World Tolerance Summit in Dubai Cannot Whitewash Abuses

Thousands of people with mental health conditions across Nigeria are chained and locked up in various facilities where they face terrible abuse.

Abuses Should Rule Out Schengen Accession

Security forces have fired teargas cartridges directly at protesters in Baghdad, Iraq on numerous occasions since protests resumed on October 25, 2019.

Arrests, Torture, Murder Accompany Reforms

The Trump administration’s broad sanctions on Iran have drastically constrained the ability of the country to finance humanitarian imports.

Activists from Around the Globe Reflect on Successes, Challenges

October 10 is a historic day in Iran – For the first time, women will be allowed the basic right to attend a FIFA World Cup qualifier match. But why is there a seat limit for women? Iran’s Azadi (Freedom) Stadium holds 85,000 people, but only 3,000 seats are allocated for women.

Mobile Unit Helps Keep People Out of the Hospital

Ray Ekins, 78, has dementia and was prescribed olanzapine, an antipsychotic prohibited for use in older people with dementia. His daughter Susan asked his geriatrician about significant changes in his mood and behavior. He told her that her father was old, and she and Ray would just have to accept it. Susan moved Ray to a new facility in 2014 which helped to wean him off the drugs.