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Mayotte's Future Depends on Education, Not More Restrictions on Migrant Rights
Click to expand Image Children walk past modular classrooms built after Cyclone Chido, at the nursery and elementary school of Majicavo-Lamir village on the French overseas territory of Mayotte, on August 18, 2025. © 2025 Marine Gachet/AFP via…
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Türkiye: Long Prison Terms for Children Accused of Crime
Click to expand Image Police cordon off the area outside of the Caglayan courthouse in Istanbul, Türkiye, March 22, 2025. © 2025 YASIN AKGUL/AFP via Getty Images (Berlin) – A new Turkish law that imposes heavy prison sentences on…
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Mexico: Fix ‘Rights of Audiences’ Regulation
Click to expand Image Chief Legal Advisor to the Federal Executive, Luisa María Alcalde Luján, speaks on the “Right of Reply” segment broadcast at the National Palace in Mexico City, June 3, 2026. © 2026 Government of Mexico…
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Houthis Prosecute UN, Civil Society Staff in Yemen
Click to expand Image The UN special envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, meets with local officials in Taizz, Yemen, February 12, 2024. (C) 2024 Ahmad Al-Basha/AFP via Getty Images Houthi authorities transferred at least six detainees to the…
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Colombia: Armed Groups Expand Child Recruitment
Click to expand Image A 17-year-old boy recruited by the 33rd Front of the EMBF, a dissident group of the demobilized FARC, operating in Colombia’s Catatumbo region near the Venezuelan border. © 2026 Federico Ríos Escobar Child recruitment…
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Bangladesh: End Indefinite Pretrial Detention of Political Opponents
Click to expand Image Prison vans transport former ministers and leaders of the Bangladesh Awami League party to jail after their court hearing from the Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on November 18, 2024. ©…
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Syria: First Assad-Era Verdicts a Test for Justice
Click to expand Image Atef Najib during a trial session at the Palace of Justice in Damascus, Syria, April 26, 2026. © 2026 AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed (Amman) – A Syrian court’s first verdicts for crimes committed during the Assad…
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Governments Should Protect Environmental Defenders from Violence and Repression
Click to expand Image Supporters of imprisoned environmental activists stage a protest during their appeal hearing outside of the Royal Courts of Justice, London, January 29, 2025. © 2025 Sipa via AP Images As space for environmental advocacy…
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Hong Kong: Activists Convicted for Tiananmen Vigils
Click to expand Image Thousands of people attend a candlelight vigil for victims of the Chinese government's brutal military crackdown in June 1989 on protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square at Victoria Park, Hong Kong, June 4, 2019. ©…
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Spain: Humanitarian and Rights Crisis in Ceuta
Click to expand Image Two of the migrants and asylum seekers who swam to Ceuta in July 2026, walk on Trampolín beach, August 2026. © 2026 José Antonio Sempere Gálvez for Human Rights Watch (Milan) – The Spanish…
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