Myanmar: Kirin Should Sever Military Firm Ties
Click to expand Image Storage tanks and fermentation chambers of beer making at Kirin Brewery Nagoya, Kiyosu City, Japan, July 23, 2019. © 2019 The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images (Tokyo, January 8,...
View ArticleHong Kong: Mass Arrests of Pro-Democracy Politicians
Click to expand Image Pro-democracy activists who were elected from unofficial pro-democracy primaries, including Joshua Wong, far left, attend a press conference in Hong Kong, July 15, 2020. © 2020...
View ArticleIran: No Justice for Victims of Downed Plane
Click to expand Image In this January 11, 2020, people gather for a candlelight vigil to remember the victims of the Ukraine plane crash at the gate of Amir Kabir University in Tehran, Iran. © 2020 AP...
View ArticleNo Safe Haven for LGBT People in El Salvador
Click to expand Image A transgender woman shows a photograph of Camila Díaz, whom she met while migrating to the US, where they both turned themselves in to immigration authorities. Both women were...
View ArticleTrump Administration Again Weakens LGBT Protections
Click to expand Image The picture shows the emblem of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. © Tim Brakemeier/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images With less than two weeks left in...
View ArticleNext UN Chief Should Fully Commit to Human Rights
Click to expand Image United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks to the press at UN Headquarters in New York, November 20, 2020. © 2020 Lev Radin/Sipa via AP Images This year, United...
View ArticleBahrain: No Improvement in Rights Record
Click to expand Image Bahraini prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab wears a face mask after he was released, at his house in Budaiya in Manama, Bahrain June 9, 2020. © REUTERS/Hamad l Mohammed...
View ArticleEgypt: No End to Escalating Repression
Click to expand Image Egyptian security forces cordon off roads during curfew hours as prevention measures due to the coronavirus outbreak, in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, March 29, 2020. © AP Photo/Nariman...
View ArticleIran: Relentless Repression of Dissent
Click to expand Image People gather for a candlelight vigil to remember the victims of the Ukraine plane crash, at the gate of Amri Kabir University where some of the victims of the crash were former...
View ArticleLebanon: Sharp Decline in Human Rights
Click to expand Image Lebanese people release balloons bearing the names of the victims of the 4 August Beirut seaport blast to mark the two-month anniversary of the explosion that killed 200 people...
View ArticleCentral Asia: Pandemic Response Threatens Rights
Click to expand Image Uzbek students take open-air entrance exams in Tashkent on September 2, 2020, amid the ongoing coronavirus disease pandemic. © 2020 Yuri KORSUNTSEV/AFP/Getty Images (Berlin) –...
View ArticleBelarus: Unprecedented Crackdown
Click to expand Image Demonstrators carry a huge historical flag of Belarus as thousands gather for a protest at the Independence square in Minsk, Belarus, Aug. 23, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Dmitri...
View ArticleRussia: No Light at the End of the Tunnel
Click to expand Image A police officer pats down a protester detained during a rally calling for the results of a referendum on Constitutional amendments to be cancelled in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday,...
View ArticleUS: Systemic Rights Failings
Click to expand Image Demonstrators kneel outside the Long Beach Police Department in Long Beach, California during a protest on May 31, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File (Washington, DC) –...
View ArticleUK: Setting Aside Rights when Inconvenient
Click to expand Image Hospital workers remember their colleagues who have died from coronavirus and call on UK health authorities to provide personal protective equipment at University College...
View ArticleEU: Respect Rights Amid Pandemic, Economic Downturn
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View ArticleBiden Should Cement Rights in US Policy
(Washington, DC) – US President-elect Joe Biden should work with global leaders who have sought to shore up a defense of human rights around the world, Human Rights Watch said today in releasing its...
View ArticleTurkey: Covid-19 Pandemic Used to Strengthen Autocratic Rule
Click to expand Image Police block protesting lawyers during a demonstration against a government draft bill to reduce the authority of Turkey’s leading bar associations. July 10, 2020, Ankara. © 2020...
View ArticleIndonesia: Weak Public Health Response to Covid-19
Click to expand Image Students and laborers protest against a new job creation law that hinders labor rights, Bandung, Indonesia, October 8, 2020. © 2020 Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images (Jakarta) – The...
View ArticleThailand: Rights Crisis Rapidly Worsens
Click to expand Image A high school student holds up the three-finger salute and gives a speech at a youth-led rally in Chiang Mai, Thailand on August 25, 2020. © 2020 Supitcha Chailom (New York,...
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