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A man in a dark blazer and glasses hugs a woman wearing a flowy black, read and cream-coloured full-length blouse, while two smiling people look on.

France: Hassan Diab prosecution undermines justice for victims of 1980 synagogue attack

Hassan Diab faces an unfair in absentia trial, despite the fact that French investigative judges previously dismissed the case against...
South African police officers fire rubber bullet as they chase protestors in the streets of Johannesburg, on April 23, 2019 during a protest against the lack of service delivery or basic necessities such as access to water and electricity, housing difficulties and lack of public road maintenance.

Police misuse of rubber bullets kills and maims peaceful protesters

Security forces across the world are routinely misusing rubber bullets, plastic bullets and other law enforcement weapons to violently suppress...

In the distance, smoke billows from the smokestacks of an Aramco oil production facility in the desert in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia: Aramco’s historic profits should fund shift to renewable energy

The US$161.1 billion in annual profits posted by Aramco the most disclosed by a company in a single year....

Brazil: Five years without Marielle Franco and Anderson Gomes

Brazil's president is being urged to launch an impartial probe into the deaths of activist Marielle Franco and her driver,...
Two hands hold up a sign that reads, "Abolish Immigration Detention in Provincial Jails Now."

Canada: Jail deaths underscore lethal nature of immigration detention

Ending immigration detention in provincial jails was a key recommendation of the jury in the inquest into the 2015 death...

GUATEMALA: Free Virginia Laparra

Write a letter to call for the release of a courageous prisoner of conscience Virginia Laparra is a 42-year-old Doctor of...

Israel/OPT: Impunity reigns for perpetrators of settler violence

Following the Israeli authorities’ release last night of six Israeli settlers suspected of involvement in Sunday’s attacks against Palestinians in Nablus...

Ethiopia: Government’s effort to end mandate of UN human rights commission must be rejected.

Members of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva must reject efforts by the Ethiopian government to prematurely terminate the...

A Colombian police officer in riot gear points a tear gas cannon at protesters.

Colombia: The National Police must be comprehensively reformed

Today a diverse and broad group of Colombian human rights organizations and victims of excessive use of force by Colombian...

Chilling execution spree in Iran with escalating use of the death penalty against persecuted ethnic minorities

The Iranian authorities have executed at least one Ahwazi Arab, 14 Kurds and 13 Baluchis following grossly unfair trials, and...

A hand holds up a feather at an Indigenous rights protest in front of a man holding a sign that says "Justice for Grassy Narrows."

Canada: UN Special Rapporteur’s visit must shift ‘glacial progress’ on Indigenous rights

Ottawa is facing new calls to stop violating Indigenous rights as UN Special Rapporteur Francisco Calí Tzay kicks off his...

Good News from Chile: Investigations into torture of Moisés Órdenes continue

On February 24, 2023, a court in Chile ordered the reopening of investigations into the officers involved in the attack...

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