List of Human Rights articles
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Iraqi demonstrators lift banners against Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi during a protest rejecting election results, near an entrance to the Green Zone in Baghdad on Nov. 5, 2021. Iraq’s Prime Minister Is Silencing Human Rights Advocates
Mustafa al-Kadhimi promised reform and freedom of expression. Now he’s using archaic laws to stifle free speech.
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Members of the Karenni Nationalities Defense Force run during training at their base camp in a forest in Myanmar's eastern Kayah state. Myanmar Military Carries Out Atrocities in the East, Too
A distracted international community hasn’t been watching.
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Hermann Göring, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler's second in command, at the Nuremberg trials Don’t Cling to Hopes That Putin Will Ever Face Justice
The system for prosecuting war crimes is broken—but focusing on sanctions could work.
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A man sits near a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin during a demonstration in Bamako, Mali, on Feb. 19 celebrating France’s announcement that it will withdraw its troops from the country. Russia Flounders in Ukraine but Doubles Down in Mali
Russian mercenaries fill Mali vacuum as European powers pursue an exit.
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A Uyghur man in Medina, Saudi Arabia, in 2019 holds his expired Chinese passport (red) and a one-way travel document (blue) issued in its place by the Chinese mission in Saudi Arabia. China’s Transnational Repression Gets Saudi Backing
Deporting Uyghur refugees is inhumane and illegal.
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Prosecutor General of Ukraine Iryna Venediktova shows pictures during an interview with AFP in western Ukrainian city of Lviv on March 22. To Prosecute Putin for War Crimes, Safeguard the Digital Proof
Holding Russia accountable for atrocities in Ukraine requires the painstaking collection and preservation of evidence in the face of rampant disinformation.
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Gennady Kuzmin addresses the U.N. General Assembly. U.N. Kicks Russia Off Human Rights Council
In one way at least, so far, Vladimir Putin’s Russia has joined Muammar al-Qaddafi’s Libya.
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The United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva Russia to U.N. Members: You’re With Us or Against Us
Moscow will interpret a failure to vote against its ouster from the Human Rights Council as a show of support for the U.S.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks to the press in Bucha. Reports of Russian Atrocities in Ukraine Are Just the Beginning
Hellish scenes from the Kyiv suburb of Bucha spark fears of what awaits in Mariupol.
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Rohingya refugees gather behind a barbed wire fence. The U.S. Has Recognized Myanmar’s Genocide. But Is That Enough?
Rohingya activists and human rights defenders plead for more action against Myanmar’s military junta government.
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A child hugs his mother in a temporary shelter in a gym of a high school in Przemysl, near the Ukraine-Poland border, on March 15. Europe’s Hospitality for Refugees Won’t Last Forever
Eastern Europe is treating Ukrainians better than Syrians and Afghans—but giving people the means to resist is the only way to prevent future crises.
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South-Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa (R) and Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) attend the Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi, Russia, on Oct. 24, 2019. South Africa’s Self-Defeating Silence on Ukraine
ANC leaders are letting Soviet nostalgia outweigh morality.
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People protest for political reform and the release of political prisoners in Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan Can’t Torture Its Way to Stability
Until the Tokayev regime shows remorse for its brutal crackdown, the country’s reforms won’t bring progress.
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson greets Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the United Nations climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland, on Nov. 1, 2021. Anti-Colonialism Doesn’t Mean Ignoring Human Rights Abuses
Oppression should be condemned, regardless of who is behind it.
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A new closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera installed on the roof of a private Palestinian home in Hebron’s Tel Rumeida neighborhood is seen in the occupied West Bank on Dec. 4, 2021. How the Occupation Fuels Tel Aviv’s Booming AI Sector
Israel hones invasive surveillance technology on Palestinians before it is exported abroad.
