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Mali: Islamist Armed Groups, Army Target Civilians

Click to expand Image The badge of a member of the Malian army (FAMA), in Anderamboukane, in Menaka region, Mali, March 22, 2019.  © 2019 AGNES COUDURIER/AFP via Getty Images Islamist armed groups and...

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Switzerland Decides to Suspend Funding for Rights Defenders in Israel, Palestine

Click to expand Image Palestinians search for survivors after an airstrike on buildings in the refugee camp of Jabalia in the Gaza Strip on October 9, 2023.  © 2023 Mahmud Hams/ AFP via Getty Images...

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Uganda: Oil Pipeline Protests Stifled

Read a text description of this video Uganda"Nsubuga", FarmerThis is where  the pipeline will pass.I am very worried because it is so close to my house and I don’t know what will happen.NarrationAll...

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US Should Protect Voters Ahead of 2024 Election

Click to expand Image A voter filling out a ballot at the Green Spring Gardens polling station in Lincolnia, Virginia, US, June 20, 2023.  © 2023 Minh Connors/The Washington Post via AP Photo On...

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Ethiopia: Atrocities Mar Ceasefire Anniversary

Click to expand Image A woman displaced due to the conflict in northern Ethiopia sits in front of her shelter at camp for internally displaced people in Abi Adi, Tigray, June 24, 2023. © 2023 Tiksa...

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Investigate Death of 17-Year-Old Girl in Iran

A photo of Armita Geravand,  a 16-year-old Iranian student who died after falling into a coma following an encounter with authorities in Iran,  is displayed in front of the Lincoln Memorial in...

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Australia: Challenge China on Human Rights

Click to expand Image Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese waves alongside newly appointed Foreign Minister Penny Wong, at the door of their plane in Canberra, Australia, May 23, 2022. © 2022...

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Australia: Challenge China on Human Rights

Click to expand Image Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese waves alongside newly appointed Foreign Minister Penny Wong, at the door of their plane in Canberra, Australia, May 23, 2022. © 2022...

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The Full Costs of Turkey’s Bombing Campaign in Northeast Syria

Click to expand Image Smoke rises from Syria's Kurdish-controlled northeast city of Qamishli, Syria October 5, 2023.  © 2023 Orhan Qereman/Reuters Rakza Salih Fawaz, 50, and her 14-year-old daughter,...

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Zimbabwe Opposition Parliament Member Allegedly Abducted, Tortured

Click to expand Image Takudzwa Ngadziore (second from left) and other leaders of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) sing the national anthem during a campaign rally in Bulawayo,...

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Turkey: Release Politicians Wrongfully Detained for 7 Years

  Click to expand Image Selahattin Demirtaş, former co-chair of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), was among MPs jailed on November 4, 2016. His vacant seat in the general assembly of Turkey’s...

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UN Turkmenistan Review Should Address Unfulfilled Rights Pledges

Click to expand Image United Nations European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, September 11, 2023.  © 2023 Denis Balibouse/Reuters On Monday, November 6, the United Nations Human Rights Council...

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Asian Migrant Workers Victims of Hamas-led Attacks

Click to expand Image Thawatchai and Thongkoon On-kaew, parents of Natthaporn, hold photos of him outside their home in Nakhon Phanom, Thailand, October 10, 2023. Natthaporn was working in Israel when...

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US: Protect Free Expression in Israel/Palestine Crisis

(New York) – Many people in the United States are experiencing the suppression of their free expression rights amid Israel’s intensive military operations in Gaza, including their right to protest war,...

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Ugandan Authorities Should Drop Charges Against Oil Activists

Click to expand Image Ugandan security officials detain a protester during a march in support of the European Parliament resolution to stop the construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline in...

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India: Stop Abusing Counterterrorism Regulations

Click to expand Image  Indian Dalit rights activists protest against the police raid and illegal arrest of human right activists under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) during a protest in...

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Northwest Syria: Government Uses Cluster Munitions

Remnant of an expended cargo section of one of the two 220mm 9M27K-series Uragan surface-launched cluster munition rockets embedded into the ground after it scattered its payload of explosive...

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France: Immigration Bill Threatens Rights

Click to expand Image More than 200 young refugees demonstrate in front of the State Council building in Paris, December 2, 2022.  Many have been sleeping, some for 6 months or longer, under the...

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Suspend Arms to Israel, Palestinian Armed Groups

Click to expand Image Airbursts of artillery-fired white phosphorus fall over the Gaza city port, October 11, 2023.  © 2023 Mohammed Adeb/AFP via Getty Images (Jerusalem) – Allies of Israel and...

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Philippine Journalist Shot Dead Live on Air

Click to expand Image Juan Jumalon during his radio show, Calamba, Misamis Occidental, Philippines. © 94.7 Gold FM Calamba/Facebook The murder was brazen and swift: two men entered the home of Juan...

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