Brazil: Bolsonaro Threatens Democratic Rule
Click to expand Image The President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, at a rally on September 07, 2021 in São Paulo, Brazil. © Amauri Nehn/NurPhoto via AP President Jair Bolsonaro is threatening democratic...
View ArticleLebanon: UN Rights Body Should Investigate Beirut Blast
(Beirut, September 15, 2021) – Member states at the United Nation Human Rights Council (UNHRC) should establish an international, independent, and impartial investigative mission, such as a one-year...
View ArticleGuinea: Leaders Should Respect Fundamental Rights
Click to expand Image Guinea's Col. Mamady Doumbouya, center, is heavily guarded by soldiers after a meeting with ECOWAS delegation in Conakry, Guinea on September 10, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Sunday...
View ArticleDR Congo: Massacres Persist Despite Martial Law
Click to expand Image Congolese army soldiers and United Nations peacekeepers patrol the area of an attack near the town of Oicha, 30 kilometers from Beni, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, July...
View ArticleUS: Extreme Heat Should Prompt New Border Approach
Click to expand Image Alyssa Quintanilla, part of the Tucson Samaritans volunteer group, carries a cross, May 18, 2021, to be installed near Three Points, Arizona. The cross will be installed in the...
View ArticleUS: Commit to Joining Cluster Munitions Ban
Click to expand Image An unexploded M77 DPICM submunition found in Dughayj village in northern Yemen after attacks by Saudi Arabia-led coalition forces in mid-2015 using US-made M26 cluster munition...
View ArticleUN Rights Chief to Report on China’s Abuses in Xinjiang
Click to expand Image Police officers stand at the outer entrance of the Urumqi No. 3 Detention Center in Dabancheng in western China's Xinjiang region on April 23, 2021. © 2021 Mark Schiefelbein/AP...
View ArticleRussia: Broad Facial Recognition Use Undermines Rights
Click to expand Image A surveillance camera operates in Red square near the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on November 2, 2019. © 2019 Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images (Moscow) – Russian...
View ArticleGreece: Dangerous Custody Law to Take Effect
Click to expand Image Protesters in Athens, Greece on March 27, 2021 stand outside the Greek Parliament displaying a banner that reads “your sexism is harming both mother and child” against a new law...
View ArticleSri Lankan Minister Threatens Prisoners at Gunpoint
Click to expand Image Prison guards at the main entrance of Welikada prison in Colombo, Sri Lanka, November 2019. © © 2019 Lakruwan WANNIARACHCHI/AFP/Getty Images As the Sri Lankan government was...
View ArticleDon’t Forget Older Australians as Covid-19 Lockdown Lifts
Click to expand Image Summitcare aged care facility in Baulkham Hills in Sydney, Australia, July 4, 2021. © 2021 Jenny Evans/Getty Images For the first time in 12 weeks, residents of Sydney, Australia...
View ArticleSouth Korea: Reject Amendments to Press Law
Click to expand Image South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, October 28, 2020. © 2020 Jeon Heon-kyun/Pool Photo via AP (Seoul) - South Korea’s...
View ArticleEthiopia: Eritrean Refugees Targeted in Tigray
Click to expand Image Satellite image collected after the destruction of Hitsats refugee camp, in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region offers a snapshot of the extensive damage to humanitarian...
View ArticleIraq: People with Disabilities Face Election Barriers
(Beirut) – People with disabilities in Iraq are facing significant obstacles to participating in upcoming parliamentary elections on October 10, 2021, due to discriminatory legislation and inaccessible...
View ArticleEU Should Address Beijing’s Assault on Rights
Click to expand Image European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Council President Charles Michel, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese...
View ArticleUS Should Use Refugee Resettlement Slots Now
Click to expand Image A man walks with a child through Doña Ana Village in Fort Bliss, where Afghan refugees are being housed, in New Mexico on September 10, 2021. © 2021 David Goldman/AP Images...
View ArticleHong Kong: Drop Charges Against Vigil Organizers
Click to expand Image Police officers take away a cardboard cutout of the image of Goddess of Democracy from the June 4th Museum as an evidence, in Hong Kong, September 9, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Kin...
View ArticleParis Exhibition Puts Myanmar Junta's Repression on Display
Click to expand Image Installation of the exhibition Fighting Fear #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar Place du Palais Royal in Paris, from September 18th to October 17th 2021 © 2021 Bart Was Not Here The...
View ArticleThailand: Outlaw Torture, Enforced Disappearances
Click to expand Image Porlajee “Billy” Rakchongcharoen, a prominent ethnic Karen activist, was last seen in government custody at Kaeng Krachan National Park in Phetchaburi province in April 2014. ©...
View ArticleEuropean Parliament Calls for UN Probe into Beirut Blast
Click to expand Image The Lebanese Association of Lawyers march at the First Anniversary of Port Blast, Beirut, Lebanon, on August 4, 2021. © 2021 Elisa Gestri/Sipa USA/AP Images This week the...
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