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March 11, 2026 Dispatches

North Korean in China Who Saved Son Faces Repatriation

Beijing Should Halt Forced Returns, Allow North Koreans Passage to Safe Third Country

Kim Geum Sung at home in Seoul, South Korea, talking about his mother, who is detained in China.

March 11, 2026 Dispatches

Bahrain Should Urgently Release Prisoners Amid Airstrikes

Free Those Detained Arbitrarily Unconditionally; Others Temporarily

Bahraini anti-government protesters raise signs with images of jailed human rights activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja Friday, April 6, 2012, in Jidhafs, Bahrain.

March 11, 2026 Dispatches

New Sudan Atrocity Prevention Coalition Needs to Act Fast

Protect Civilians, Deter Atrocities, Advance Justice

A former bus station hosts internally displaced people who arrived in Gedarefduring during a wave of mass displacement from the Sinjar/Sannar region south of Khartoum, Sudan, July 2024.

March 10, 2026 Dispatches

Ugandan Police Arrest Two Women for Allegedly Kissing

Police Should Release Women, Government Should Repeal Anti-LGBT Law

LGBT+ campaigners from the African Equality Foundation calling on Uganda to repeal their Anti-Homosexuality Act in London, United Kingdom, March 11, 2024.

March 10, 2026 Dispatches

Child in the US Deprived of Hearing Aids during Deportation

Six-Year-Old’s Ordeal Raises Human Rights Concerns

Lesly Rodriguez Gutierrez (R) and her two children, aged five and six, were detained by ICE in San Francisco, California, US, on March 3, 2026.

March 10, 2026 Dispatches

Ghana's Parliament Revives Dangerous Anti-LGBT Bill

Proposed Law Threatens Rights to Nondiscrimination, Free Expression

Queer rights activist Angel Maxine opposing the anti-LGBT bill in Accra, Ghana.

March 9, 2026 Dispatches

Don’t Forget Tibet on Anniversary of 1959 Lhasa Uprising

World Leaders Should Confront Chinese Government’s Enforced Silence

Exiled Tibetan artists observe a minute's silence as they mark the 66th anniversary of an uprising in Tibetan capital Lhasa, at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharamshala, India, March 10, 2025.

March 6, 2026 Dispatches

Cameroonian Separatist Leaders Arrested in Belgium

Accountability Also Needed For Government Forces

Cars drive through an intersection near a monument in Yaoundé, Cameroon, September12, 2025.

March 6, 2026 Dispatches

New Report Warns Trump EPA Undermining Health

Former EPA Scientists Say Agency Rollbacks Increase Deadly Air Pollution

March 6, 2026 Dispatches

Russia Declares Leading LGBT Rights Group ‘Extremist’

Authorities Continue to Marginalize LGBT People, Supporters

The City Court in St. Petersburg, Russia on February 24, 2026, when the ruling against Coming Out was handed down.

March 6, 2026 Dispatches

US Abortion Restrictions Causing Preventable Deaths

State Restrictions Worsening Inequality

Abortion rights protestors demonstrate outside the U.S. Supreme Court as oral arguments are delivered in the case of Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic in Washington D.C., April 2. 2025.

March 6, 2026 Dispatches

Vietnam’s Courageous Women Behind Bars

Immediately Release These Outspoken Supporters of Basic Rights

Left to right: Hoang Thi Hong Thai, Can Thi Theu, Pham Doan Trang, and Dinh Thi Thu Thuy.

March 5, 2026 Dispatches

Stricter Rules Needed Around DHS Vehicle Pursuits

Death of Dr. Linda Davis Underscores Danger

People protest at Forsyth Park after the death of teacher Linda Davis, who was killed in a vehicle collision with a man fleeing from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Savannah, Georgia, US, February 17, 2026.

March 5, 2026 Dispatches

Australia, Canada Failing to Uphold Rights During Middle East Crisis

‘Middle Powers’ Should Press US, Israel, and Iran to Respect Laws of War

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney (left) and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese as they leave Parliament following an address, in Canberra, Australia, March 5, 2026.

March 5, 2026 Dispatches

Angola’s President Signs Repressive Civil Society Law

New Legislation Undermines Freedom of Association, Expression

Angola's President João Lourenço, December 4, 2024.

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