Hong Kong Unleashes Courts against Children’s Sheep Fiction
Click to expand Image Children’s books about a village of sheep that has come under the scrutiny of Hong Kong’s National Security Law, July 22, 2021. © 2021 Vincent Yu/AP Photo Each day seems to bring...
View ArticleKenya: Ban Use of Highly Hazardous Pesticides
Click to expand Image A man sprays pesticides at a maize farm in Nakuru, Kenya, April 28, 2020. © 2020 Sipa via AP Images (Nairobi, September 14, 2023) – A study released on September 13, 2023, in...
View ArticleUK: Children and Families Seeking Asylum Face Dire Conditions
Click to expand Image A woman and her three children share a single room in their government-assigned temporary housing for families seeking asylum, east London, May 2022. © 2022 Michael Garcia...
View ArticlePoland: Abortion Witch Hunt Targets Women, Doctors
Click to expand Image People demonstrate outside a police station during 'Solidarity with Joanna' protest in Krakow, Poland on July 25, 2023. © 2023 Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via AP Photo (London) –...
View ArticleBangladesh: Social Audits Shortchange Workers
Click to expand Image Labor Day protest organized by the National Garment Workers Federation for a higher minimum wage and the right to organize, Dhaka, Bangladesh, May 1, 2023. © 2023 National...
View ArticleAlgeria: Halt Assault on Fundamental Freedoms
An Algerian demonstrator holds the Algerian national flag as he stage a protest against the government in Algiers, Algeria, Friday, Nov.29, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo/Toufik Doudou (Beirut) – The Algerian...
View ArticleBangladesh: Quash Conviction and Release Rights Defenders
Click to expand Image Adilur Rahman Khan arrested in Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 2023. © 2023 Odhikar/FIDH (New York) – Bangladesh authorities should immediately release the human rights defenders...
View ArticleCluster Munitions: Gains in Stockpile Destruction, Clearance
Click to expand Image A land art painting called "All of us!" by the artist Saype in front of the United Nations headquarters in Geneva installed during a meeting of the Convention on Cluster...
View ArticleIran: Crackdown on Dissent Ahead of Protest Anniversary
Click to expand Image Iranians protests the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after she was detained by the morality police, in Tehran, October 1, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Middle East Images (Beirut) –...
View ArticleUN: World Leaders Should Spotlight Global Crises
Click to expand Image UN member countries address the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City, September 25, 2021. © 2021 Kena Betancur/Pool Photo via...
View ArticleAn Opportunity to Embrace a Human Rights Economy
Click to expand Image A group of girls at work in a field in Chitwan district, Nepal, March 3, 2020. © 2020 Jonas Gratzer/LightRocket via Getty Images Next week, a high-level summit will convene...
View ArticleEgypt: US to Provide Security Assistance Despite Repression
Click to expand Image US President Joe Biden speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, February 24, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Alex Brandon (Washington, DC, September 15, 2023) – The Biden...
View ArticleContinuing the Fight for Jailed Rights Defenders in Belarus
Click to expand Image Ales Bialiatski, the head of Belarusian Viasna rights group, centre, sits in a defendants' cage during a court session in Minsk, Belarus, January 5, 2023. © 2023 Vitaly...
View ArticleUN: World Leaders Should Spotlight Global Crises
Click to expand Image UN member countries address the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City, September 25, 2021. © 2021 Kena Betancur/Pool Photo via...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Abuses Undercut Proposed ‘Truth Commission’
Click to expand Image Thagbsiwaran Sivaganawathy holds a photo of her daughter, Thageswaran Susanya, at a protest for relatives of the disappeared on May 13, 2019 in Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka. © 2019...
View ArticleEU: Harmful ‘Prostitution’ Resolution Passes
Click to expand Image Sex workers wear masks while asking for the clubs where they work not to close, during an event on International Women's Day in Madrid, Spain, March 8, 2023. © 2023 Juan...
View ArticleNew UN Guidance on Children’s Rights and the Environment
Click to expand Image Children playing along the broken bank of the Shibsha River at Dakop Upazilla, Khulna, Bangladesh, August 26, 2023. © 2023 Piyas Biswas/ SOPA Images via AP Photo Today, the...
View ArticleColombia: Ensure Justice for Army Killings
(Washington, DC) – Colombian authorities should ensure independent and impartial investigations in cases of soldiers allegedly responsible for killing civilians during a military operation in March...
View ArticleAlgeria: Freedom of Association, Assembly Under Attack
An Algerian demonstrator holds the Algerian national flag as he stage a protest against the government in Algiers, Algeria, Friday, Nov.29, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo/Toufik Doudou HRW Contribution for...
View ArticleUN: World Leaders Should Spotlight Global Crises
Click to expand Image UN member countries address the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City, September 25, 2021. © 2021 Kena Betancur/Pool Photo via...
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