united states: state laws threaten lgbt equality

Solis / AP Photo . (New York, February 19, 2018) – The rash of new “religious exemption” laws passed by state legislatures around the United States represent a thinly-veiled assault against the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, Human Rights Watch..

maldives: opposition, media under attack

. © 2018 Mohamed Sharuhaan/AP Photo . (New York) – The Maldives government’s intimidation of the political opposition and media threatens prospects for free and fair elections in September 2018, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. ..

icc: strengthen court on 20th anniversary

. © 2016 UN Photo/Rick Bajornas . (New York) – Member countries of the International Criminal Court (ICC) should increase their support for the court in the face of increasing challenges to delivering justice, Human Rights Watch said today. ..

central tibetan administration

Posted in Photo Galleries  . .  View Photos . . . . In Pictures: Event held in Memory of Liu Xiaobo at New York City . . ... Posted in Photo Galleries  . .  View Photos . . . . In Pictures: CTA President Visits Rajgir, Nalanda and Central University of Tibetan Studies..

starvation in somalia

On the cover of New York Times was devastating photo of what the caption, perhaps out of deference to readers tender sensibilities, called a malnourished child.. ..

abbas censures trump's two-state remarks

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the General Debate of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York, on Sept. 27, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua] Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday that the hostile policy actions of..

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