Joint Letter to Foreign Minister Motegi on Myanmar Coup and Ongoing Rights...
HRN has joined with four other NGOs to submit a joint letter to Japan’s Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on the coup in Myanmar and ongoing rights abuses. The letter describes the illegal coup by...
View ArticleHRN Makes Oral Statement on Hong Kong at the Human Rights Council 46th Session
On 16 March 2021, HRN had an oral statement on Hong Kong aired at the 46th Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva protesting the arbitrary arrests made under Hong Kong’s National Security Law...
View ArticleJoint Statement on Myanmar
HRN has joined a statement with nine other NGOs calling on the Japanese government to take immediate action pressuring Myanmar’s military to end its coup, release all persons arbitrarily detained,...
View ArticleHRN & UMCA-Japan Submit Open Letter of Inquiry to Japanese Government on its...
On 26 March 2021, HRN and the Union of Myanmar Citizen Association-Japan (UMCA-Japan) submitted an open letter of inquiry addressed to the government of Japan which ask 12 questions regarding its...
View ArticleVideo Statement by Shibuya Zarny on the Military Coup in Myanmar
Shibuya Zarny has made a video statement to the international community on the military coup in Myanmar which was aired for a United Nations’ CSW65 event in March in cooperation with Human Rights Now....
View ArticleHRN and Justice for Myanmar release Joint Statement calling on TASAKI to end...
HRN and Justice for Myanmar have released a joint statement calling on TASAKI to end all business with the Myanmar military junta following US designation of Myanmar Pearl Enterprise for sanctions. The...
View ArticleHRN Releases Statement in Support of Asian Americans Facing Discrimination in...
HRN has released a statement in support of Asian Americans facing discrimination in the United States. The statement lists various ways in which discrimination and hate acts against persons of Asian...
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HRN Releases Statement on Japanese Companies’ Links to Forced Labor in XUAR...
HRN has released the English translation of our Joint Statement with Japan Uyghur Association “Japanese Companies’ Links to Forced Labor in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and Corporate...
View ArticleHRN Releases Statement on Myanmar for the 47th Human Rights Council Session
HRN has released a statement for the 47th Human Rights Council session in Geneva surveying the serious human rights violations the Myanmar military has been perpetrating against its population since...
View ArticleHRN Releases Statement on Asian American Discrimination in the US for the...
HRN has released a written statement on discrimination in the US against Asians and Asian Americans for the 47th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. The statement identifies gaps between US...
View ArticleHRN Releases Statement on Palestine for the 47th Human Rights Council Session
HRN has released a written statement on the recent violence between Israel and Palestine for the 47th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. The statement identifies a pattern of...
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HRN Signs Open Letter to President Biden Calling for Action to Protect...
HRN has signed an open letter calling on President Biden to help bring an end to Israel’s institutionalized domination and oppression of the Palestinian people and protect their fundamental human...
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Webinar: “Human Rights and Due Diligence・Considering the Trend in Europe”
July 12 Webinar: “Human Rights and Due Diligence・Considering the Trend in Europe” Unanimously approved by the UN Human Rights Council in 2011, and celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, the...
View ArticleHRN’s Oral Statement on Violence Against Women is Aired for the 47th Human...
Our oral statement for a meeting on Violence Against Women at the the 47th Human Rights Council session in Geneva was aired on June 29 on the UN’s media website streaming the meeting. Our statement...
View ArticleHRN’s Oral Statement Calling for the Cancellation of the Olympics is Played...
Only hours after Human Rights Now had its oral statement played for the UN Human Rights Council’s 47th session — calling on organizers to cancel or postpone the Olympics due to the risk of covid-19 —...
View ArticleHRN Makes Oral Statement on Palestine for the 47th Human Rights Council Session
HRN has made on oral statement on Palestine for the 47th Human Rights Council Session. It was played for the session on July 9. The statement condemns the violence by the Israeli military against...
View ArticleHRN releases an Oral Statement on Discrimination in the United States
HRN has released an oral statement calling on the US government to pass measures to end police violence against Black Americans and disproportionate force against BLM protestors and to to investigate,...
View ArticleHRN releases a statement on the collapse of Civil Society Organizations in...
HRN has submitted a written statement to the 48th Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva decrying the collapse of civil society organizations (CSOs) in Hong Kong, which are under extreme...
View ArticleHRN releases a statement on the political and civil society crackdowns in...
HRN has released a statement protesting the massive number of arbitrary arrests and convictions by the Cambodian government of political opposition, human rights defenders, and journalists, which we...
View ArticleHRN Releases statement Expressing Solidarity with Afghan Women
HRN has released a statement expressing solidarity with Afghan women. In the statement we urge the new government in Afghanistan to fulfill its pledge to establish an all-inclusive government by taking...
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