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July 11, 2024 Dispatches

‘Dark Day’ in Malawi for Rights of LGBT People

Constitutional Court Upholds Criminalization of Same-Sex Conduct

A young transgender woman at a friend’s house seeking temporary shelter in Lilongwe, Malawi.
July 10, 2024 Dispatches

UN Rights Council Takes Big Step for Treaty on Free Education

Countries, Experts, Children Should Engage on Expanding Education for All

A pupil at a free government pre-primary school, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, November 2022.
July 10, 2024 Dispatches

EU Should Add Xinjiang, Aluminum to Forced Labor Database

Coordination with US Needed to Address China’s State-Imposed Forced Labor

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July 10, 2024 Dispatches

Kazakhstan Should Reject Attempt to Curtail LGBT People’s Rights

Discriminatory Petition Threatens Fundamental Freedoms

A rainbow LGBT pride flag.
July 10, 2024 Dispatches

Refugees in Eastern Sudan at Risk

International Organizations Should Act to Provide Safe Evacuation Options

Umm Rakouba refugee camp, hosting people who fled the conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, in Qadarif, eastern Sudan, December 14, 2020.
July 4, 2024 Dispatches

Meaningful Follow-Up Needed as China’s UN Rights Review Concludes

UN Member States Should Press Beijing on Recommendations

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July 4, 2024 Dispatches

Qatar Risks Backsliding on Critical Labor Reforms

Shura Council Proposal to Reinstate Exit Permits Puts Domestic Workers at Greater Risk of Abuse

Excessive working hours
July 4, 2024 Dispatches

Chinese Government Expands Criminalization of Taiwanese Identity

Court Guidelines Aim to Further Intimidate Taiwan’s Population

Chinese authorities issued a set of guidelines on criminal punishment for "Taiwan independence separatists” during a press conference in Beijing, China, June 21, 2024.
July 4, 2024 Dispatches

African Union Conference Addresses Pregnant and Parenting Students

Need to Adopt Human Rights-Focused Framework

A secondary school student who is pregnant holds a doll inside her home in the Kibera slums of Nairobi, Kenya on September 30, 2020. (
July 4, 2024 Dispatches

The Delusion, Once Again, of a ‘Safe Zone’ in Syria

Dumping Grounds for Refugees, Where Safety is a Masquerade

Syrian refugee trucks and cars prepare to leave Lebanon back to Syria, May 14, 2024.
July 3, 2024 Dispatches

Brazil Prevents Meta from Using People to Power Its AI

First Data Privacy Safeguard of Its Kind in the Country Protects Children

Two young girls are playing with their cameras in a garden, Osterode, Germany, January 8, 2016.
July 3, 2024 Dispatches

Dominican Republic’s Senate Doubles Down on Abortion Ban in Criminal Code

Bill Reduces Penalties for Sexual Violence, Excludes LGBT People from Protection

A demonstration to demand legal abortion, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on May 23, 2021.
July 3, 2024 Dispatches

A Path to Justice for Afghans

Countries Should Investigate Former Afghan Officials and Taliban for Serious Crimes

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July 3, 2024 Dispatches

Artist Rearrested in Cameroon

Worrying Sign for Freedom of Expression ahead of 2025 Elections

Aboubacar Siddiki Babadji, known as Babadjo.
July 2, 2024 Dispatches

US Should Expand Refugee Definition

People Fleeing Disasters Related to Climate Crisis Need Protection

Displaced residents chat on a school court used as a temporary shelter after the Parana river overflowed its banks due to heavy rain upstream, in Ayolas, Paraguay November 8, 2023.

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