(2025-01-29). US: Mississippi Delta Urgently Needs Better Cervical Cancer Care. hrw.org Click to expand Image | © 2022 Laura Freeman for Human Rights Watch | (Jackson, Mississippi) — The Mississippi state and United States federal governments are failing to take steps to prevent cervical cancer deaths for Black women in the Mississippi Delta, the Southern Rural Black Women's Initiative for Economic and Social Justice (SRBWI) and Human Rights Watch said in a report released today during cervical cancer awareness month. Cervical cancer is highly preventable and highly treatable, but experts estimate that 4,360 women died from the disease in 2024 in the United States, with a disproportion…
(2025-01-29). Pause in US Funding Puts Ukraine Programs at Risk. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Ukrainian rescuers stand next to the new equipment, which was provided by USAID, in Kyiv, Ukraine, July 17, 2023. | © 2023 Alina Smutko/Reuters | US President Donald Trump's executive order to pause all United States foreign development assistance and the subsequent stop-work and stop-spending directives from Secretary of State Marco Rubio will have far-reaching effects in Ukraine, where Russia's full-scale invasion will soon enter its fourth year.A wide range of USAID-funded programs providing critical relief in sectors affected by the war, including health care, agriculture, psyc…
(2025-01-29). Pause in US Funding Puts Ukraine Programs at Risk. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Ukrainian rescuers stand next to the new equipment, which was provided by USAID, in Kyiv, Ukraine, July 17, 2023. | © 2023 Alina Smutko/Reuters | US President Donald Trump's executive order to pause all United States foreign development assistance and the subsequent stop-work and stop-spending directives from Secretary of State Marco Rubio will have far-reaching effects in Ukraine, where Russia's full-scale invasion will soon enter its third year.A wide range of USAID-funded programs providing critical relief in sectors affected by the war, including health care, agriculture, psych…
(2025-01-29). Thailand: Right to health for prisoners and detainees. fidh.org
(2025-01-29). Disability Rights UK and Eat Breath Thrive give crucial evidence to Assisted Dying Committee. thecanary.co Disabled witnesses and people with lived experience of mental health conditions giving evidence to the Assisted Dying Bill committee have spelled out to members how the bill moving to legalise assisted suicide for terminally ill patients has "fundamental flaws". In particular, a witness speaking to issues around coercion and eating disorders posed an imperative and …
(2025-01-28). Gaza: No Safe Pregnancies During Israeli Assault. hrw.org Click to expand Image | A Palestinian woman pregnant with triplets, suffers from malnutrition and extreme anemia due to food shortages, at a displaced persons camp in Rafah, Gaza, February 14, 2024. | © 2024 Abed Zagout/Anadolu via Getty Images | (Jerusalem, January 28, 2025) — The Israeli government's blockade of Gaza and attacks on healthcare facilities have created serious and sometimes life-threatening danger for women and girls during and after pregnancy and delivery since hostilities began in October 2023, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The 50-page report, "'Five Babies in…
(2025-01-28). Thailand: Right to health for prisoners and detainees. fidh.org