Saudi Arabia: Reveal Status of Saudi-Australian
(Beirut) – Saudi officials should immediately make public the whereabouts and condition of a Saudi-Australian man forcibly returned to Saudi Arabia in March 2021, Human Rights Watch said today. No...
View ArticleLebanon: Allow Syrian Refugee Students to Take Exams
Click to expand Image A text message from a school in the Bekaa Valley instructing students that they must present proof of residency, a Syrian civil extract certified by the Lebanese Ministry of...
View ArticleSri Lanka Face Covering Ban Latest Blow for Muslim Women
Click to expand Image A Sri Lankan Muslim woman walks in a street in Colombo, Sri Lanka, March 13, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File Muslims in Sri Lanka already faced a growing list of...
View ArticleIndia’s Leaders Obsessed with Criticism, Not Medical Shortages
Click to expand Image People wait to get tested for Covid-19 in Hyderabad, India, April 25, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A. Indian groups trying to locate assistance for Covid-19 patients are...
View ArticleVietnam: Free Democracy Activist Mother, Sons
Click to expand Image Trịnh Ba Tu and Can Thi Theu © 2018 Private (New York) – The Vietnamese authorities should immediately release the democracy campaigner Can Thi Theu and her two sons and drop...
View ArticleCambodia: End Food Insecurity, Abuses During Lockdown
Click to expand Image Military Police patrol the 'Red Zone' to ensure people abide by the lockdown measures. © 2021 Andy Ball / SOPA Images/Sipa USA (Bangkok) – The Cambodian government should...
View ArticleUN Security Council: Adopt Global Arms Embargo on Myanmar
Click to expand Image A police officer stands in front of anti-coup protesters in Yangon, Myanmar, February 19, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo (New York) – The United Nations Security Council should...
View ArticleFrance: Police Expelling Migrant Children
Click to expand Image A member of the French border police checks identity documents in March 2021 at the Menton-Garavan station, the first French train station for those travelling between Genoa, in...
View ArticleAbuse of Cybercrime Measures Taints UN Talks
Click to expand Image U.N. headquarters Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019. © AP Photo/Jeenah Moon (New York) – A possible global treaty to address cybercrime risks legitimizing abusive practices and could be...
View ArticleNiger: New Government Should Investigate Massacres
Click to expand Image Niger's newly elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, gestures at his party headquarters after the announcement of his election in Niamey, Niger, on February 23, 2021. © 2021 Issouf...
View ArticleInterpol: UAE Official’s Candidacy Raises Human Rights Alarms
(Beirut) – The candidacy of a United Arab Emirates (UAE) Interior Ministry official for president of Interpol may jeopardize the global police organization’s commitment to its human rights obligations,...
View ArticleRussia: Withdraw New Batch of Oppressive Laws
Click to expand Image Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin addresses the State Duma, the lower house of Russia’s Parliament, in Moscow, Russia. July 22, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko...
View ArticleTime for Action to Protect Australia’s Older People
Click to expand Image A resident looks out from the window of the Florence Aged Care Facility amid the second wave of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Melbourne, Australia August 17, 2020. ©...
View ArticleBiden Pledges Support for Covid-19 Intellectual Property Waiver
Click to expand Image Supporters attend the Rally for Vaccine Access for Everyone, Everywhere on Wednesday, May 5, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Eric Kayne/AP Images for Social Security Works) People...
View ArticleUganda: Reject Sexual Offenses Bill
Click to expand Image Brenda, a Ugandan transgender woman, was arrested and assaulted by police in the wake of the passage of Uganda’s 2014 Anti-Homosexuality Bill. Activists fear that the passage of...
View ArticleCOVAX: Enhance Transparency, Share Intellectual Property
Click to expand Image A woman receives the AstraZeneca vaccine for Covid-19 at an apartment building in Bengaluru, India, April 24, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi (New York) – The COVAX vaccine...
View ArticleGreece: Custody Bill Puts Women, Children at Risk
Click to expand Image Protest outside the Greek Parliament in Athens on March 27, 2021 against a bill that would introduce compulsory equal joint custody of children in cases of separation or divorce....
View ArticleClimate Crisis A Rising Threat to Maternal Health in the US
Click to expand Image Farmworkers, considered essential workers under the current Covid-19 pandemic guidelines, work a strawberry field in Santa Paula, California, April 15, 2020. © 2020 AP...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Health Care for Women Hit by Aid Cuts
(New York) – Falling donor support for essential services in Afghanistan is reducing women’s access to essential health care, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. More cuts are likely...
View ArticleICC Sentences LRA Leader to 25 Years
Click to expand Image Dominic Ongwen at his confirmation of charges hearing in ICC courtroom I on 21 January 2016 © ICC-CPI. The International Criminal Court (ICC) today imposed a 25-year-sentence on...
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