![The logo for the 2026 US, Canada, and Mexico-hosted FIFA Men’s World Cup on a screen outside Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, May 17, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/05/202405usp_usa_fifa_world_cup.jpg?h=74af6f74&itok=K4HrTyON)
![The logo for the 2026 US, Canada, and Mexico-hosted FIFA Men’s World Cup on a screen outside Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, May 17, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/05/202405usp_usa_fifa_world_cup.jpg?h=74af6f74&itok=K4HrTyON)
May 16, 2024
Türkiye: Kurdish Politicians Convicted in Unjust Mass Trial
Court Ignores European Court of Human Rights Rulings on Abusive Proceedings
![A young man holds up a photo of Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş, in prison since November 4, 2016, at a demonstration in Diyarbakir, Türkiye, April 4, 2024.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/05/202405eca_Turkey_May.jpg?h=83d2c2fb&itok=MoGFMoM6)
May 16, 2024
Systems Failure in the Voluntary Carbon Market
![Two women harvesting rice in a rural rice field](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/02/202402asia_cambodia_kohkong_ricefield.jpg?h=b8aa45f6&itok=MRVZvQVg)
May 16, 2024
Rwanda: Human Rights Watch Researcher Barred
Denial of Entry Reflects Intolerance for Rights Monitoring
May 15, 2024
Thailand: ‘Swap Mart’ Targets Foreign Dissidents, Refugees
Stop Assisting Neighboring Countries’ Transnational Repression
May 15, 2024
No Justice for Crackdown in Tajikistan’s Autonomous Region Two Years On
Scores Killed, Hundreds Sentenced to Lengthy Prison Terms in Unfair Trials
![The Tajikistan flag.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/08/202208eca_Tajikistan_Flag.jpg?h=8c13072e&itok=0paeuCX2)
May 15, 2024
Peru Chooses Bigotry in Medical Services
Government Should Scrap Decree that Pathologizes LGBT Identities
![Organizations march to demand faster investigations and justice in cases of transphobic violence in Lima, Peru, on February 22, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/05/202405ame_lgbt_peru_protest_against_transphobic_violence.jpg?h=c9720776&itok=vmyR870r)
May 15, 2024
A Human Rights Guide to the 2024 European Elections
![Members of the European Parliament sit in the plenary chamber of the European Parliament during a vote. Among other things, MEPs will vote today on a free trade agreement with Vietnam.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202002asia_asia_euvietnam.jpg?itok=wMONEsMO)
May 15, 2024
Mozambique: Child Soldiers Used in Raid on Northern Town
Islamist Armed Group Deploys Boys as Young as 13 in Attack on Macomia
![Rwandan soldiers patrolling in Palma, Cabo Delgado](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/05/202405afr_mozambique_childsoldiers.jpg?h=790be497&itok=olOadHjf)
May 15, 2024
Gambia: Landmark Swiss Conviction of Ex-Official
Jammeh-Era Interior Minister, Ousman Sonko, Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity
![Exterior of a court building](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/05/202405eca_switzerland_court.jpeg?h=08b866d1&itok=-nHxyXHD)
May 14, 2024
Victims of Vietnam’s Formosa Toxic Spill Deserve Justice
Government Represses Peaceful Protests, Prosecutes Environmental Activists
![Vietnamese activists hold a photo of dead fish allegedly killed with toxic chemicals during a protest to urge Formosa Plastics Group to take responsibility for the cleanup in Vietnam, August 10, 2016, in Taipei, Taiwan.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/05/202405asia_taiwan_vietnam_formosa_plastics_toxic_spill.jpg?h=efb5239e&itok=3KsWWmzd)
May 14, 2024
Thai Youth Activist Dies in Custody
End Arbitrary Arrest, Pretrial Detention of Monarchy Critics
![Pro-democracy protesters during a mourning ceremony for Netiporn “Bung” Sanesangkhom, a Thai political activist, outside the Southern Bangkok Criminal Court on May 14, 2024.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/05/202405asia_thailand_Netiporn_Sanesangkhom.jpg?h=41f55a5b&itok=6UWUT0sa)