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September 10, 2025 Dispatches

Pakistan Floods Highlight Urgent Need for Reforms

Government Should Address Unchecked Development amid a Changing Climate

Rescue workers evacuate villagers from a flooded area in Jalalpur Pirwala, Multan district, Pakistan, September 8, 2025.

September 9, 2025 Dispatches

Trump Moves to Restrict Gender-Affirming Care to Federal Workers, Families

Ceasing Insurance Coverage Jeopardizes the Right to Health of Public Sector Workers and Their Families

Liv Y., center, holds a transgender pride flag as people gather to protest against the Trump administration near the Washington State Capitol building, in Olympia, Washington, February 5, 2025.

September 8, 2025 Dispatches

New Houthi Arrests of UN Staff

Arrests Endanger Provision of Aid Despite Dire Need in Yemen

A United Nations team visits with officials of Yemen's Supervisory Committee in Al Hudaydah province, Yemen.

September 5, 2025 Dispatches

Momentum Grows for New Treaty on Right to Education

Countries, Experts, Children Engage on Free Pre-Primary, Secondary Education

Students in a pre-primary school classroom in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 2021.

September 4, 2025 Dispatches

Pacific Leaders Should Act Collectively on Climate Relocation

Endorse Rights-Centered Regional Guidance to Protect Coastal Communities

Leaders assemble at the 2024 Pacific Islands Forum in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, August 26, 2024.

September 3, 2025 Dispatches

Burkina Faso Criminalizes Same-Sex Conduct

Junta Leader Should Send New Family Law Back to Assembly for Revision

The National Assembly of Burkina Faso in downtown Ouagadougou.

September 3, 2025 Dispatches

China’s Military Pageantry Masks Popular Discontent

Repression of Anti-Xi Jinping Messages Doesn’t Stop Their Spread

Chinese president Xi Jinping rides in a motorcade

September 2, 2025 Dispatches

Australia Should Halt Plan to Deport Refugees, Migrants to Nauru

Multi-million-dollar Deportation Deal Puts Lives at Risk

Nibok refugee settlement on Nauru, September 3, 2018.

September 2, 2025 Dispatches

Home of Prominent Zimbabwe Opposition Leader Bombed

Authorities Should Impartially Investigate, Prosecute Perpetrators

Job Sikhala, former legislator and member of the Zimbabwean opposition party Citizens Coalition for Change, climbs into a prison truck at the magistrates court in Harare, Zimbabwe, January 24, 2024.

August 29, 2025 Dispatches

Belarus Intensifies Crackdown on Human Rights Lawyers

Stop Politically Motivated Persecution of Legal Profession

A rally in support of the Belarusian independence movement in Warsaw, Poland, August 9, 2025.

August 29, 2025 Dispatches

US Barriers to Disaster Aid Challenge Human Rights Principles

New Rules May Bar Groups from Aiding Undocumented Immigrants

Director of Divisional Emergency Response of the Salvation Army William Trueblood (L) distributes food outside the Cayce United Methodist Church in Cayce, Kentucky, US, December 15, 2021, five days after tornadoes hit the area.

August 29, 2025 Dispatches

EU-US Trade Deal Threatens EU Corporate Accountability Law

EU Parliament Should Resist US Efforts to Undermine Law

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (L) and US President Donald Trump shake hands after reaching a trade deal in Turnberry, Scotland, July 27, 2025.

August 28, 2025 Dispatches

Children around the World Speak out for Free Education

UN Survey Finds Strong Support for Expanding Child Rights Treaty

A preschool teacher reads to students at Dorothy I. Height Elementary School in Baltimore, Maryland, US, October 3, 2024.

August 28, 2025 Dispatches

UN Rights Council Should Support Justice in Afghanistan

European Union, Additional Countries Should Press for Accountability Mechanism

Delegates attend the opening day of the 50th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council.

August 27, 2025 Dispatches

Thailand Allows Myanmar Refugees in Camps to Work Legally

Major Boost for Refugee Self-Reliance, Thai Economy

Refugees at the Mae La refugee camp in Mae Sot, Thailand, March 5, 2025.

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