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Philippines: New Anti-Terrorism Act Endangers Rights
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US: Stop Using Untrained, Abusive Agencies at Protests
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Cambodia: Thai Activist Abducted in Phnom Penh
Click to expand ImageWanchalearm Satsaksit, a prominent Thai pro-democracy activist living in exile in Cambodia, was abducted in Phnom Penh on June 4, 2020. © 2020 Private(Bangkok) – Cambodian...
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Reckless Use of US Helicopters to Intimidate Protesters
Click to expand ImageA US military UH-72A “Lakota” hovers low over protesters on June 1, 2020 in Washington, DC, battering them with its rotor wash and sending debris flying.© 2020 Sam WardPolice and...
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Venezuela: Deal to Distribute Aid through UN
Click to expand ImagePeople wearing face masks walk past a mural depicting Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro in Caracas on April 17, 2020, amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. © 2020...
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Iran: Free Students Long in Solitary
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View ArticleAnother Chance to Address Homophobic Violence in Armenia
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View ArticleUN: Human Rights Council Should Act on Philippines
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View ArticleSyria: Restart Efforts to Find Victims Kidnapped by ISIS
(Beirut) – Local authorities in northern Syria have failed to advance efforts to find people kidnapped by ISIS more than a year after its territorial defeat in Syria, Human Rights Watch said today. The...
View ArticleVenezuela: A Police State Lashes Out Amid Covid-19
Click to expand Image National Guard soldiers and municipal police ride through the neighborhood of Petare in Caracas, Venezuela, on August 7, 2020, patrolling the area to make sure residents are...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: Thousands Still Missing
Click to expand Image Civilians fleeing Kajo Keji county, toward the southern border with Uganda, April 27, 2017. © 2017 Jason Patinkin Civilians fleeing Kajo Keji county, toward the southern border...
View ArticleBelarus: Internet Disruptions, Online Censorship
Click to expand Image Protesters in Belarus, Minsk, holding up their smartphones. August 25, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Sergei Grits (Moscow) – Belarusian authorities are disrupting internet access and...
View ArticleEgypt: Veteran Human Rights Defender Bahey el-Din Hassan Sentenced to...
Click to expand Image Bahey el-Din Hassan. © Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (Beirut) – On 25 August 2020, the Fifth “Terrorism Circuit” of the Cairo Criminal Court sentenced Bahey eldin...
View ArticleJordan: Release Prominent Cartoonist
Click to expand Image Emad Hajjaj. © 2020 Private (Amman) – Jordanian authorities should immediately release and drop abusive charges against Emad Hajjaj, a cartoonist, Human Rights Watch said today....
View ArticleMalaysia: Proposed Law Reverses Police Reforms
Click to expand Image Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin attending parliament session at parliament lower house in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, July 13, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Vincent Thian (Bangkok) –...
View ArticleHurricane Katrina in the US, 15 Years Later
Click to expand Image People protest in front of the storm damaged city hall in New Orleans, Louisiana, over the city’s response to Hurricane Katrina. © 2006 Brian Root Fifteen years ago, I sat in a...
View ArticleEU Member States Should Act on Philippines Abuses
Click to expand Image Veiled protesters, mostly relatives of victims of alleged extra-judicial killings, display placards during a protest outside the Philippine military and police camps in Quezon...
View ArticleNigeria’s Rising Number of Missing Persons
Click to expand Image Family members of the kidnapped Nigerian Chibok girls, Nigeria, October 18, 2016. © 2016 AP Photo/Olamikan Gbemiga Hundreds of people are missing from a town in northeast Nigeria...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia Reviews Child Death Penalty Cases
Click to expand Image Ali al-Nimr is one of at least three Saudi men currently on death row for protest-related crimes committed when they were children. © 2011 Eshaparvathi/Creative Commons On August...
View ArticleArgentina: Legalize Abortion
(Washington, DC) – The life and health of anyone who is pregnant in Argentina will be at risk as long as access to abortion and post-abortion care remains heavily restricted, Human Rights Watch said in...
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