(New York) – A noncompetitive United Nations election for Human Rights Council members virtually guarantees seats for candidate countries with …
Category: Human Rights Violations
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 …
In Guinea, President Alpha Condé takes his third term despite long-running controversy
Security forces during a demonstration by the Guinean opposition Front for the Defence of the Constitution. Image by Aboubacarkhoraa, taken from …
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 …
COVID-19, digital rights and Nigeria’s emerging surveillance state
A person holds their phone during a research session in Lagos, Nigeria, September 2016. Photo by ARipstra (WMF) via Wikimedia …
Kenya must implement data protection law before 2022 presidential election
M-PESA mobile money and Equity agent in Nairobi, Kenya. Photo by Fiona Graham via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0. Last …
Arab states’ reconciliation with Qatar leaves pro-unity Saudis behind bars
A screenshot from France24 report showing Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani being welcomed in an embrace by Saudi …
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 …