Human Rights
Rwanda: Torture, Ill-Treatment in Detention
For decades, Rwandan authorities have subjected detainees, in both official and unofficial detention facilities, to ill-treatment and torture with no accountability.A landmark...
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Iran: New Hijab Law Adds Restrictions and Punishments
(Beirut) – Iranian authorities have added new restrictions and imposed draconian new punishments for people violating...
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China: Free ‘Bridge Man’ Protester
(New York) – Chinese authorities should immediately release the man who unfurled banners critical of Chinese President...
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Nobel Increases Pressure on States to Join Nuclear Weapons B…
The awarding of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize to the Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo acknowledges...
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Lebanon: UN Inquiry Needed on Israeli Attacks on Peacekeeper…
(Beirut) – The Israeli military has carried out repeated attacks harming United Nations peacekeeping operations...
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Afghanistan: Policewomen Report Past Abuse, Taliban Threats
Taliban authorities have threatened Afghan women who had served in the police under the previous government, adding...
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Haiti: Criminal Violence, Hunger Trapping Children
Hundreds, if not thousands, of children in Haiti, driven by hunger and poverty, have in...
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Azerbaijan: Vicious Assault on Government Critics
Azerbaijani authorities have used politically motivated, bogus criminal charges to prosecute and imprison civic activists,...
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Opium and Chinese Repression – UAB Institute for Human Right…
By Eva Pechtl
Samuel Walker proposes that America has two crime problems, one affecting most white, middle-class Americans and another affecting mostly people of...
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Malaysia Deports Cambodian Worker for Critical Comments
Cambodian authorities have reportedly collaborated with the Malaysian government to arrest and deport Nuon Thoeun,...
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The Case of the U.S. – UAB Institute for Human Rights Blog
As we enter 2024, we constantly think about voting, especially in the United States. Voting is a way to engage with our political...
