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April 13, 2023 Dispatches

Palestinian Authority Blocks Registration of Rights Group

Lawyers Representing Palestinian Authority Critics Obstructed

Mohannad Karaje, head of Lawyers for Justice, outside the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland.

April 12, 2023 Dispatches

Opposition Figure Convicted in Kazakhstan

Government Claims of Reform Ring Hollow in Protest Aftermath

Zhanbolat Mamay, left/center, sits with his lawyers during a trial hearing in November 2022 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

April 12, 2023 Dispatches

US Secretary of State Should Press Vietnam on Rights during Visit

Blinken Should Urge Vietnamese Leadership to Release Political Prisoners

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, meets with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

April 10, 2023 Dispatches

In Conflicting Decisions, Two US Judges Rule on Access to Safe Abortion Drug

Texas Judge Moves to Suspend Approval of Mifepristone Nationwide

Boxes of mifepristone, the first pill given in a medical abortion.

April 8, 2023 Dispatches

20 Years After Deadly Attack, Free Press Still Threatened in Iraq

Detention, Harassment, Killings Continue

A memorial poster for Jose Couso, a Spanish television cameraman killed by a U.S. tank shell which hit Baghdad's Palestine hotel, on a barricade outside the building in 2004.

April 7, 2023 Dispatches

Expulsion of Tennessee Lawmakers Jeopardizes Democracy

US Officials Need to Tackle Systemic Racism, Protect Free Speech

Former Rep. Justin Jones, D-Nashville, Rep. Gloria Johnson, D-Knoxville, and former Rep. Justin Pearson, D-Memphis, raise their hands outside the House chamber after Jones and Pearson were expelled from the legislature April 6, 2023.

April 7, 2023 Dispatches

Weak UN Resolution on Libya Exposes EU Bias

Missed Opportunity to Tackle EU Responsibility in Migrant Rights Violations

Migrants who were intercepted by Libyan authorities on a boat off the coast.

April 7, 2023 Dispatches

France Moves to Shut Down Environmental Group

Latest in a String of Dangerous Curbs on Civil Society

Mobile riot gendarmes policing a protest against the construction of a new water reserve for agricultural irrigation in Sainte-Soline, France March 2023.

April 6, 2023 Dispatches

Ukraine’s New Health Rules Spotlight Barriers to Emergency Contraception

Authorities Should Eliminate Prescription Requirement for “Morning-After” Pill

A customer walks out of a drugstore lit by a portable generator during a blackout in the Western Ukrainian city of Lviv following massive Russian airstrikes on January 14, 2023.

April 6, 2023 Dispatches

African Human Rights Commission Affirms Intersex People’s Rights

Ending Unnecessary Surgeries, Respecting Bodily Diversity at Core of Resolution

The 73rd session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Banjul, Gambia.

April 6, 2023 Dispatches

Investigation Launches into Forcible Transfer of Children in Ukraine

Identification, Return of Children to Families Imperative

The overgrown playground of a residential institution for children in Kherson, Ukraine, where Russian forces allegedly took 46 children from, as seen on November 27, 2022.

April 5, 2023 Dispatches

UAE Conference Attendees Warned against Criticizing Government

COP28 Success Depends on Civic Space

April 5, 2023 Dispatches

India’s Hindu Festivals Bring Increasing Anti-Muslim Violence

Authorities Should Investigate Abuses, Hold Perpetrators to Account

A mob set fire to Madrasa Azizia in Nalanda district of Bihar, India during the Ram Navami festival.

April 4, 2023 Dispatches

Brazilian Company Moves to Shield Students from Data Surveillance

Brazil's Government Should Adopt Data Laws, Policies to Protect All Children

April 4, 2023 Dispatches

New ICC Vetting Process Begins for Judicial Candidates

International Criminal Court Members Should Support Robust Screening for all Elections

Judges of the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands.

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