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Thailand: 20 Years of Injustice for Tak Bai Massacre Victims

Click to expand Image Community members call for justice at a mass grave for victims of the October 2004 Tak Bai massacre, Narathiwat, Thailand, October 25, 2024. © 2024 Tohlala/AFP via Getty Images...

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Holy See: Agreement with China Should Promote Rights

Click to expand Image St. Joseph's Church, also known as Wangfujing Catholic Church, in Beijing, China, October 22, 2020. © 2020 Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images (Rome) – The Vatican’s renewal of its...

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Saudi Arabia: Flawed Assessment of World Cup Bid

Click to expand Image Emir and President of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (L), Gianni Infantino (SUI) FIFA President, (M), Saudi Arabia s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman al-Saud (R) in the...

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Mozambique: Post-Election Protests Violently Repressed

Click to expand Image Units of the Mozambican anti-riot police deploy during a march called by the presidential candidate of the Optimist Party for the Development of Mozambique (PODEMOS) in Maputo,...

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Burkina Faso: Massacre Shows Need to Protect Civilians

Click to expand Image Screenshot of a video seemingly filmed by the JNIM showing fighters along the trench during the attack on Barsalogho, Sanmatenga province, Burkina Faso, on August 24, 2024.  An...

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Guam’s Indigenous Groups Challenge US Militarization, Colonization

Click to expand Image Members of community groups calling for the "de-colonization and de-militarization of Guam" attend a "People for Peace" rally in Hagatna on August 14, 2017. © 2017 Ed Jones/AFP...

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Lebanon: Israeli Attacks on Medics Apparent War Crimes

Click to expand Image An ambulance lies destroyed in the rubble of an Israeli airstrike in Kafra, Lebanon on October 9, 2024. © 2024 Carl Court/Getty Images (Beirut) – The Israeli military has...

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Ukraine: New Law Raises Religious Freedom Concerns

Click to expand Image A Ukrainian flag in the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Kozelets, Chernihivska region, on May 14, 2022 ©2022 Sergei SUPINSKY /...

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Syrians Fleeing Lebanon Risk Repression Upon Return

Click to expand Image Displaced people walk past posters of President Bashar al-Assad as they enter Syria from Lebanon via the Jusiyeh Border crossing, on October 2, 2024. © 2024 Louai Beshara/AFP via...

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US Voters Have a Chance to Safeguard Abortion Access

Click to expand Image Supporters advocating for reproductive freedom during a rally launching FIRM, or Freedom in Reproduction Maryland, a group that campaigns in support of the constitutional...

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DR Congo's Plans for Oil and Gas Auction Unclear

Click to expand Image A burning flare is visible at an oil extraction area located in Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, December 23, 2023. © 2023 Mosa'ab Elshamy/AP Photo The government of the...

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Vietnam: Quash Verdict Against Democracy Campaigner

Click to expand Image Duong Van Thai, a Vietnamese rights activist and independent journalist. © Duong Van Thai/Youtube (Bangkok) – The Vietnamese government should annul the politically motivated...

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Armenia: Surveillance Bill Threatens Rights

Click to expand Image Armenian lawmakers attend a plenary session at the parliament in Yerevan, October 3, 2023.  © 2023 KAREN MINASYAN/AFP via Getty Images (Yerevan, October 31, 2024) – The Armenian...

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US: Universities Should Protect Students’ Right to Protest

Click to expand Image Pro-Palestinian demonstrators face off with Texas Department of Public Safety officers at the University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas, US, April 24, 2024. © 2024 Jordan...

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Tajik Activist in Germany at Risk of Deportation

Click to expand Image A demonstration in Berlin on December 23, 2022 in support of Abdullohi Shamsiddin who was detained and ultimately deported to Tajikistan in January 2023. © 2022 Sharofiddin...

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Turkiye: Osman Kavala Marks 7 Years Behind Bars

Click to expand Image Osman Kavala © 2017 Private (Istanbul, November 1, 2024) – Türkiye’s continued unlawful detention of the human rights defender Osman Kavala is a result of prosecutors and courts...

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Zambia Should Stop Harassing Investigative Journalist

Click to expand Image Newspapers for sale outside a store in Lusaka, Zambia, on February 23, 2024. © 2024 Luke Dray/Bloomberg via Getty Images On October 16, police in Zambia’s capital, Lusaka,...

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Türkiye: Spying Bill Threatens Rights Defenders, Journalists

Click to expand Image Legislators attend a parliamentary session at the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye in Ankara, June 2, 2023. © 2023 AP Photo/Ali Unal (Istanbul, November 2, 2024) - Türkiye’s...

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DR Congo President Suggests Changes to Term Limits

Click to expand Image President Felix Tshisekedi gives his annual State of the Nation address during a joint session of parliament in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, December 13, 2021. © 2021...

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Inquiry Needed into Japan’s Flawed Criminal Justice System

Click to expand Image Iwao Hakamata waves to supporters while meeting with his sister Hideko, several weeks after his acquittal on retrial for the 1966 murder of a family of four, in Shizuoka, Japan,...

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