April 15, 2024
Statement to the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
43rd Session
April 15, 2024
Ten years after his arbitrary arrest, NGOs call for Saudi human rights defender Waleed Abu al-Khair to be released
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April 15, 2024
Saudi Arabia: Free Award-Winning Activist
Waleed Abu al-Khair Held for a Decade for Peaceful Activism
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April 15, 2024
Justa Libertad: A Movement to Decriminalize Abortion in Ecuador
The Green Wave Continues to Make Strides in Latin America
![Women from different organizations that are part of the Justa Libertad movement raise green scarves outside the Constitutional Court of Ecuador in Quito, March 19, 2024.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/04/202404wrd_ame_ecuador_JustaLibertad_abortion.jpg?h=e6ced4b1&itok=s8iEqPLT)
April 15, 2024
Germany: Scholz Should Stand Firm on Rights in China
Chancellor’s Visit a Test for Berlin’s Resolve on its China Strategy
![German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, left, with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, November 4, 2022.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/04/202404eca_asia_germany_china_Olaf_Scholz_Xi_Jingping.jpg?h=ac778ff2&itok=4Y4jPcYQ)
April 15, 2024
Abu Ghraib Torture Case Finally Goes to Trial
20 Years On, Still No Accountability for US Government Abuses
![Prisoners stand next to the tents in which they are housed at the Abu Ghraib prison west of Baghdad, Iraq, July 15, 2004.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/04/202404mena_iraq_abu_ghraib.jpg?h=476d7899&itok=feTTJ40T)
April 15, 2024
Brazil: Reject Bill That Entrenches Failed Drug Policy
Use Public Health Approaches Instead of Criminalizing Personal Use
![Protesters supporting marijuana reform at the 15th Marijuana March, in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, on June 17, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/04/202404AME_Brazil_drugpolice.jpg?h=0d27ee61&itok=3Za1faF5)
April 14, 2024
A Renewed Yemen Truce Is No Substitute for Justice
A halt to the fighting in Yemen would be welcome news. But it won’t last without addressing the warring parties’ crimes against civilians.
April 14, 2024
Chinese Women from the Countryside: Views on Marriage
![Promotion of China’s one-child policy visible on the outer wall of a government office in Bobai, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, China, August 26, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/04/202404asia_china_one_child_policy.jpg?h=9bc3d8e4&itok=jqS0eZg4)
April 12, 2024
Sudan: One Year of Atrocities Requires New Global Approach
Investigations into Deliberate Aid Obstruction, Possible War Crimes Needed
![A destroyed medical storage facility in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur province, Sudan, May 2, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/04/202404africa_sudan_oneyearatrocities.jpg?h=5021cb65&itok=MPV3xCRt)
April 12, 2024
Belarus Calls LGBT Lives ‘Pornography’
“Depicting” LGBT Relationships May Be Punishable with a Prison Sentence
![Belarusian LGBTQ activists with white-red-white flags participate in the Warsaw Equality Parade, June 25, 2022.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/04/202404lgbt_poland_belarus_pride.jpg?h=ad9061c9&itok=3tFG5OJZ)
April 12, 2024
Georgia: Abandon ‘Foreign Agent’ Registration Law
Proposed Bill Poses Grave Threat to Civil Society, Including Trade Unions
![Protesters march outside the parliament building in protest of “the Russian law” in Tbilisi, Georgia, April 9, 2024.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/04/202404eca_Georgia_ForeignAgents.jpg?h=59f9d53c&itok=NnhkBT93)