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20th March 2023
Russia: ICC’s arrest warrant against Putin a step towards justice for victims of war crimes in Ukraine

Illustration of child protestor being tortured in Iran

16th March 2023
Iran: Child detainees subjected to flogging, electric shocks and sexual violence in brutal protest crackdown

A Hyundai excavator carrying out demolitions in Masafer Yatta

16th March 2023
Israel/OPT: Hyundai CE must end link with war crimes in Masafer Yatta

Portrait of Justyna Wydrzyńska, activist from polish ngo "Aborcyjny Dream Team" ("Abortion Dream Team")

14th March 2023
Poland: Conviction of activist Justyna Wydrzyńska prosecuted for aiding an abortion offers “chilling snapshot” of future

South African police officers fire rubber bullet as they chase protestors in the streets of Johannesburg, on April 23, 2019 during a protest against the lack of service delivery or basic necessities such as access to water and electricity, housing difficulties and lack of public road maintenance. - Police and protesters exchanged volleys of teargas and stones in Johannesburg on April 23, 2019 after a suburb erupted into protest over public services ahead of polls on May 8. Dozens of residents in the working class Turffontein suburb blocked the main road through ward 55, burning tyres, mattresses and tree branches over allegedly unfair allocation of nearby new social housing. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP) (Photo by MARCO LONGARI/AFP via Getty Images)

14th March 2023
Global: Dozens killed and thousands maimed by police misuse of rubber bullets

Construction Continues at 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar Stadiums

13th March 2023
FIFA receives open letter backed by a million signatures demanding justice for abused World Cup workers

Women in Saudi Arabia, Personal Status Law, International Women's Day

8th March 2023
Saudi Arabia: Personal Status Law codifies discrimination against women

8th March 2023
Türkiye: International Women’s Day march must go ahead “without bans, beatings and other police violence”

Women hold a vigil for those who have died during the war in Ukraine

8th March 2023
Ukraine: Women face grave risks as Russia’s full-scale invasion enters its second year

Wreckage from the earthquake in Turkiye and Syria

6th March 2023
Syria: Vital earthquake aid blocked or diverted in Aleppo’s desperate hour of need

A collage of human rights defenders who have been punished in Afghanistan by the Taliban

6th March 2023
Afghanistan: Taliban’s ongoing ‘relentless abuses’ must be addressed at UN Human Rights Council

Kem Sokha speaks to media as he departs his residence for the Phnom Penh municipal court for his trial on January 15, 2020

3rd March 2023
Cambodia: Opposition leader Kem Sokha sentenced to 27 years on fabricated treason charge

2nd March 2023
Iran: Chilling execution spree with escalating use of death penalty against persecuted ethnic minorities

This photo obtained from Italian news agency Ansa, taken on February 26, 2023 shows debris of a shipwreck washed ashore in Steccato di Cutro, south of Crotone, after a migrants' boat sank off Italy's southern Calabria region. - More than 40 migrants, including a tiny baby, died after their overloaded boat sank early on February 26, 2023 in stormy seas off Italy's southern Calabria region, Italian media and rescue services reported.

27th February 2023
Italy: Deaths at sea must spur action to ensure safe, legal routes to Europe

23rd February 2023
Syria/Türkiye: Human rights must be ‘at the heart of response’ to earthquakes

A man walks in front of a police station destroyed by shelling in Kharkiv on March 25, 2022, during Russia's military invasion launched on Ukraine. - Russian strikes targeting a medical facility in Kharkiv on March 25, 2022, killed at least four civilians and wounded several others, Ukrainian officials said.

22nd February 2023
Ukraine: One year after full-scale Russian invasion, victims’ rights must be at the heart of all justice efforts

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