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February 7, 2023 Dispatches

Lebanon Rejects Civil Marriages, Puts Children at Risk

Government Should Pass Optional Civil Personal Status Law

Khalil Rizkallah and Nada Nehme during their online civil marriage ceremony in Lebanon.
February 6, 2023 Dispatches

France’s Anti-Racism Action Plan Ignores Institutional Racism

Ethnic Profiling by Police and Systemic Racism Need to Be Included

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne presents the National Plan against racism, anti-semitism and ethnic discrimination at the Arab World Institute in Paris.
February 6, 2023 Dispatches

Afghan Professor Jailed After Protesting Restrictions on Women

Taliban Arrest Kabul Man Outspoken on Women’s Education

Professor Ismail Mashal speaking during an interview.
February 6, 2023 Dispatches

Houthis Violating Women’s and Girls' Rights in Yemen

UN Experts Highlight Widespread Harm

A Yemeni woman shops at a market in Yemen's third city of Taiz.
February 3, 2023 Dispatches

Allegations of Bangladesh Police Torture, Illegal Detentions

Recent Allegations Highlight Claims of Abuses by Detective Branch

Police confront Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) activists gathered in front of the party's central office in Dhaka.
February 3, 2023 Dispatches

Charge with 10-Year Sentence Reinstated Against Kazakhstan Opposition Figure

Drop Trumped Up Charges Against Zhanbolat Mamay

Kazakh opposition politician Zhanbolat Mamai speaks during an interview in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
February 1, 2023 Dispatches

South Korea Cancels Plans to Update Definition of Rape

Nonconsensual Sex is Rape Under International Standards

Union members at an International Women’s Day event in Seoul
February 1, 2023 Dispatches

Italy Reups Funding to Force Migrants Back to Libya

Migrants, Asylum Seekers Face Murder, Torture, Enslavement in Libya

Migrants who were intercepted by Libyan authorities on a boat off the coast.
January 31, 2023 Dispatches

‘Cruel’ Death in Australia Shows Need for Bail Reform

Coroner’s Report Slams ‘Discriminatory’ System

Donna Nelson, the mother of Veronica Marie Nelson, speaks to the media outside the Coroners Court in Melbourne.
January 31, 2023 Dispatches

US Congress Helps Boost Justice in Ukraine

Legislative Fixes Could Promote Cooperation with International Criminal Court

A view of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on May 28, 2020.
January 31, 2023 Dispatches

The Epitome of Impunity in Central African Republic

Government Minister Hassan Bouba Should Be Prosecuted for Alleged War Crimes

Hassan Bouba addresses residents of Ngakobo while on a ministerial trip.
January 27, 2023 Dispatches

Killing of Tyre Nichols Shows Structural Problems in US Policing

After Fatal Police Beating, A Critical Moment to Advance Community Safety

People hold candles at a vigil for Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Tennessee
January 27, 2023 Dispatches

ICC Authorizes Resumed Philippines Investigation

International Criminal Court Inquiry a Step Toward Justice for Thousands of Victims

Relatives of victims during President Rodrigo Duterte's “war on drugs” hold a memorial for their loved ones at a church in Manila.
January 27, 2023 Dispatches

No Justice 5 Years After Afghanistan Taliban Bombing

Accountability for Past Atrocity Crimes Should Include All Perpetrators

Afghan security officials inspect the site of a Taliban suicide bombing in Kabul.
January 27, 2023 Dispatches

Deaths Underscore Inhumanity of Canada’s Immigration Detention

Government Should Take Concrete Steps to Abolish Immigration Detention

A protestor holds a sign outside a provincial jail in Toronto.

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