Click to expand Image Young boys working at a limestone quarry in Moroto District, Uganda. © 2021 Joseph Byomuhangyi for …
Author: Ron Baker
UN: Noncompetitive Rights Council Election Aids Abusers
(New York) – A noncompetitive United Nations election for Human Rights Council members virtually guarantees seats for candidate countries with …
Israel/Palestine: Facebook Censors Discussion of Rights Issues
(Washington, DC) – Facebook has wrongfully removed and suppressed content by Palestinians and their supporters, including about human rights abuses …
Canada: Disastrous Impact of Extreme Heat
(Ottawa) – Inadequate government support compounded risks for people with disabilities and older people during the recent extreme and foreseeable …
Battling stigma in India
Young couple in a park in central Delhi, 2019. Photo by the author, used with permission. Persisting prejudice in India …
What awaits Hong Kong in 2021?
Image by the Stand News. Used with permission. The recent mass arrest of pro-democracy activists and politicians in Hong Kong for …
Inside Argentina’s ‘green tide’ of feminist activism for the right to legal abortion
Vigil at the National Congress of Argentina, December 29, 2020. Photo by the author, used with permission. I’ve held feminist views …
Pakistan’s Supreme Court orders reconstruction of Hindu temple destroyed by mob led by Muslim clerics
Prahladpuri Temple, an ancient Hindu temple located in Multan, Punjab, has been in ruins since a Muslim mob destroyed it …
COVID-19 and shrinking freedom limits in Jordan
Caricature depicting narrowing freedom driven by COVID-19. Photo credit: Rafat Alkhatib | Used with permission. In Jordan, measures to curb …