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October 12, 2026 Letter

Joint Letter to Cambodia Prime Minister

Follow-up to the Urgent Appeal to Free the Five Imprisoned Mother Nature Cambodia Activists

October 12, 2026 News Release

Türkiye: End Internet Censorship

Tags, with “Access blocked” and the name of blocked accounts belonging to journalists and media outlets, LGBT and women’s rights groups, and other rights defenders, are tied to the gates of Turkey’s Constitutional Court, to protest the Turkish authorities’ blocking of hundreds of social media accounts and websites. Ankara, October 7, 2026.
October 12, 2026 Report

Senegal: Brutal Crackdown Violates LGBT People’s Rights

Mass arrests, Forced HIV Testing, Restricted Access to Legal Representation

Renovated Dakar Railway station inaugurated, May 2026. 
October 12, 2026 News Release

UN: Burundi Set to Win Human Rights Council Seat Despite Abuses

Lack of Competition Virtually Guarantees a Spot on Key Forum

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October 10, 2026 News Release

Gaza: Ceasefire Anniversary Marks Year of Failed Promises

No Reconstruction; Acute Humanitarian Needs; Killing Continues

A Palestinian boy walks inside a destroyed building in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, January 27, 2026.
October 9, 2026 News Release

US Sanctions on ICC Put Global Justice at Risk

Member Countries Should Renew Support for Court, Minimize Harm

Permanent premises of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, the Netherlands.
October 9, 2026 Statement

US Sanctions International Criminal Court

The International Criminal Court, or ICC, is seen in The Hague, Netherlands, November 7, 2019. 
October 9, 2026 Statement

Human Rights, Justice Advocate Navi Pillay Wins Nobel Peace Prize

South African lawyer and judge Navi Pillay at the Nuremberg Forum following the announcement that she will be awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, October 9, 2026.
October 9, 2026 Letter

Ethiopia: Call for a Special Session to Prevent Further Atrocities 

Civil society joint letter to the United Nations Human Rights Council 

October 9, 2026 Dispatches

War’s Hidden Mental Health Toll on Children with Disabilities

On World Mental Health Day, Ensure Inclusive Mental Health Support

October 8, 2026 Dispatches

Airstrike Damages Hospital in Central Ukraine

Repeated Attacks Harm Ukrainian’s Right to Health

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October 8, 2026 Dispatches

Niger’s Junta Tightens Its Grip on Free Expression

Lawyer Tried on Bogus Charges; Journalist Feared Forcibly Disappeared

Moussa Kala
October 8, 2026 Dispatches

Louisiana Activists Draw Links Between Petrochemical, Climate Harm to Maternal Health

Policymakers Should Consider Science and Community Worries

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October 8, 2026 Letter

Singapore: Drop New Wave of Charges Against Human Rights Defenders, End Criminalization of Freedom of Expression and Peaceful Assembly

October 8, 2026 Dispatches

UN Child Rights Committee Calls for Free Pre-Primary Education in Uganda

6 in 10 Ugandan Children Miss Out on Early Learning

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