Azerbaijan: Crackdown on Critics Amid Pandemic | Human Rights Watch

Azerbaijani authorities are abusing restrictions imposed to slow the spread of Covid-19 to arrest opposition activists and silence government critics, Human Rights Watch said today. In recent weeks, the authorities have sentenced at least six activists and a pro-opposition journalist to detention for between 10 and 30 days on spurious charges including breaking lockdown rules

COVID-19 Brings Human Rights into Focus | Chatham House

With a reawakened sense of our shared humanity and vulnerability, and the benefits of collective action, this crisis may translate into a comeback for human rights as a popular idea.

Rights group asks Turkish Cypriots to release migrants | News | ekathimerini.com

A human rights group on Thursday urged Turkish Cypriot authorities in the breakaway north of ethnically split Cyprus to release 175 Syrian migrants that it says have been kept under house arrest since their rescue from a capsized boat last month.

‘If you’re black you can’t go out’: Africans in China face racism in Covid-19 crackdown

Africans in southern China’s largest city say they have become targets of suspicion and subjected to forced evictions, arbitrary quarantines and mass coronavirus testing as the country steps up its f…

UN Report Deems Abortion and Gender Identity Ideology as Human Rights

By focusing on the promotion of abortion and LGBT+ rights, the U.N. report turns the focus away from pressing issues facing women and girls worldwide.

Civil rights groups file suit against Idaho ban on trans athletes in women’s sports | Sport | The Guardian

Two civil rights groups filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday challenging a new Idaho law banning transgender women from competing in women’s sports

AI Is Helping Us Combat The Economic Problem Of Human Trafficking

When we think of human trafficking, we often think about the despondent faces of women and children who live in slums all over the world.

Protecting Digital Research Even More Crucial During Covid-19 | Human Rights Watch

Amid country lockdowns, human rights researchers are relying even more on publicly available information found online. But new online restrictions imperil access to open information.