![Raw cotton stored at the Oltin Tola Boston cooperative storage facility in Ellikkala district, Republic of Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan. November 30, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/12/202312eca_uzbekistan_ellikkala.jpeg?h=84071268&itok=D7WoNq94)
![Raw cotton stored at the Oltin Tola Boston cooperative storage facility in Ellikkala district, Republic of Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan. November 30, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/12/202312eca_uzbekistan_ellikkala.jpeg?h=84071268&itok=D7WoNq94)
December 14, 2023
Laos: 11 Years of Government Inaction on Sombath Somphone’s Enforced Disappearance
![201712asia_laos_sombath](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2013_laos_sombathsomphone.jpg?itok=BqAGX8dY)
December 14, 2023
Victory for Australia’s Climate Protesters
New South Wales Court Partially Overturns States’ Anti-Protest Laws
![The “knitting nannas” assemble outside the Supreme Court of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, May 10, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/12/202312asia_australia_knitting_nannas_protesting.jpg?h=10d202d3&itok=93pGXHYF)
December 14, 2023
Did Nepal Achieve Marriage Equality? Not Quite Yet
Nepal has celebrated its first same-sex wedding, but it is still virtually impossible for most queer couples to tie the knot
![Surendra Pandey, right, and Maya Gurung, who married six years ago, pose for a photograph](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/10/202310asia_nepal_MayaGurung_SurendraPandey.jpg?h=3d905b72&itok=q3Gf35OD)
![Injured protesters at the Union de Chagoua hospital after a banned protest over the ruling junta’s grip on power on October 20, 2022, in N'Djamena, Chad.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/12/202312africa_Chad_Amnesty.jpg?h=a5eb5da0&itok=eWAxDQVu)
December 14, 2023
Ex-President’s Release Raises a Red Flag on Peru’s Democracy
![Protesters holding up a banner](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/12/202312AME_Peru_Fujimori_Protest.jpg?h=9fe24eb1&itok=denJXmdr)
December 14, 2023
The Missing Piece in Brazil’s Climate Pledges
![United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, left, and Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, center, walk with other dignitaries after posing for a group photo at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 1, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/12/202312Ame_brazil_Cop.jpg?h=6d4a493b&itok=O2njS8a3)
December 14, 2023
Thailand: Lawmaker Sentenced for ‘Insulting Monarchy’
Quash Verdict, Uphold Freedom of Expression
![Parliament member Rukchanok Srinork of Thailand's opposition Move Forward party arrives at criminal court for the verdict for allegedly violating the lese majeste law in Bangkok, Thailand, December 13, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/12/202312asia_thailand_Rukchanok_Srinork.jpg?h=90d10537&itok=5lECHEpO)
December 14, 2023
Kyrgyzstan: Domestic Violence Against Women, Girls with Disabilities
Build on Progress by Tackling Discrimination, Revising and Enforcing Laws
![202312eca_kyrgyzstan_drd_aisha](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/12/202312eca_kyrgyzstan_drd_aisha.jpg?h=a6f82ae8&itok=XLsIMRxY)
December 14, 2023
COP28: Fossil Fuel Commitment Lacks Urgency
Governments Should Take Urgent Climate Action, Protect Rights
![A flame burns waste gas in a refinery](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/11/202311mena_uae_alruwais_refinery.jpg?h=b44a0c97&itok=vLexlRwm)
December 14, 2023
UAE: Prominent Critics Face New Charges
Calls to Respect Rights During COP 28 Unheeded
![A man in a white gutra](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/01/202101mena_uae_mansoor_main.jpg?h=5ca7da88&itok=Nxc2JL-_)
December 13, 2023
Greece: 6 Months On, No Justice for Pylos Shipwreck
Authorities Need to Learn Lessons to Avert Future Deaths at Sea
![202312eca_greece_shipwreck_survivor](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/12/202312eca_greece_shipwreck_survivor.jpg?h=c5fb655d&itok=VB9H_dqx)
December 13, 2023
In Their Words: Pylos Survivors Speak up for Justice
“We Were a Group of 15 ... Only the 2 of Us Survived”
December 13, 2023
France Urgently Needs to Eliminate Discriminatory Police Practices
![Police agents check identity documents of passerby during the lockdown in Rennes, France. April 11, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/07/202107eca_France_Profiling.jpg?h=72a344a8&itok=wAgYCTNG)