India went from ‘free’ to ‘partly free’ in 2020: Freedom House
US-based research institute voices fear the world’s largest democracy is descending into authoritarianism under Modi. Police detain a...
Al Jazeera
Mar 5, 2021
Bomb kills female Afghan doctor, gunmen kill 7 workers: Officials
Doctor dies after bomb attached to her rickshaw explodes while at least seven civilians shot and killed by a group of gunmen in eastern...
Al Jazeera
Mar 5, 2021
Why a Muslim reporter in India has spent nearly 150 days in jail
As police probe Siddique Kappan’s alleged link with controversial Muslim group, family and colleagues say arrest part of a larger media...
Al Jazeera
Mar 3, 2021
In Peru, sterilization case against Fujimori goes to court
AP News FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2013 file photo, jailed former President Alberto Fujimori attends his hearing at a police base on the...
Associated Press 1
Mar 3, 2021
Three female media workers shot to death in eastern Afghanistan
Young women gunned down in two separate attacks after leaving their television station. Three female media workers were shot dead in the...
Al Jazeera
Mar 2, 2021
Army, private firm, fighters accused of Mozambique war crimes
Hundreds of civilians in Cabo Delgado province are victims of indiscriminate killing by rebels, gov’t forces and private militia, Amnesty...
Al Jazeera
Mar 2, 2021
Disappearance and detention to suppress dissent a hallmark of a decade of conflict in Syria – UN rep
Geneva, 1 March 2021 -- After a decade of conflict, tens of thousands of civilians arbitrarily detained in Syria remain forcibly...
Genocide Watch
Mar 1, 2021
Philippines: Free Duterte Critic Held 4 Years
Senator Leila de Lima Faces Politically Motivated Charges Philippines opposition Senator Leila de Lima, second right, shows the printout...
Human Rights Watch
Feb 28, 2021
Pakistan experts: Religiosity fostering rise in militancy
Militant attacks are on the rise in Pakistan amid a growing religiosity that has brought greater intolerance, prompting one expert to...
Genocide Watch
Feb 28, 2021
‘I Wake Up and Scream’: Secret Taliban Prisons Terrorize Thousands
A potential U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, coupled with a weak Afghan security force, mean the Taliban will likely continue to...
New York Times 1
Feb 28, 2021
Soldiers in Cameroon, A Close U.S. Ally, Commit Mass Rape, Report Says
The atrocity-filled raid on a village in Cameroon included the rape of at least 20 women, according to Human Rights Watch. In the predawn...
Nick Turse | The Intercept
Feb 28, 2021
The Myanmar Coup on Film
February 1, 2021, will live in infamy. It was the day the Myanmar military overthrew the elected government in a military coup d’etat,...
Fortify Rights International
Feb 27, 2021
