Municipal Officials Absent from Investigations for Authorizing and Approving Defective Buildings That Collapsed in Earthquake.  

The Russian military assault on the Ukrainian city of Mariupol between March and May 2022 left thousands of civilians dead and injured, including many in apparently unlawful attacks, and trapped hundreds of thousands for weeks without basic services. Russian President Vladimir Putin and other senior officials should be investigated and appropriately prosecuted for their role in apparent war crimes committed by Russian forces during the fighting there, and Russia should provide reparations to victims of laws-of-war violations and their families. Our City Was Gone’: Russia’s Devastation of Mariupol, Ukraine,” analyzes the civilian suffering and damage to thousands of buildings, including several hundred high-rise apartments, hospitals, educational facilities, and electricity and water infrastructure. They describe repeated attempts by Ukrainian officials and international agencies to organize official evacuations and aid deliveries in the face of Russian obstruction.

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Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ Residents Suffer the Harms of Extreme Pollution from the Fossil Fuel and Petrochemical Industry.

In Vietnam, more than 160 political prisoners are currently locked up simply for exercising their basic rights. Rights bloggers and activists face police harassment, intimidation, surveillance, and interrogation on a daily basis. Activists face long stints of pre-trial detention, without access to lawyers or family in a one-party police state that tolerates no dissent.

Principled Diplomacy Critical to Uphold Human Rights Framework

Digital investigation on Kyrgyzstan & Tajikistan Border Conflict on September 2022

Kyrgyzstan & Tajikistan Border Conflict Digital investigations

Zimbabwe’s High Court has freed Jacob Ngarivhume after 8 months in prison