
Record High Killing of Philippine Lawyers
61 Lawyers Murdered During Duterte Administration Carlos H. Conde | Human Rights Watch Senior Researcher, Asia Division Protesters hold...
Human Rights Watch
Mar 17, 2021


Priti Patel accused of undermining democracy with planned crackdown on protests
The bill would criminalise the way of life of gypsy and traveller communities and exacerbate discrimination against people of colour.
The Independent
Mar 16, 2021


Colombian Official Refuses to Say if Children Were Killed in Attack on Rebels
Youths were present, the defense minister said, calling them “machines of war,” but he would not give the ages of the dead. Reports that...
New York Times 1
Mar 13, 2021


Ivory Coast: Ouattara’s party wins majority in parliament vote
The vote passed off peacefully and for the first time in 10 years, it included all of the country’s main political players.
Al Jazeera
Mar 10, 2021


Philippines: UN rights office appalled over simultaneous killings of ‘red-tagged’ activists
9 March 2021 The UN human rights office (OHCHR) said on Tuesday that it was “appalled” by what appears to be the simultaneous arbitrary...
Genocide Watch
Mar 10, 2021

Ending Pakistan’s epidemic of enforced disappearances
Thousands of Pakistan’s Baloch have been abducted by security forces. Will Prime Minister Imran Khan act to find our loved ones? Al...
Al Jazeera
Mar 10, 2021

3 female Guatemalan judges defend rule of law
Three female judges in Guatemala have emerged as critical figures in the fight for the rule of law in a justice system seen as under...
Genocide Watch
Mar 8, 2021

Philippine Security Forces Are Accused of Killing 9 Activists
A rights group said the activists were killed in coordinated raids in four provinces. An official confirmed that nine people were dead....
Genocide Watch
Mar 7, 2021

India went from ‘free’ to ‘partly free’ in 2020: Freedom House
US-based research institute voices fear the world’s largest democracy is descending into authoritarianism under Modi. Police detain a...
Al Jazeera
Mar 5, 2021

Why a Muslim reporter in India has spent nearly 150 days in jail
As police probe Siddique Kappan’s alleged link with controversial Muslim group, family and colleagues say arrest part of a larger media...
Al Jazeera
Mar 3, 2021


World condemns Myanmar crackdown as 18 peaceful protesters killed
Security forces open fire, use tear gas and make mass arrests as they seek to disperse people demonstrating against the military’s power...
Al Jazeera
Mar 1, 2021

Philippines: Free Duterte Critic Held 4 Years
Senator Leila de Lima Faces Politically Motivated Charges Philippines opposition Senator Leila de Lima, second right, shows the printout...
Human Rights Watch
Feb 28, 2021