Brazil: President Lula Should Pursue a Rights Agenda
![Delegates sit at the opening of the 41th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 24, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/03/202003AFR_SOUTHSUDAN_HRC_41SESS.jpg?h=1c9b88c9&itok=ujntb3PN)
Dutch Apology on Slavery Only First Step
Making Amends for Colonial Legacy Requires Consultation with Affected Communities
![Johan Roozer, of the Suriname National Committee for the Remembrance of Slavery arrives at The Hague.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/12/202212eca_netherlands_Johan_Roozerx_suriname.jpg?h=5b1d78ed&itok=VMzrxZzX)
Poland: Rule of Law Erosion Harms Women, LGBT People
EU Action Needed to End Undermining of Institutions that Protect Rights
![Woman holds a Women's Strike symbol during protest against what they view as an erosion of women’s rights under Poland’s conservative ruling party, Warsaw, Poland, November. 28, 2022](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/12/202212eca_Poland_rol1.jpg?h=6778bc9f&itok=KTwPN7FV)
‘Qatargate’ Highlights Need to Reassess EU-Gulf Relations
Europe’s Cozy Approach to Gulf Governments Overlooks Serious Rights Abuses
![Roberta Metsola, president of the European Parliament meets the presidents of political groups in a special meeting to decide the impeachment of the vice president, Eva Kaili.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/12/202212eca_france_qatargate_lobbying_scandal.jpg?h=0a8b6f8b&itok=v2CIwF7W)
Syria: Repatriations Lag for Foreigners with Alleged ISIS Ties
More than 42,400 Adults and Children Held in Life-Threatening Conditions
![A boy stares through a fence](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/12/202212ccd_syria_rojcamp_childdetainee.jpg?h=ea95bb15&itok=gPVLqHLC)
Has South Sudan’s Conflict Really Ended?
Accountability for Conflict Related Abuses Key
![South Sudan's President Salva Kiir (2nd R) and his former deputy turned rebel leader Riek Machar (2nd L) shake hands as they make a last peace deal at the 33rd Extraordinary Summit of Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in Addis Ababa on September 12, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/08/202208AFR_SouthSudan_Peace_Deal.jpg?h=a5f2f23a&itok=b2VjxDaS)
Nepal: End Mistreatment of Urban Poor
Policies against Street Vendors, Landless People, Begging Violate Rights
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Top Human Rights Tweets of 2022
![Iranian women on October 1, 2022, protest the death of Mahsa (Jina) Amini after she was detained by the morality police, in Tehran.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/11/202211mena_iran_protests_tehran.jpg?h=cda7d829&itok=Chmrdgj2)
Turkey: Court Convicts Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu
Imposes Political Ban with Sentence, Subject to Appeal
![Ekrem Imamoglu, mayor of Istanbul from Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), makes a speech in Istanbul days after his election victory in the re-run of the Istanbul mayoral election, June 27, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/12/202212eca_Turkey_Imamoglu.jpg?h=d78e2f03&itok=r0blDAjv)
Housing Unaffordable for Half of US Renters
New Federal Data Highlights Lack of Affordable Housing
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Testimony to U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Hearing
Hearing on China’s Religious Freedom Violations: Domestic Repression and Malign Influence Abroad
South African Leadership Makes Moves to Decriminalize Sex Work
Decades of Activism by Sex Workers Has Highlighted Dangers of Criminalization
![South African women's rights groups and sex workers demonstrate outside the magistrate court in Johannesburg](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/12/202212africa_southafrica_sexworkers.jpg?h=615aab5b&itok=aAyDg7km)
UK Should Protect the Rights to Protest and Strike, not Undermine Them
Proposed Law Would Fundamentally Restrict Right to Free Assembly
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Frontex Delivers Cruelty from the Skies
Despite its claims of saving lives, Frontex is putting refugees and migrants at risk by aiding Libya Coast Guard interceptions of boats.