Civil Liberties
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Venezuela: Reform Needed for Rights Progress
Human Rights Watch Conducts First Official Visit in 18 years (Washington, DC) – Venezuela needs to take urgent measures and carry…
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Martin Luther King Jr. – Letter from Birmingham Jail
Can There Be Peace Without Justice? Artemis Orphanou Dinos Toumazos Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham Jail was written…
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Australia: Chinese Government Menaces Uyghur Diaspora
Visitors to Xinjiang Pressed to Monitor Activists, Australia’s Uyghur Language Schools The Chinese government is interrogating Uyghur Australians visiting Xinjiang,…
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Harriet Taylor Mill – The Enfranchisement of Women
Can There Be Equality Without Equal Choice? Hera Patiniott Dinos Toumazos In 1851, Harriet Taylor Mill published The Enfranchisement of…
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Lebanon: Israel’s Killing of Journalist an Apparent War Crime
Apparently Targeted Journalists, Medical Workers The Israeli military’s April 22, 2026 attacks in Lebanon that killed one journalist and severely…
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Beyond Process – When Long-Standing Strategies Deserve Honest Reassessment
Dialogue matters. Dinos Toumazos Keeping communication alive is almost always preferable to silence. Yet diplomacy should never become an end…
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Violence, Civilian Protection and the Rule of International Law
Protecting civilians is not only a humanitarian obligation but a foundation for lasting peace. Jill Dean Singer The latest events…
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Vietnam Should Release Ailing Political Prisoners
Immediately Free Can Thi Theu and Other Wrongfully Imprisoned Activists Patricia Gossman Senior Associate Asia Director Can Thi Theu, 64,…
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China’s Police Harass Animal Protection Supporters
Cases of Cruelty Galvanize Country’s Young People Maya Wang Deputy Director, Asia Division Two incidents of videoed cruelty of stray…
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Niger: 3 Years of Military Rule Deepens Human Rights Crisis
Security Threat Spurs Crackdown on Political Opposition, Civil Society, Media (Nairobi) – Niger’s military junta has entrenched authoritarian rule, dismantled democratic…
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Japan: Flag Desecration Law Violates Free Speech
Promptly Repeal Legislation, Recommit to Freedom of Expression (Tokyo) – The Japanese Diet on July 17, 2026, adopted a flag…
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Sarawak: Defending Indigenous Land from The Bulldozers
On paper, the land around the Indigenous Rumah Jeffery community was covered by company concessions. For the Iban families who…
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The Age of Invisible Observation
Modern democracies face an enduring question. Jill Dean Singer How can societies protect both their security and their freedom in…
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Five Years On, Hundreds of Cuban Protesters Still Behind Bars
Release Political Prisoners; End Repression Juanita Goebertus Estrada Director, Americas Division Five years ago, on July 11, 2021, Cuba experienced…
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Democracy Under Pressure: Why Fear Often Changes the Story Before It Changes the Law
Political systems rarely transform overnight. Jamie Webb More often, the first signs of change appear in the stories societies tell…
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Hong Kong: Beijing Tightens Social Control
6 Years After National Security Law Imposed, Accountability Suffers (Tokyo) – Beijing has restructured Hong Kong’s governance to answer to Party…
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