‘Dark Day’ in Malawi for Rights of LGBT People
Constitutional Court Upholds Criminalization of Same-Sex Conduct
![A young transgender woman at a friend’s house seeking temporary shelter in Lilongwe, Malawi.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201810lgbt_malawi_main.jpg?itok=BJwZAzzM)
How to Engage with the Taliban, If You Have To
Limiting Support to Afghanistan to Ever-Dwindling Levels of Humanitarian Aid to Isolate the Taliban is Not the Answer
![Afghan women receive food rations distributed by a humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 28, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/08/202308asia_afghanistan_food_rations_kabul.jpg?h=90d10537&itok=vgqrRLM-)
Bhutan: Urgently Reform Justice System, Prison Conditions
Released Political Prisoner Describes Desperate Conditions
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UN Rights Council Takes Big Step for Treaty on Free Education
Countries, Experts, Children Should Engage on Expanding Education for All
![A pupil at a free government pre-primary school, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, November 2022.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/07/202407crd_Uzbekistan_pre%20primary_school.jpg?h=ac778ff2&itok=kKMrQo48)
UAE: Unfair Trial, Unjust Sentences
Human Rights Defenders, Political Dissidents Unjustly Convicted
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EU Should Add Xinjiang, Aluminum to Forced Labor Database
Coordination with US Needed to Address China’s State-Imposed Forced Labor
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Mining for the Energy Transition Needs to Respect Human Rights
The extraction of key minerals used in renewables is accompanied by abuses. The UN must take action to address them.
![Artisanal miners carry sacks of ore at a mine near Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo, October 12, 2022.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/06/202306afr_drc_mines_kolwezi.jpg?h=c9720776&itok=gmgugJWi)
Zimbabwe: Army Commander Threatens Election Integrity
Bar Security Force Engagement in Partisan Politics
![Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa (3rd R) inspects the guard of honor at the country's 43rd Independence Day celebrations held in Mount Darwin, Mashonaland Central province, on April 18, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/07/202407afr_zimbabwe_military_0.jpg?h=8aa5fa2d&itok=Ncqp4yAw)
Kazakhstan Should Reject Attempt to Curtail LGBT People’s Rights
Discriminatory Petition Threatens Fundamental Freedoms
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Refugees in Eastern Sudan at Risk
International Organizations Should Act to Provide Safe Evacuation Options
![Umm Rakouba refugee camp, hosting people who fled the conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, in Qadarif, eastern Sudan, December 14, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/07/202407afr_sudan_ethiopia_refugees.jpg?h=d85b062c&itok=c9pMFa5H)
Burkina Faso: Journalist, Junta Critics Feared Disappeared
Authorities Should Urgently Locate the Missing; African Commission Should Speak Out
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Labour Needs to Arrest UK’s Authoritarian Slide
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Saudi Arabia: 20-Year Sentence for Tweets
Authorities Escalate Crackdown, Transnational Repression
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