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    August 7, 2026 Commentary

    Safe Sport Day: Japan Should Lead the Way on Athletes’ Rights

  • Collage of sports photos
    August 6, 2026 Commentary

    Japan’s winning sports tradition shouldn’t include abuse

    Building a safer training culture for the country and its athletes

  • Hiroyasu Chiyomatsu, mayor of Izumisano in Osaka Prefecture, explains the policy of setting up a “baby hatch,” which enables parents to anonymously leave infants they are unable to care for, May 29, 2025.
    August 6, 2026 Dispatches

    Japanese City Undermines its Program to Protect Babies

    Rescuing Newborns Should Not Mean More Institutionalization

  • A worker moves aluminum auto parts in central China's Anhui province.
    August 6, 2026 Dispatches

    US Government’s Uyghur Forced Labor List Targets Aluminum

    Expanded List Underscores Need for Car Industry to Map Supply Chains

  • An anti-mining protester speaks during a rally outside the annual Philippines mining conference in Pasay, Metro Manila, September 6, 2017.
    August 4, 2026 News Release

    Philippines: Revised Guidelines Threaten Indigenous Rights

    New Rules Would Deny Communities’ Free, Prior, and Informed Consent

  • A Rohingya refugee feeds a child in front of the office of the UN refugee agency in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 27, 2026.
    August 4, 2026 News Release

    Malaysia: Forcibly Returning Myanmar Refugees Risks Lives

    Provide Legal Status to Asylum Seekers; Ensure Safety of Rohingya

  • An Afghan hospital medic inside a home in Afghanistan, February 17, 2026.
    August 3, 2026 News Release

    Afghanistan: Taliban Assault on Rights Deepens 5 Years on

    Governments Should Back Accountability Efforts, Halt Forced Returns

  • Angkhana Neelapaijit reports online attacks against her at Bang Yi Reua police station in Bangkok, Thailand, July 31, 2026.
    August 1, 2026 News Release

    Thailand: Investigate Online Attacks Against Rights Defenders

    Protect Threatened Deep South Parliament Members, Rights Activist

  • July 31, 2026 Commentary

    Europe’s China Strategy Is Ready for a Refresh

    EU leaders have an opportunity to stop treating repression as a side issue and instead make human rights more central to their engagement with China

  • Hoang Thi Hong Thai outside the police interrogation room in Hanoi, April 2025.
    July 30, 2026 News Release

    Vietnam: Quash Conviction of Social Media Commentator

    Free Hoang Thi Hong Thai; End Persecution of Government Critics



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