77 Lashes for a Gay Couple in Indonesia
Troubling Trend of Anti-LGBT Actions By Kyle Knight Authorities in Indonesia’s Aceh province publicly flogged two gay men 77 times each...
Human Rights Watch
Jan 31, 2021
Violence May Delay U.S. Troop Withdrawal From Afghanistan
The Biden administration is reviewing a deal between its predecessor and the Taliban for a May 1 deadline to pull all American troops out...
New York Times 1
Jan 31, 2021
Myanmar military vows to abide by constitution amid coup fears
Armed forces release statement saying remarks by general about political system were misinterpreted Military chiefs arrive at a news...
The Guardian
Jan 30, 2021
Sri Lanka: UN Rights Chief Decries Mounting Abuses
Report Highlights Need for Strong Human Rights Council Resolution (Geneva) – The United Nations Human Rights Council , at its upcoming...
Human Rights Watch
Jan 30, 2021
Women Fleeing Venezuela Are Targeted With Sexual Assault As They Cross Into Colombia
Editor's note: This story includes details some readers may find disturbing. At a shelter for Venezuelan migrants in the Colombian border...
NPR 1
Jan 30, 2021
Chile police officer sentenced for killing of Mapuche farmer on 'historic day'
Charis McGowan in Santiago Fri 29 Jan 2021 11.00 GMT Camilo Catrillanca, 24, was shot during a vehicle chase Case highlights treatment of...
The Guardian
Jan 30, 2021
CAPITAL OF THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC BLOCKADED BY ARMED GROUPS (Atrocity Alert No. 237)
More than 84,000 Central Africans have fled to neighboring countries since December, while 100,000 people remain internally displaced.
Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
Jan 30, 2021
Revealed: Massive Chinese Police Database
Millions of leaked police files detail suffocating surveillance of China's Uyghur minority. A police officer stands guard as Muslims...
The Intercept
Jan 29, 2021
Bangladesh Sends Third Group of Rohingya Refugees to Island
Nearly 1,800 refugees sent to isolated Bhasan Char island despite calls by human rights groups to halt the process. Officials said a...
Associated Press 1
Jan 29, 2021
Yemeni Families File Petition Over US Drone Strike Killings
Two families filed petition against US gov't over 'unlawful' killing of 34 relatives between 2013 and 2018. US Secretary of State Antony...
AFP (Agence France-Press)
Jan 29, 2021
Colombia’s JEP indicts former FARC on War Crimes for kidnapping
Eight of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla’s most senior commanders have been formally charged by magistrates...
Richard Emblin | The City Paper
Jan 29, 2021
Nazi collaborator monuments in Lithuania
There are hundreds of statues and monuments in the United States and around the world to people who abetted or took part in the murder of...
Lev Golinkin
Jan 29, 2021
