Numbers Tell the Story of Hong Kong’s Human Rights
Protesters gather during a rally against the police’s use of tear gas in Hong Kong, December 6, 2019. © 2019 AP
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Human Right Violations
Brazil Grants Asylum to 21,000 Venezuelans in a Single Day
Venezuelan children play in a refugee shelter in Boa Vista, Roraima state, Brazil, August 26, 2018. © 2018 Lucas Dantas
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Feminist Art Exhibit Threatened in Kyrgyzstan
People march through the center of Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek for International Women’s Day, March 8, 2019. © 2018 AP Photo/Vladimir
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Wednesday’s Daily Brief: Peacekeeping performance, Iranians’ rights, Syria, Australia, Haiti updates, Greta Thunberg at COP25
UN evaluates progress in improving peacekeeping performance The international community on Friday took stock of action to improve UN peacekeeping in line with a Security Council resolution aimed at enhancing performance at
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UN agency hails Brazil ‘milestone’ decision over Venezuelan refugees
The decision by Brazil’s National Committee for Refugees (CONARE) on Thursday to accept asylum-seekers on a “prima facie basis”, gave
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Saudi Arabia’s Strategy to ‘Sportswash’ Abuses
Andy Ruiz Jr (left) and Anthony Joshua during the weigh in at the Al Faisaliah Hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,
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UN rights chief ‘extremely concerned’ over deadly crackdown on protesters in Iran
She highlighted a continuing lack of transparency concerning casualties, the alleged mistreatment of thousands of detainees and continued arrests reported
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Russian Trans Woman Sentenced to Three Years in Men’s Prison on Bogus Pornography Charges
The transgender pride flag. © Wikimedia Commons A Russian court has sentenced a 53-year-old trans woman to three years in
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Algeria: Crackdown as Election Looms
Algiers, March 15, 2019. © 2019 Ahmed Benchemsi/Human Rights Watch (Beirut) – Algerian authorities are cracking down on the protest movement known
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Burundi: Elections ‘Levy’ Opens Door to Abuse
March organized by the ruling CNDD-FDD in Burundi’s Gitega province, August 24, 2017. © 2019 Private (Nairobi) – Local officials
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Kyrgyzstan: Blogger Faces Incitement Charges
A screen shot from the Facebook page called “BespredelKG” (“lawlessness” in Russian), administered by Aftandil Zhorobekov, a Kyrgyzstan blogger, who
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Indonesia Arrests Yet More Indigenous Papuans
Indonesian soldiers stand guard during a protest in Timika, Papua province, August 21, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo/Jimmy Rahadat The list
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US Official Threatens Communities That Don’t ‘Respect’ Police
Expand Attorney General William Barr speaks during a tour of a federal prison in Edgefield, South Carolina, July 8, 2019. © 2019
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No Free Pass for North Korea’s Abuses
Kim Jong-Un watches a performance in Pyongyang, North Korea, on February 23, 2017. © 2017 Reuters/KCNA The United Nations Security
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Brazil: Venezuelan Children Fleeing Alone
Pedro M., 12, inside the housing unit where he lives with his sister Mariana, 13, at a UN shelter in
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