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Click to expand Image Shawan Jabarin, head of the al-Haq human rights group, at the organization's offices in the West Bank city of Ramallah, October 23, 2021. © 2021 Majdi Mohammed/AP Photo

(Beirut) – Israeli authorities on November 13, 2026, imposed an international travel ban on Shawan Jabarin, the head of Al-Haq, a leading Palestinian human ...

Click to expand Image People march during a protest on violence against women in Budapest in November 2018. © 2018 Attila Kisbenedek/AFP via Getty Images

On November 12, Hungary's Prime Minister Péter Magyar announced that his government intends to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combatting violence against women and dom...

Click to expand Image Protesters gather in Place de la Nation square during a demonstration called by high-school students, joined by unions and teachers, who have been demanding better learning conditions, in Paris, France, on October 6, 2026.  © 2026 Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP via Getty Images

(Paris, November 12, 2026) – A draft law that passed in ...

Click to expand Image An Indonesian police officer fires tear gas during a demonstration in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, August 29, 2025. © 2025 AP Photo/Trisnadi

(London) – Indonesian authorities should impartially investigate allegations that military and police officers on November 10, 2026, responded to youth protests with excessive force ...

Click to expand Image A protest against violence targeting trans people in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on June 28, 2026. © 2026 Carolina Jaramillo/NurPhoto via Getty Images

A brutal attack on trans women sex workers in Buenos Aires has sparked outrage in Argentina, raising questions about hate-motivated violence and the responsibility of public offi...