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December 10, 2024 Dispatches

As Many Syrian Refugees Return Home, Others Cannot

Syria Remains Volatile, Future Uncertain

A Syrian refugee arrives with his family to cross into Syria from Turkey at the Oncupinar border crossing, December 10, 2024.

December 10, 2024 Dispatches

Kyrgyzstan is Relentless in its Crackdown on Civil and Political Rights

Respect Detained Politicians’ Rights, Cancel Abusive Foreign Agents Law

Kyrgyzstan Social Democrats party leader Temirlan Sultanbekov (L), chief campaigner Irina Karamushkina (C), and party member Roza Tyurksever after being detained in Bishkek on November 15, 2024.

December 9, 2024 Dispatches

Action Needed to Confront Domestic Violence in Central Asia

Governments Need to Improve and Enforce Laws, Increase Aid for Survivors

Activists hold a rally to support women's rights on International Women's Day in Almaty, Kazakhstan, March 8, 2023.

December 9, 2024 Dispatches

Planned UK-Gulf Trade Agreement Risks Implicating the UK in Labor Abuses

UK Prime Minister Should Address Rights Issues During Saudi Arabia Visit

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud (L) and Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer talk during the G20 Summit leaders meeting in Rio de Janeiro, November 18, 2024.

December 6, 2024 Dispatches

Yemen’s Houthis Still Detaining UN, Civil Society Staff

Six Months On, International Pressure Should Increase

A convoy from the United Nations and World Food Program crosses from Houthi-controlled areas to a government-controlled area to reach grain mills in an eastern suburb of Hodeidah, Yemen, February 26, 2019.

December 6, 2024 Dispatches

The Need to Continue Protecting Syrian Refugees

Resurging Fighting in Syria Shows Country Unsafe for Refugee Returns

Hundreds of families have fled the eastern countryside of Idlib and western Aleppo, Syria, November 27, 2024.

December 5, 2024 Dispatches

Tanzania’s President Takes on Forced Evictions of Maasai Community

Meaningful Consultations, Accountability Needed in Ngorongoro Conservation Area

A man stands in front of a herd of cattle with his back to the camera

December 5, 2024 Dispatches

Nigeria Airstrike Victims Need Justice

Authorities Should Establish Clear Compensation Process, Ensure Military Accountability

Nigerian Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, center, with other community leaders at the grave side where victims of an army drone attack were buried in Tudun Biri village, Nigeria, December 5, 2023.

December 5, 2024 Dispatches

Film Crew Stopped and Questioned in Autonomous Republic of Uzbekistan

Karakalpakstan Authorities Unlawfully Confiscate, Delete Material

Aleksei Privovarov speaks to the camera in Nukus, Karakalpakstan, December 1, 2024.

December 4, 2024 Dispatches

Greek Surveillance Lawsuit Aims to Silence Journalism

Reform Needed to Tackle Threat to Media Freedom

A kiosk with newspapers in Athens, Greece, December 22, 2022.

December 3, 2024 Dispatches

Afghanistan’s Taliban Ban Medical Training for Women

Closing One of the Last Loopholes for Female Education

Pregnant women wait in the corridor of the maternity hospital run by Doctors Without Borders in Khost, Afghanistan, December 8, 2023.

December 3, 2024 Dispatches

Belgian Ruling a Landmark Win for Reparations Movement

Court Orders Government Compensation for Colonial Crimes against Children

Clockwise from top left, Simone Ngalula, Monique Bitu Bingi, Lea Tavares Mujinga, Noelle Verbeeken and Marie-Jose Loshiborn, who were born in Congo when the country was under Belgian rule and were taken away from their mothers, successfully sued the Belgian state for crimes against humanity.

December 3, 2024 Dispatches

Brazil Fails to Launch Long-Awaited Pesticide Reduction Plan

Policymakers Should Press for Robust and Timely Implementation

A worker applies fungicide after harvesting soybeans in Campo Mourão, in the Central-West Region of Paraná, Brazil, October 14, 2021.

December 2, 2024 Dispatches

Prominent Human Rights Lawyer Beaten in Cameroon

Ensure Impartial Investigation, Hold Perpetrators Accountable

Leading Human Rights Lawyer Richard Tamfu at the hospital following beatings by gendarmes in Douala, Cameroon, November 2024.

December 2, 2024 Dispatches

Make President Biden’s Only Trip to Africa Count

First-Ever US Presidential Visit to Angola Should Highlight Human Rights Concerns

US President Joe Biden is greeted by Angolan Foreign Minister Tete Antonio as he arrives at Quatro de Fevereiro international airport in Luanda, Angola, December 2, 2024.

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