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May 2, 2024 Report

Ukraine: Russian Forces Executed Surrendering Ukraine Soldiers

Hold Those Responsible to Account

A Ukrainian soldier stands in front of the graves of Ukrainian soldiers killed in the war at a cemetery in Kharkiv.

April 29, 2024 Report

UAE: Unfair Trial of Rights Defenders

Authorities Should End Prolonged Solitary Confinement, Drop Charges

April 25, 2024 Report

Burkina Faso: Army Massacres 223 Villagers

Undertake Prompt, Independent Inquiry with AU, UN Assistance

The women’s mosque in the center of Soro village, Thiou district, northern Yatenga province, Burkina Faso. March 2024 © 2024 Private

April 22, 2024 Report

Iran: Security Forces Rape, Torture, Detainees

Kurdish, Baluch, Azeri, and Other Ethnic Communities Apparently Targeted

April 17, 2024 Report

West Bank: Israel Responsible for Rising Settler Violence

Entire Palestinian Communities Displaced Months After Attacks

A family packs up their belongings in Khirbet Zanuta, in the southern West Bank, on October 30, 2023. Attacks by settlers, in some cases accompanied by soldiers, forced all the residents to leave.

April 11, 2024 Report

Global Failures on Healthcare Funding

Pandemic Data Reveals Threats, Opportunities to Improve Systems

April 9, 2024 Report

Gaza: Israel’s Imposed Starvation Deadly for Children

Devastating Accounts from Doctors, Parents; Reports of ‘Imminent’ Famine

Palestinian children suffering from malnutrition receive treatment at a healthcare center, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, March 4, 2024.

April 4, 2024 Report

Ethiopia: Military Executes Dozens in Amhara Region

UN Inquiry Urgently Needed; End Impunity for Abusive Commanders

Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims rest at a campsite in Lalibela in the Amhara region

April 4, 2024 Report

Gaza: Israeli Strike Killing 106 Civilians an Apparent War Crime

Governments Should Suspend Arms to Israel, Support ICC Probe

In the rubble of the Engineers’ Building, Karam al-Sharif, an UNRWA employee, holds one of his 18-month-old twin boys killed in the October 31 Israeli airstrike on the building that killed at least 106 civilians, including 5 of his children and 5 other relatives.

April 3, 2024 Report

Cambodia: Threats, Bribes Tainted Senate Elections

Politicians’ Accounts Indicate Organized Interference in Electoral Process

Former Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen after voting for the Senate election at Takhmau polling station in Kandal province, Cambodia

April 2, 2024 Report

Rwanda: Genocide Archives Released

30 Years On, Accelerate Justice Efforts

One of many houses marked with the word "Tutsi" stands in a deserted village in eastern Rwanda, just a few kilometers from a church at Nyarubuye in which more than 1,000 people were massacred by Hutu militiamen.

March 28, 2024 Report

Mali: Army, Wagner Group Atrocities Against Civilians

Investigations Needed Into Indiscriminate Drone Strikes, Summary Killings

Mali’s Foreign Affairs Minister Abdoulaye Diop (left) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attend a joint press conference following talks in Moscow, February 28, 2024.

March 27, 2024 Report

Türkiye: Stonewalling on Charges for Officials in Earthquake Deaths

Authorities Refuse to Provide Information About Investigations

A commemoration held in Hatay, Turkey on the first anniversary of the February 6, 2023 earthquakes. Survivors of the earthquake and families of victims are campaigning for all those responsible for defective buildings to be held accountable. The banner here reads “Is anyone hearing us?”

March 4, 2024 Report

Yemen: Warring Parties Restrict Women’s Movement

Movement Barriers Violate Political, Social, Economic Rights

Women walk at the “Change Square” outside Sanaa University’s gate, Sanaa, Yemen.

January 25, 2024 Report

Burkina Faso: Drone Strikes on Civilians Apparent War Crimes

Impartially Investigate Military’s Air Attacks; Compensate Victims, Families

Photograph taken by a witness after the attack on a market near Boulkessi, Mopti Region, Mali on November 18, 2023.

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