Social issues

On 7 November 2021, general elections will be held in Nicaragua in the context of a deterioration of the human rights crisis that began with the repression of protests in April 2018.

(Washington DC) – El Salvador’s legislature has taken drastic steps to undermine judicial independence and limit accountability since President Nayib Bukele’s supporters in the Legislative Assembly took office on May 1, 2021, Human Rights Watch said today. The Assembly has also shelved bills that would have advanced fundamental rights.

As world leaders prepare for the G20 Summit, we write to press the Biden Administration to use this platform as an opportunity to advance proposals for increased financing and coordination of social protection through an international Global Social Protection Fund. The international community has increasingly recognized the importance of social

The Honorable Antony Blinken Secretary of State US Department of State The undersigned US-based social justice, civil rights, and human rights leaders and organizations write to demand that you immediately and unequivocally condemn the Israeli government’s recent decision to outlaw and criminalize six Palestinian human rights and community-based organizations.

An Afghan woman told Agence France-Presse (AFP) in a report published Tuesday her husband recently sold their two young daughters — one just 18 months old — into marriage because their family is starving and desperately needed the money. “Fahima has wept many times since her husband sold their two young daughters

Central American countries are falling like dominoes into authoritarianism.

Russian-backed hackers reportedly targeted President Biden’s supply chain crisis as an opportunity to further derail the U.S.economy, Microsoft revealed Sunday.