By Dewa Mavhinga India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in South Africa today to meet with President Jacob Zuma to[…]
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US: Senate Misses Opportunity on Disability Convention
The United States missed an opportunity to display global leadership on disability rights on December 4, 2012, as the Senate[…]
Read moreGuinea: Stadium Massacre Victims Await Justice
Hundreds of victims of the 2009 massacre, rapes, and other abuses by security forces in Guinea have yet to see justice[…]
Read moreUS: Honor Public Workers’ Bargaining Rights
Proposals in Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, and other states to strip public workers of collective bargaining rights violate international labor rights[…]
Read moreGuinea: One Year On, No Justice for Bloody Stadium Massacre
Making sure that those responsible for the massacre of more than 150 opposition supporters in a Conakry stadium are brought[…]
Read moreCroatia: Locked Up, Limited Lives
Thousands of people in Croatia with intellectual or mental disabilities are forced to live in institutions that strip them of[…]
Read moreWestern Sahara: Polisario Arrests Rare Dissenter
The Polisario Front, the Western Sahara independence movement, should release a dissident detained on September 21, 2010, if the real[…]
Read moreThailand: Lift Emergency Decree
Five months after violent clashes between anti-government groups and state security forces, the Thai government still uses emergency powers to[…]
Read moreVietnam: Widespread Police Brutality, Deaths in Custody
The Vietnamese government should promptly open thorough and transparent investigations into a series of deaths caused by the use of[…]
Read moreUS: European Corporate Hypocrisy
Many European companies that publicly embrace workers’ rights under global labor standards nevertheless undermine workers’ rights in their US operations,[…]
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