Myanmar: Junta Bans Satellite Television
Click to expand Image Anti-coup protesters flash the three-finger sign of defiance during a demonstration in Yangon, Myanmar on April 23, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo (Bangkok) – The Myanmar junta added a...
View ArticleUS State of Alabama Removes Anti-LGBT Language from Sex Ed Law
Click to expand Image LGBT Rainbow Flag © 2008 Ludovic Berton (Wikimedia Commons) Alabama’s Governor Kay Ivey has signed a bill that will update the US state’s sexuality education law, removing...
View ArticleMartial Law in Eastern Congo No Pretext for Abuse
Click to expand Image Congolese soldiers stand in a field camp in Paida, near Beni, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on December 7, 2018. © 2018 Goran Tomasevic/Reuters Martial law...
View ArticleRaid in Rio de Janeiro Leaves 25 Dead
Click to expand Image Activists and relatives of victims shout slogans and demand justice the day after a deadly police operation in the Jacarezinho favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 7, 2021. ©...
View ArticleJapan’s Ruling Party LGBT Bill Falls Short
Click to expand Image Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks at a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, May 7, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Hiro Komae Over the past six years, activists in Japan have...
View ArticleThailand: Land Rights Activist Gunned Down
Click to expand Image Somsak Ochuenjit © 2020 Private (New York) – Thai authorities should immediately investigate the killing of Somsak Onchuenjit, a lawyer and land rights activist, in Trang...
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 ArticleUAE: Foreign Debtor Trapped in Dire Circumstances
Click to expand Image UAE flag with Dubai skyline © 2019 Getty Images (Beirut) – United Arab Emirates authorities have barred an Iranian national from leaving the country or working for nearly seven...
View ArticleMiddle East/North Africa: End Violent Punishment of Children
Click to expand Image © 2020 Dadu Shin for Human Rights Watch (Beirut) – Governments in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) should outlaw the violent discipline of children, Human Rights Watch...
View ArticleEurope: Redouble Efforts to End Violence Against Women
(Berlin) – Council of Europe member states should reinforce efforts to combat violence against women by swiftly ratifying and carrying out a landmark regional convention on women’s rights, Human Rights...
View ArticleAttack on Ex-Maldives’ President Shows Cost of Impunity
Click to expand Image Maldivian police officers secure the area following a blast in Male, Maldives, Thursday, May 6, 2021. Maldives' first democratically elected president and current Parliament...
View ArticleKilling Schoolgirls in Afghanistan
Scenes from Sayed ul-Shuhada High School in Kabul, Afghanistan, where as many as 85 people including many schoolgirls were killed in an attack this weekend, should break anyone’s heart. They certainly...
View ArticleNepal: Act to Avert Looming Covid-19 Disaster
Click to expand Image A family member mourns next to the bodies of COVID-19 victims at a crematorium near Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 7, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha (New...
View ArticleImportant Progress for People with Disabilities in Armenia
Click to expand Image A boy sits on a swing in the courtyard of an orphanage for children with disabilities, Yerevan, Armenia. © 2016 Alexei Golubev for Human Rights Watch On May 5, Armenia’s...
View ArticleBlogger Jailed for 6.5 Years on Dubious Charges in Uzbekistan
Click to expand Image © YouTube/Otabek Sattoriy An Uzbekistan court’s decision to jail Otabek Sattoriy, an independent blogger who has investigated alleged corruption by local authorities, is a...
View ArticleUN: Governments Should Urge Xinjiang Inquiry
Click to expand Image A Chinese police officer guards the road near a “reeducation” camp in Yining, Xinjiang, September 4, 2018. © 2018 Thomas Peter/Reuters (New York) – United Nations members should...
View ArticleIndonesia: Drop Charges, Release Peaceful Papuan Activist
Click to expand Image Supporters of West Papua shout slogans during a rally in Jakarta, Indonesia on December 1, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim (Jakarta) – Indonesian authorities should drop...
View ArticleEthiopia’s Axum Findings Ignore Massacre of Civilians
Click to expand Image Priest on his way to church in Axum, Tigray region, Ethiopia on January 25, 2011. © 2011 Matjaz Krivic via Getty Images This week Ethiopia’s attorney general’s office released...
View ArticleIn Cameroon Transgender Women Given Five-Years in Prison
Click to expand Image Njeuken Loic (known as “Shakiro”) and Mouthe Roland (known as “Patricia”), two transgender women, in a Douala prison. © Private, Douala, Cameroon, March 2021 On May 11, a...
View ArticleThailand: Covid-19 Outbreaks in Prisons
Click to expand Image In this photo released by the Department of Corrections, COVID-19 prisoners sit inside a field hospital set up at the Medical Correctional Institution to treat COVID-19 inmates...
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