Ukraine: International Crimes Bill Adopted
Click to expand Image Lawmakers attend a parliament session in Kiev, Ukraine December 21, 2017. © 2017 Reuters (Kyiv, May 21, 2021) A bill adopted by Ukraine’s parliament on May 20, 2021, could help...
View ArticleICC: First Major Hearings on Darfur Crimes
Click to expand Image Displaced people living in Ardamata camp in El Geneina, capital of West Darfur, welcoming the start of proceedings in the case against “Janjaweed” militia leader Ali Kosheib at...
View ArticleUS: Failed Justice 100 Years After Tulsa Race Massacre
(Washington, DC, May 21, 2021) – The failure by city and state authorities in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to provide comprehensive reparations has compounded the harms of the May 31, 1921, Tulsa race massacre on...
View ArticleA Gold Medal for Homophobia in Japan
Click to expand Image LGBT rights activists outside the ruling Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo, Japan on July 27, 2018. © 2018 Iori Sagisawa/Kyodo News via AP Lesbian, gay, bisexual...
View ArticleUN General Assembly Action Needed on Myanmar
Click to expand Image Demonstrators pose with a banner showing the symbolic three-finger salute and names of those killed during protests since the military coup, Yangon, Myanmar on April 11, 2021. ©...
View ArticleMyanmar: Thai State-Owned Company Funds Junta
Click to expand Image Anti-coup protesters run from teargas deployed by the police during a demonstration in Yangon, Myanmar, March 1, 2021. © 2021 Sipa USA via AP Images (Bangkok) – Thailand’s...
View ArticleJapan: New Momentum to Reform Transgender Law
(Tokyo) – Transgender people in Japan face continuing barriers to changing their legally recognized gender, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The Japanese government should heed...
View ArticleNew Philippines Police Chief Signals Change
Click to expand Image Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar at the turnover of command for the Philippine National Police, Metro Manila, Philippines, on January 5, 2020. © 2020 Herman R. Lumanog/Pacific...
View ArticlePressure Grows to End US Border Expulsions
Click to expand Image An asylum seeker from Haiti waits at a makeshift encampment at the border port of entry leading to the United States on March 17, 2021 in Tijuana, Mexico. © 2021 Gregory Bull/AP...
View ArticleApril 2015 – June 2020: A Chronology of Repression of Media and Civil Society...
Click to expand Image Burundian riot police chase away protesters after blocking the roads in Musaga, on the ourskirts of Bujumbura, on April 27, 2015. Police and opposition activists clashed on the...
View ArticleHissène Habré’s Victims Continue Fight for Reparations
Click to expand Image Victims of former Chad dictator Hissène Habré, their lawyers, and supporters demonstrate for reparations, N'Djamena, Chad, February 2020. © 2020 Tchad Infos Five years ago, on...
View ArticleUganda: Covid-19 Pandemic Fueling Child Labor
The unprecedented economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic is pushing children into exploitative and dangerous child labor. Many children feel they have no choice but to work to help their families...
View ArticleBurundi: Entrenched Repression of Civil Society, Media
Click to expand Image Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye at his inauguration on June 18, 2020. President Ndayishimiye took power two months early after the abrupt death of his predecessor,...
View ArticleGhana: Covid-19 Pandemic Fueling Child Labor
The unprecedented economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic is pushing children into exploitative and dangerous child labor. Many children feel they have no choice but to work to help their families...
View ArticleNepal: Covid-19 Pandemic Fueling Child Labor
The unprecedented economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic is pushing children into exploitative and dangerous child labor. Many children feel they have no choice but to work to help their families...
View ArticleCovid-19 Pandemic Fueling Child Labor
The unprecedented economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic is pushing children into exploitative and dangerous child labor. Many children feel they have no choice but to work to help their families...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: Google Should Halt “Cloud Region”
Click to expand Image Saudi Crown Prince and Defence Minister Mohammed bin Salman arrives to attend the first meeting of the defense ministers and officials of the 41-member Saudi-led Muslim...
View ArticleNordic Countries: Repatriate Nationals from Northeast Syria
Click to expand Image Children fly a kite at al-Hol camp in northeast Syria. © 2021 Sam Tarling Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden should promptly repatriate their nationals unlawfully held in...
View ArticleOutrageous Crackdown on Freedom of Expression Continues in Belarus
Click to expand Image Belarusians residents in Poland gathered outside the Embassy of Belarus to protest against the arrest of Roman Protesevich, dissident journalist on May 25th, 2021 © 2021 Attila...
View ArticleSouth Sudan’s Arms Embargo Still Crucial for Civilian Protection
Click to expand Image Personnel of the South Sudan People's Defence Forces (SSPDF) take part in a drill at their barracks in Rejaf, South Sudan, on April 26, 2019. © 2019 Lex McBride/AFP via Getty...
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