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Manila · ManilaClick to expand Image
Human rights lawyer and former senator Rene Saguisag holds a copy of a book about the martial law period in the Philippines while describing his ordeal in detention, Manila, September 26, 2018.
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The Philippines on April 23 lost a human rights stalwart. Rene Saguisag, a human rights lawyer and former senator, defended victims of abuses during the Ferdinand Marcos dictatorship and was an ardent …See the Story
Honoring a Philippine Human Rights Icon
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European Union · PolandClick to expand Image
The headquarters of EU border agency Frontex in Warsaw, Poland September 8, 2021.
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Nearly three years ago, on July 30, 2021, a Libyan Coast Guard patrol boat intercepted a small vessel carrying around 20 people. The interception by Libyan officials happened despite the vessel being within Malta’s search-and-rescue area. Our investigations suggest the European Union border agency Frontex played a …See the Story
EU Misses Opportunity on Frontex Transparency, Accountability
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Roseau · RoseauClick to expand Image
Dominica’s High Court of Justice in the capital Roseau, pictured with other commercial and government buildings, January 9, 2023.
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In a historic judgment published on April 22, the Dominica High Court decriminalized consensual same-sex relations. Dominica becomes the fourth Eastern Caribbean country to strike down discriminatory legal provisions and decriminalize gay sex, following Anti…See the Story
Dominica High Court Decriminalizes Same-Sex Conduct
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New Delhi · New DelhiClick to expand Image Journalists protest against authorities' growing restrictions on media, outside the Press Club of India, New Delhi, India, February 18, 2021. 2021 Pradeep Gaur/SOPA Images/Sipa USA (Sipa via AP Images) Australian journalist Avani Dias left India on April 19 after the government did not extend her journalist visa until moments before it was due to expire - the latest example of foreign writers, journalists, academics, and acSee the Story
Indian Authorities Stop Australian Journalist from Covering Elections
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Autonomy · TokyoClick to expand Image
Participants at the Tokyo Trans March in Shibuya district of Tokyo, March 31, 2023.
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Members of Japan’s Diet are revising the law, declared unconstitutional, that allows transgender people to change their legal gender. Last October, Japan’s Supreme Court ruled the country’s sterilization surgery requirement for transgender people is unconstitutional, and now lawmakers are debating…See the Story
Japan’s Transgender Law Revisions Should Be Grounded in Autonomy
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EPA · United KingdomClick to expand Image
Activists and supporters of Together with Refugees stage a protest in Parliament Square in London, January 25, 2023.
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It is a dark day in the United Kingdom as the Safety of Rwanda Bill will soon become law after passing its final stages in parliament yesterday. This will have a devastating impact on human rights and the rule of law, risking the lives of people who came to the UK seeking…See the Story
UK’s Harmful Rwanda Bill to Become Law
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Rishi Sunak · United KingdomClick to expand Image
President of Rwanda Paul Kagame and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London, UK, May 4, 2023.
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In an interview on the BBC’s Today Program this week, Deputy Foreign Secretary Andrew Mitchell sang the praises of Rwanda’s “remarkable regime.” But as the debate over the government’s Safety of Rwanda bill came to a close, he left out some important facts about Rwanda’s human rights record. Whe…See the Story
The UK Again Attempts to Bend Truth on Rwanda
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United Nations · UgandaClick to expand Image Adama Dieng, then-UN special adviser on the prevention of genocide, New York, June 2019. 2019 Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images Adama Dieng has been appointed as the first African Union (AU) special envoy for the prevention of the crime of genocide and other mass atrocities. Dieng will drive the organization's agenda to "combat the ideology of hate and genocide on the continent," said AU CommissiSee the Story
Can New African Union Genocide Envoy Curb Atrocities in Africa?
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