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April 8, 2019 Commentary

We’re Calling on Booker, Menendez to do what Trump won’t do when Egypt’s President Visits

April 8, 2019 Commentary

Ethiopia’s Transition to Democracy Has Hit a Rough Patch. It Needs Support From Abroad

Abiy Ahmed, left, the newly elected chair of the Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) addresses Ethiopian lawmakers after he was sworn in as the country's Prime Minister, Monday, April 2, 2018.

April 8, 2019 Commentary

Ethiopia: Abiy’s First Year as Prime Minister, Review of Accountability and Justice

Members of the army and riot police attempt to control protestors from the capital and those displaced by ethnic-based violence over the weekend in Burayu, as they demonstrate to demand justice from the government in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Monday, Sept. 17

April 7, 2019 Commentary

More Must be Done to Protect Academic Freedoms Under Threat from China

Then Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping makes a speech at the opening of Australia's first Chinese Medicine Confucius Institute, at the RMIT University in Melbourne on June 20, 2010.

April 7, 2019 Commentary

Football leaders stand by as human rights abuses pile up

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani receiving a present from FIFA president Gianni Infantino during their meeting at the presidential office in Tehran, Iran, on March 1 2018. Handout photo, Iranian Presidential Office.Iranian President Hassan Rouhani receivi

April 7, 2019 Commentary

Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week

The Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah listens during the first executive session of the CHOGM summit at Lancaster House in London, Thursday, April 19, 2018.

April 7, 2019 Commentary

Ethiopia: Abiy’s First Year as Prime Minister, Review of Democratic Institutions and Political Space

Abiy Ahmed, left, the newly elected chair of the Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) addresses Ethiopian lawmakers after he was sworn in as the country's Prime Minister, Monday, April 2, 2018.

April 6, 2019 Commentary

Ethiopia: Abiy’s First Year as Prime Minister, Review of Commitments to International Human Rights Norms

Delegates arrive for the 34th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, February 27, 2017.

April 5, 2019 Commentary

When Egypt’s Leader Visits Washington, Understand the Regime the President is Blessing

U.S. President Donald Trump and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi walk the colonnade at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 3, 2017.

April 5, 2019 Commentary

Ethiopia: Abiy’s First Year as Prime Minister, Review of Arbitrary Detention, Torture and Detention Conditions

Satellite image of Jail Ogaden May 2016.

April 5, 2019 Commentary

Political Parties Should Pledge to Uphold Human Rights — and Mean It

A woman casts her vote on a demo electronic voting machine during an election awareness drive ahead of India’s general election in Jorhat, India, April 1, 2019.

April 4, 2019 Commentary

Freshwater Canada’s Dirty Water Secret

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April 4, 2019 Commentary

Ethiopia: Abiy’s First Year as Prime Minister, Review of Freedom of Association

A man holds an Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) flag as hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians gathered to welcome returning leaders of the once-banned group in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018.

April 3, 2019 Commentary

Ethiopia: Abiy’s First Year as Prime Minister, Review of Freedom of Expression

Ethiopian men read newspapers at a cafe during a declared state of emergency in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

April 2, 2019 Commentary

Blog: Abiy’s First Year as Prime Minister of Ethiopia

Abiy Ahmed, newly elected prime minister of Ethiopia, is sworn in at the House of Peoples' Representatives in Addis Ababa, April 2, 2018. © 2018 Hailu/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

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