The boy taken by Beijing: 30 years without the Panchen Lama

Human Rights 2025-05-16

The boy taken by Beijing: 30 years without the Panchen Lama

Almost three decades after Chinese authorities abducted Gedhun Choekyi Nyima at age six, Beijing still refuses to break its silence.

Complicit in destruction: Chinese banks fund abuses at Ecuador's Mirador mining project

Human Rights 2025-05-06

Complicit in destruction: Chinese banks fund abuses at Ecuador's Mirador mining project

What began as a mining project in Ecuador's Amazon has become a sustained campaign of aggression and abuse, fueled by Chinese financing and marked by a systematic pattern that has fractured communities and eroded the region's social fabric.

Labor abuse, deaths run rampant on Chinese vessels plundering South American waters

Human Rights 2025-04-16

Labor abuse, deaths run rampant on Chinese vessels plundering South American waters

Chinese fishing crews in South American waters face slave-like conditions, marked by poor medical care, extreme isolation, and exhaustion.

Workers rescued from 'slave-like conditions' building Chinese factory in Brazil

Human Rights 2024-12-30

Workers rescued from 'slave-like conditions' building Chinese factory in Brazil

Authorities found that workers were sleeping on beds without mattresses, had access to few bathrooms and were exposed to intense solar radiation, presenting visible signs of skin damage.

FARC and ELN: The ongoing horror of child soldier recruitment

Human Rights 2024-11-21

FARC and ELN: The ongoing horror of child soldier recruitment

Peace talks notwithstanding, FARC and ELN insurgents keep recruiting children. Indigenous communities in Colombia remain the primary victims of this war crime, which has persisted for over half a century.

Salvadoran families seek 'proof of life' of those detained in war on gangs

Human Rights 2024-11-20

Salvadoran families seek 'proof of life' of those detained in war on gangs

Relatives of detainees have become increasingly distressed as human rights organizations report more than 300 deaths in Salvadoran prisons since 2022.

Hundreds of Ukrainian women suffer systematic torture in Russian prisons

Human Rights 2024-11-18

Hundreds of Ukrainian women suffer systematic torture in Russian prisons

Repatriated POWs describe threats, humiliation, physical abuse, rape, poor nutrition and other mistreatment in Russian detention.

Parents of Venezuelan minors held after election protests seek UN intervention

Human Rights 2024-10-29

Parents of Venezuelan minors held after election protests seek UN intervention

Detained youth should be seen as victims of external factors like poverty, violence and social exclusion, not solely as offenders, a UNICEF official said.

China admits environmental and human rights issues in Latin American projects

Human Rights 2024-08-29

China admits environmental and human rights issues in Latin American projects

Many Chinese investors in Latin America have drawn criticism for consistently delivering inadequate environmental impact assessments or no assessments at all.

Repression in Russia reaches unprecedented levels

Human Rights 2023-11-02

Repression in Russia reaches unprecedented levels

Detentions, interrogations, searches and arrests are occurring nearly every day in Russia, observers say.