Role of Rapid Action Battalion Should Be Reviewed Following US Sanctions (New York) – The United Nations Department of Peace Operations should ban Bangladesh’s notoriously abusive paramilitary Rapid...
Security Force Raid That Killed 20 Blamed on False Information Michael Page Deputy Director, Middle East and North Africa Division @MichaelARPage On December 31, Iraqi security forces killed 20...
Threats, Assaults, and ‘Less-Lethal Weapons’ Against Peaceful Protesters Sahar Fetrat Assistant Researcher, Women's Rights Division@Sahar_fetrat Heather Barr Associate Director, Women's Rights...
Risk of Illegal Racial Profiling and Other Abuses (Athens) – Greece is planning a new police program to scan people’s faces and fingerprints that is inconsistent with international human rights...
Severe Restrictions, Harassment, Fear in Ghazni Province (New York) – Taliban rule has had a devastating impact on Afghan women and girls, new research shows, Human Rights Watch and the Human Rights...
States Should Urgently Adopt Laws to Enforce Child Rights Act (Abuja) – Child marriage remains prevalent in Nigeria because the federal and state governments have not adequately enforced laws to...
UN, Influential Governments Should Press President Duterte to Stop Practice (Manila) – The Philippine government should end the “red-tagging” of activists as rebels or supporters of the communist...
Los líderes democráticos deben desempeñar un mejor trabajo frente a los desafíos globales (Ginebra) – Los líderes autocráticos se enfrentaron en 2021 a una importante reacción política, pero la...
L’avenir des autocrates est plus sombre qu’il n’y paraît (Genève, le 13 janvier 2022) – Même si les dirigeants autocratiques ont subi d’importants contrecoups en 2021, la démocratie ne l’emportera...
But Democratic Leaders Need to Do Better to Meet Global Challenges (Geneva) – Autocratic leaders faced significant backlash in 2021, but democracy will flourish in the contest with autocracy only if...