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May 15, 2026 Dispatches

Ukraine’s Proposed Legislation Threatens Rights

Draft Civil Code Entrenches Discrimination, Erodes Legal Safeguards

A placard reads "Civil Code Is Step Back" during a peaceful protest to urge MPs to refine the draft of the new Civil Code taking into account amendments proposed by human rights activists, in Mariinsky Park, Kyiv, Ukraine, May 5, 2026.

May 14, 2026 Dispatches

New York Considers Measures to Rein in ICE

Moves Would Limit Local Collaboration, Ban Masks, Enable Lawsuits

Immigration activists are calling on Governor Kathy Hochul to sign the NY For All Act, which expands protection for immigrants living in New York reguardless of immigration status. New York City, March 22, 2026.

May 13, 2026 Dispatches

Indonesia Inches Towards Protections for Domestic Workers

But Tragedy Underscores How Delays Leave Workers Unprotected

Activists demand the Indonesian parliament pass a bill to protect domestic workers outside the parliament building in Jakarta, August 14, 2023.

May 12, 2026 Dispatches

Tunisia Suspends Rights Groups That Shaped Its Democracy

String of Suspensions Targets Civil Society Organizations

Demonstrators display a banner in Arabic reading, ''Our history will not be halted, and our message does not freeze,'' during a rally after Tunisian authorities suspended the Tunisian League for Human Rights, outside the court of First Instance in Tunis, May 6, 2026.

May 11, 2026 Dispatches

UN Official Would Reject US Funds with Discriminatory Conditions

Humanitarian Affairs Chief Pledges to Respect Rights of Women, Trans People

Tom Fletcher, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, during a press conference in Geneva, August 22, 2025.

May 8, 2026 Dispatches

Brazil Needs Independent Investigations into Police Abuse

Prosecutors Postpone Implementation of Key Resolution

Demonstration against police raid in Rio de Janeiro

May 7, 2026 Dispatches

UN Guidance on Dismantling Gender Stereotypes

Women’s Rights Committee Presses Governments on Equality

People rally on International Women's Day in Jakarta demanding the Indonesian government pass an anti-discrimination law and ratify the International Labor Organization (ILO) convention concerning the elimination of sexual violence and harassment at work, March 8, 2024.

May 6, 2026 Dispatches

Burkina Faso’s Junta Escalates Attack on Information

Ban on TV5Monde Reflects Broader Offensive Against Independent Media

News studio of TV5Monde in Paris, April 9, 2015.

May 6, 2026 Dispatches

Civilians Starving in South Sudan’s Conflict Areas

New Report Highlights Devastating Impact of Conflict and Aid Restrictions

A worker sits atop sacks of food aid in a hangar where supplies are piling up because deliveries have halted because of the conflict at a World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse in Bor, Jonglei State, on February 13, 2026.

May 6, 2026 Dispatches

US Seeks to Lift Sanctions on Eritrea

Concerned Governments Should Not Overlook Dire Rights Record

A tank, allegedly belonging to the Eritrean army, abandoned along a road in Dansa, southwest of Mekele in Tigray, Ethiopia, June 20, 2021.

May 5, 2026 Dispatches

US: Courts Consider Access to Mifepristone via Telehealth

Abortion Access at Risk Nationwide

Mifepristone at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Ames, lowa, US, July 18, 2024.

May 5, 2026 Dispatches

Uzbekistan Convicts Karakalpak Lawyer – Again

Another Politically Motivated Criminal Prosecution

A man stands inside a glass defendants cage in a courtroom

May 5, 2026 Dispatches

Georgia’s New Database Raises Serious Rights Concerns

Halt Rollout Pending Implementation of Strong Safeguards

The Parliament plenary session in Tbilisi, Georgia, December 17, 2025.

May 5, 2026 Dispatches

Missed Opportunity on Tanzania Election Violence

Publish Commission Report, Ensure Accountability

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan delivers remarks following the presentation of findings from a Commission of Inquiry organized by the Tanzanian government following unrest around the country's election, at the State House in Dar es Salaam on April 23, 2026.

May 5, 2026 Dispatches

Unaccompanied and Unrepresented

US Government Attempts to Deport 10-year-old Venezuelan Boy to Ecuador

A child from Guatemala holds his stuffed monkey as he waits inside Miami International Airport to leave the United States and reunite with his recently deported parents in Guatemala, in Miami, Florida, December 4, 2025.

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