Athletes, Fans Demand Remedy for Migrant Worker Abuses in Qatar
Click to expand Image Ex-Australian men’s national football team captain Craig Foster announced he would donate his salary as a broadcaster during the World Cup to families of deceased workers and...
View ArticleEngland To End LBQ+ Discrimination in Access to Fertility Services
Click to expand Image Amandine Giraud and her wife Laurene Corral with their children conceived with fertility assistance in Paris, France, where lesbian couples and single women have access to...
View ArticleGuinea: Landmark Trial for 2009 Massacre
Click to expand Image A sign showing Conakry’s central prison. Photo taken on March 11, 2021, in Conakry, Guinea. © 2021 Mamoudou Diallo (Conakry) – The long-delayed trial of 11 men accused of...
View ArticleBold Action Needed on UK Living Standards
Click to expand Image A shopper puts fruit in her basket in a supermarket in London. The UK inflation rate has hit 10.1% this year, the highest level in more than 40 years. © 2022 Frank Augstein / AP...
View ArticleIndonesia: Hope for Justice in 2014 Papua Massacre
Click to expand Image Papuan activists protest the killing of teenagers in Enarotali, at the Hotel Indonesia roundabout in Jakarta, December 10, 2014. © 2014 ADEK BERRY/AFP via Getty Images (Jakarta)...
View ArticleJapan to Suspend Myanmar Military Training Program
Click to expand Image Officers march during a parade to commemorate Myanmar's 77th Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, March 27, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo On Tuesday, September 20,...
View ArticleChad: Security Force Abuse Amid National Dialogue
Click to expand Image Security forces standing outside the headquarters of The Transformers opposition party in N’Djamena, Chad’s on September 2, 2022. © Private (Nairobi) – Chad’s security forces...
View ArticleFor the Deaf Community, Sign Language Equals Rights
Click to expand Image A deaf worker serves customers using sign language at Serona Kafe, in Bintaro, Banten province, Indonesia. The café deliberately employs deaf people to provide job opportunities...
View ArticleUN Rights Body Rules Australia Failed to Protect from Climate Change
Click to expand Image A woman walks past palm trees on Saibai Island in the Torres Strait, August 9, 2006. © 2006 Andrew Mears/Fairfax Media via Getty Images The United Nations Human Rights Committee...
View ArticleAlgeria: Free Activist Granted Refugee Status in Tunisia
(Tunis) – Algerian authorities should immediately release Slimane Bouhafs, an Algerian activist who disappeared a year ago from Tunisia and is now detained under investigation by an Algerian court, and...
View ArticleLebanon: Syrian Refugee Apparently Tortured to Death
Click to expand Image Bashar Abed Al Saud © 2022 Private (Beirut) – Lebanese authorities should transfer the prosecution of security force members charged in the torture and murder of a Syrian refugee...
View ArticleICC Starts Trial against Central African Republic Rebel Leader
Click to expand Image Mahamat Said Abdel Kani during the confirmation of charges at the pre-trial chamber of the International Criminal Court on October 12, 2021. © ICC-CPI Today, the trial of Mahamat...
View ArticleNepal President Blocks Citizenship Law
Click to expand Image Student activists protest against President Bidya Bhandari’s unwillingness to endorse the Citizenship Bill that was passed by parliament. September 21, 2022 © 2022 Rojan...
View ArticleHungary Should Guarantee Safety of Lesbian Activists During DykeMarch
Click to expand Image Rising anger over policies of Hungary's right-wing government filled the streets of the country's capital as thousands of LGBT activists and supporters marched in the city's...
View ArticleJapan Should Strengthen New Business and Human Rights Guidelines
Click to expand Image Shipping cranes on a wharf inside the Tokyo Bay. © 2022 Sipa USA via AP Japan’s recently adopted guidelines on responsible use of supply chains are a missed opportunity to...
View ArticleUS: Budget Cuts Put Public Housing Tenants at Risk
Click to expand Image Ramona Ferreyra looks out at the public housing development where she lives in the Bronx borough of New York. January 28, 2022. © 2022 Human Rights Watch (New York) – Decades of...
View ArticleBelarusian Authorities Further Tighten Chokehold on Civil Society
Click to expand Image Solidarity action with Viasna’s imprisoned human rights defenders in Warsaw, Poland, September 2021. © 2021 Human Rights Center “Viasna” This week, prominent Belarusian human...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Revoke Sweeping New Order to Restrict Protest
Click to expand Image Sri Lankan police disperse protesters in Colombo with tear gas and a water cannon, September 24, 2022. © 2022 Tharaka Basnayaka/NurPhoto via AP (New York) – The Sri Lankan...
View ArticleThe New Italian Government Poses A Human Rights Challenge
Click to expand Image Election posters of Fratelli d'Italia, Lega con Salvini and Forza Italia are seen on the streets ahead of election day in Rome, Italy, on September 16, 2022. © 2022 Elisa...
View ArticleBrazil: Uphold the Right to Vote Freely and Safely
Click to expand Image A protester holds a sign reading “Democracy” in Portuguese and in Braille at a rally in in São Paulo, August 11, 2022. © 2022 Ettore Chiereguini/AGIF (via AP) (São Paulo) –...
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