List of Human Rights articles
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Police officers patrol a neighborhood amid gang-related violence in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti. More Police Won’t Solve Haiti’s Crisis
Gang leaders in the country aren’t independent warlords. They are part of how the state functions.
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Tigray People's Liberation Front fighters gather in Mekelle, the capital of Ethiopia's Tigray region. U.S. Lifts Human Rights Violation Designation on Ethiopia
The decision, despite evidence of ongoing abuses, clears the way to new economic aid.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attend a press conference at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem on Jan. 25. Israel Is Officially Annexing the West Bank
A quiet bureaucratic maneuver by Netanyahu’s government has begun transferring control over the occupied territory from military to civilian leadership—violating international law.
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A Ukrainian volunteer group Brave to Rebuild helps Ukraine Starts to Rebuild After Russia’s Rampage
But some damage can’t be fixed by bricks and mortar.
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An activist is seen through a rainbow flag during a Pride parade in Kyiv. Putin’s Homophobia Is Advancing LGBTQ Rights in Ukraine
Many have begun to associate anti-gay bigotry with imperial aggression.
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A man wearing a traditional white Arab headdress stands inside a synagogue. The Arab Autocrat’s New Religious Playbook
Middle Eastern leaders are promoting interfaith initiatives to disguise harsh policies at home and abroad.
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People demonstrate in Tel Aviv on Feb. 27. Why Palestinians Aren’t Joining Israel’s Protests
A state that considers equality an existential threat can never be a democracy.
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Police stand on guard during a rally for the victims of a deadly fire, as well as a protest against China's harsh COVID-19 restrictions, in Beijing. A Nuanced Approach to China Needs Human Rights at the Core
Calls for a rethink against groupthink can’t neglect real atrocities.
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Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin speaks with the media upon her arrival for a European Union summit in Brussels on March 23. Finland Is Less Progressive Than It Seems
A debate over Indigenous issues has empowered the country’s nativist right ahead of a critical election.
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Palestinian militants fire into the air during the funeral for Lions’ Den senior member Tamer al-Kilani in Nablus, West Bank, on Oct. 23, 2022. The Lions’ Den militant group has emerged in the area in recent months. The New Palestinian Resistance
Young militants are ditching old-style factionalism to fight Israel’s occupation.
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A person wears a light blue mask. A hand in the colors of the Chinese flag is painted over the mouth. Why Doesn’t the World Care More About the Uyghurs?
How Xinjiang fell by the wayside.
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Children at a camp for Syrian refugees displaced by earthquakes Turkey’s Xenophobic Turn Targets Stateless Syrians
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is vowing to repatriate refugees ahead of an election he desperately wants to win.
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Taliban clerical students attend a class at an Islamic school in Kandahar on Feb. 8. Keep Talking to the Taliban
Shaming and shunning won’t make life better for Afghans.
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Kurdish military officers take part in a graduation ceremony in Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, on Jan. 15. Iraqi Kurdistan’s House of Cards Is Collapsing
The region once seemed a bright spot in the disorder unleashed by U.S. regime change. Today, things look bleak.
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An illustration of Nury Turkel, chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom The Witness
Why is global outrage about the Uyghur genocide muted? Human rights advocate Nury Turkel has some ideas.
