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Togo: Authorities Must Investigate Allegations Protesters Were Tortured and End Crackdown on Dissent

Togolese authorities must investigate allegations that protesters were tortured following protests earlier this month.

June 17, 2025

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Peru: Granting Amnesty to Those Responsible for Human Rights Violations is Turning Our Backs on Thousands of Victims

Peru's congress should reject a bill which would grant amnesty to people jailed for crimes against humanity and end hundreds…

June 17, 2025

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‘We Were Only Asking For Our Rights’: Tunisian Authorities Punish Mobilization for Socioeconomic and Environmental Rights 

Over the past five years, Tunisian authorities have targeted people for peacefully protesting or striking over socioeconomic and environmental issues.

June 16, 2025

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(Ezra Acayan)

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Global: Urgent Action Needed as Climate Crisis Leads to Devastating New Harms to Human Rights

States must map out a just transition away from fossil fuels in all sectors to prevent further human rights harms…

June 16, 2025

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, wearing a blue suit and tie, sits at a table in a hearing and holds his hands up while answering questions into a microphone, with a group of onlookers seated behind him.
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Congress Must Reject Trump Administration’s Reckless Plans to Reorganize State Department

Congress must reject Secretary Marco Rubio's reckless proposed reorganization of the State Department.

June 13, 2025

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NBA Must Review its Partnership with Rwanda Amid M23 Atrocities in Democratic Republic of Congo

The NBA should review its partnership with Rwanda due to severe human rights abuses currently being committed by the Rwanda-backed…

June 13, 2025

(Younis Tirawi)

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Satellite Imagery Reveals Total Razing of Khuza’a in May 2025 in Further Evidence of Israel’s Wanton Destruction and Genocide in Gaza

Analysis of satellite imagery reveals how Israeli forces completely razed the town of Khuza’a in Gaza.

June 13, 2025

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Nigeria: Ogoni Nine Pardon ‘Falls Far Short’ of Real Justice  

The pardon of the Ognoni Nine is welcome but the Nigerian government must recognize formally that they are innocent of…

June 13, 2025

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Italy: New Case of Journalist Targeted with Graphite Spyware Confirms Widespread Use of Unlawful Surveillance 

The unlawful use of Paragon’s highly invasive Graphite spyware against another journalist confirms a rampant pattern of spyware abuse in…

June 13, 2025

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Trump Administration Must Release Mahmoud Khalil 

Mahmoud Khalil, like everybody in the U.S., has the human right to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly, and due process.

June 13, 2025

Protesters on the steps of the US capitol building hold a large banner which says in black letters STOP EXECUTIONS, while uniformed police circle around them.
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Oklahoma Must Not Execute John Hanson  

Oklahoma Governor J. Kevin Stitt must use his power of reprieve to stop the planned June 12 execution of 61-year-old John…

June 12, 2025

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Nine Years On, Pulse Shooting Reminds Us of the Deadly Mix of Hate and Guns

The Pulse Nightclub was the result of pervasive harmful rhetoric against the LGBTQI+ community and the proliferation of small arms…

June 12, 2025