Human Rights
President Felix Tshisekedi’s Eastern DR Congo’s human rights crisis worsens after year of martial law
Democratic Republic of the Congo President Felix Tshisekedi’s declared martial law in Ituri and North Kivu, two eastern DRC provinces,...
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Biden reacts forcefully to leaked draft opinion showing Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights in US: ‘If the Court does overturn Roe, it will fall on our nation’s elected officials at all levels of government to protect a woman’s right to choose’
U.S. President Joseph R. Biden Jr. reacted forcefully on Tuesday to a leaked draft opinion showing that the Supreme Court...
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Human Rights Watch claims there is ‘compelling evidence’ and ‘credible allegations’ Russia-linked forces have summarily executed and tortured civilians in Central African Republic since 2019
Human Rights Watch claimed on Tuesday that there is 'compelling evidence' and 'credible allegations' that Russian-identified forces supporting the Central African Republic’s government...
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Antony Blinken says Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has taken ‘encouraging actions’ to end conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region and time has come to advance ‘a negotiated ceasefire’
"We are similarly encouraged that Tigrayan forces have withdrawn most of their forces from Afar and have reiterated their commitment...
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Congress members Sara Jacobs and Jim McGovern introduce legislation to support ICC investigations in Ukraine, encourage U.S. to join ICC
Support International Criminal Investigations for Ukraine Act states that it is U.S. policy to engage and support ICC, repeals ban...
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Kenneth Roth to Step Down at Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch Executive Director Kenneth Roth has announced that he plans to step down at the end of August 2022, Human...
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U.S. government concerned over human rights abuses in Egypt, USAID chief Samantha Power tells Minister of International Cooperation Rania Al-Mashat
The Biden administration is concerned about human rights abuses in Egypt, the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development,...
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Pioneering White House African American reporters Alice Dunnigan and Ethel Payne to be first recipients of the new “Dunnigan-Payne Prize”
Ms. Dunnigan was the first African American female reporter to be credentialed at the White House in 1947. She was...
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US aid chief Samantha Power meets with Ethiopian Minister of Finance Ahmed Shide, tells him Abiy government needs to restore essential services and allow humanitarian access into Tigray
The Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Samantha Power met with Ethiopian Minister of Finance Ahmed Shide...
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Four decades into Paul Biya’s reign, Cameroon trending deeper into authoritarianism
Paul Biya has been President of Cameroon for nearly four decades now. He first took power as the second President...
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