband Kripal Mandal, a migrant worker in Qatar, died in Doha in 2022, with her family in Nepal in May 2022. © 2022 Shyam Karki Thousands of migrant workers...
View ArticleBiden Calls on Syria to Return Journalist 'Disappeared' a Decade Ago
Click to expand Image Marc and Debra Tice, the parents of Austin Tice, who has been missing in Syria for ten years, speak during a press conference at the Press Club in Beirut, Lebanon, December 4,...
View ArticleRespect the Right to Vote in Brazil
Click to expand Image Indigenous leaders read a manifesto, signed by more than a million Brazilians, defending democratic institutions and the rule of law at the University of São Paulo law school in...
View ArticleIndonesia: Free Imprisoned Papua Activists
Click to expand Image A Papuan activist with his face painted with the colors of the separatist Morning Star flag shouts slogans during a rally near the presidential palace in Jakarta, Indonesia,...
View ArticleIsrael: Free French-Palestinian Rights Worker
Click to expand Image Salah Hamouri. © Elsa Lefort (Jerusalem) – Israeli authorities should immediately release the French-Palestinian human rights worker Salah Hamouri from administrative detention...
View ArticleUkraine: Unlawful Russian Attacks in Kharkiv
Click to expand Image The impact pattern left on the ground after the detonation of an explosive submunition, one of at least a dozen in the area, in front of the women’s outpatient services clinic of...
View ArticleThailand: Officials Indicted for Karen Activist’s Murder
Click to expand Image Porlajee “Billy” Rakchongcharoen, a prominent ethnic Karen community and environmental activist, was allegedly murdered in the custody of the Kaeng Krachan National Park...
View ArticleUS: Major Steps to Address Health Care, Climate Crisis
Click to expand Image A view of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on May 28, 2020. © 2020 Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA via AP Images (Washington) – The US government’s passage of the Inflation...
View ArticleActivist in Cameroon Detained Again
In September 2019, prominent Cameroonian Anglophone peace activist Abdul Karim Ali was arrested. He was held without access to a lawyer for five days before authorities finally released him weeks...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Economic Crisis Puts Rights in Peril
Click to expand Image Women wait near an empty fuel station hoping to buy kerosene oil for cooking in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 26, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena (New York) – Sri Lanka’s...
View ArticleVenezuela: UN Human Rights Council Should Renew Experts’ Mandate
Click to expand Image Members of Venezuela's Special Action Forces (FAES) carry out a security operation in Caracas, on April 1, 2019. © 2019 Yuri Cortez/AFP via Getty Images (Geneva) – The United...
View ArticleTurkey/Syria: Civilians at Risk in Northern Syria
Click to expand Image Fighters of the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army take part in a military parade in the countryside of Aleppo Governorate on June 9, 2022, as part of the forces' preparations...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: Use Peace Deal Extension for Reforms
Click to expand Image South Sudan's President Salva Kiir (2nd R) and his former deputy turned rebel leader Riek Machar (2nd L) shake hands as they make a last peace deal at the 33rd Extraordinary...
View ArticleVietnam Adopts Global LGBT Health Standard
Click to expand Image A cyclist holds up a poster reading in Vietnamese, "Shine your true colors," ahead of a bike rally in Hanoi, Vietnam, September 24, 2017. © 2017 AP Photo/Hau Dinh (Bangkok) –...
View ArticleUS Health Agency Undermines Equity in Covid-19 Policy
Click to expand Image The offices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, April 19, 2022. © AP Photo/Ron Harris, File The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has...
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