Australia: Use Magnitsky-Style Sanctions to Target Abusers
Click to expand Image Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, flanked by Foreign Minister Penny Wong, in Tokyo, Japan, May 24, 2022. © Issei Kato/Pool Photo via AP (Sydney) – The Australian...
View ArticleUS Supreme Court Case Puts Basic Voting Rights on Trial
Click to expand Image Voting booths on the first day of early voting in Orlando, Florida, October 24, 2022. © 2022 Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images via AP Photo Tomorrow the United States Supreme Court will...
View ArticleUkraine: Russian Attacks on Energy Grid Threaten Civilians
Click to expand Image Doctors operate with phone flashlights during a power outage in Kyiv. Numerous missile and drone attacks in October and November have deprived millions of Ukrainians of at least...
View ArticleCar Industry Linked to Forced Labor in Xinjiang
Click to expand Image A worker moves aluminum auto parts in central China's Anhui province, March 26, 2022 © WAN SC A new report links the world’s biggest car companies to Chinese government forced...
View ArticleIraq: Activist Imprisoned for Peaceful Criticism of Security Forces
Click to expand Image Hayder Finjan al-Zaidi. © 2022 Private (Beirut) – A criminal court in Baghdad sentenced an activist to three years in prison on December 5, 2022, for alleged criticism of the...
View ArticleUN Member Countries Should Accredit Blocked Human Rights Groups
Click to expand Image The United Nations logo is pictured in front of the United Nations Headquarters building during the 71st United Nations General Assembly in the Manhattan borough of New York,...
View ArticleProposed Japanese Fertility Law Discriminates Against Lesbians, Single Women
Click to expand Image Human rights activists Mamiko Moda and Satoko Nagamura with their son, who they had in Japan using a donor. © 2022 Private A draft law that may be introduced in the Japanese...
View ArticleEl Salvador: Widespread Abuses Under State of Emergency
(New York) – Salvadoran security forces have committed widespread human rights violations since the adoption of a state of emergency approved in late March 2022, in response to a peak in gang violence,...
View ArticleGuinea: Ensure Respect for Rights in Massive Iron Ore Project
Click to expand Image Mist shrouds the Simandou mountains in Guinea, which reportedly contain the largest untapped high-grade iron ore deposit in the world. The companies developing the Simandou...
View ArticleAt UN Talks, Countries Divided on Approach to Plastics Agreement
Click to expand Image Greenpeace projects messages and plastic waste imagery on a billboard in Uruguay as global leaders come together to discuss a Global Plastics Treaty in Punta del Este, Uruguay. ©...
View ArticleJapan Highlights Chinese Government Rights Abuses
Click to expand Image China's President Xi Jinping (R) and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, November 17, 2022. © 2022 Pool for Yomiuri/AP Photo On December 5, Japan’s...
View ArticleNortheast Syria: Turkish Strikes Exacerbate Humanitarian Crisis
Click to expand Image A fighter 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 ArticleWarring Parties in Yemen Silent Amid Reports of Migrant Abuse
Click to expand Image Ethiopian migrants climb on a pickup truck in Dhale province in Yemen, which is one of the stops where migrants take shelter before continuing their journey to Saudi Arabia,...
View ArticleEritrea: 10 Years Behind Bars for Ex-Minister’s Daughter
Click to expand Image Ciham Ali Abdu © Private (Nairobi) – The Eritrean government should immediately release Ciham Ali Abdu, unlawfully held since she was arrested a decade ago, when she was only...
View ArticleTunisia: Domestic Violence Law Not Protecting Women
(Tunis) – Tunisian authorities are failing to protect women from domestic violence despite enacting a strong law in 2017, Human Rights Watch said in a report published today.The 94-page report, “So...
View ArticleGreece: Problematic Surveillance Bill
Click to expand Image Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis speaks during a parliament session in Athens, Greece, Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis (Athens, December...
View ArticleIndonesia: New Criminal Code Disastrous for Rights
Click to expand Image Protesters hold up signs prior to passage of a new Indonesian criminal code that will ban sex outside marriage, cohabitation between unmarried couples, insulting the president,...
View ArticleEU admits Croatia to Schengen Without Regard To Abuses at the Border
Click to expand Image A man holds a banner during a protest against the violent pushbacks of migrants, allegedly conducted by Croatian police, near the border crossing between Croatia and Bosnia and...
View ArticleHuman Rights Watch Statement on Coup in Peru
Human Rights Watch categorically condemns former President Pedro Castillo's attempt to undermine the rule of law in Peru. On December 7, 2022, the then-president announced the temporary dissolution of...
View ArticleShackled in Ghana for Mental Health Conditions
Click to expand Image A woman with a real or perceived psychosocial disability is chained in a room at Mount Horeb Prayer Camp in Mamfi, Ghana. The black bucket is where she defecates and urinates,...
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