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July 29, 2026 Report

South Sudan: Abuse of Civilians in Western Equatoria

Many Fled Attacks by Government Forces, Allies in Nagero County

July 28, 2026 News Release

Bangladesh: Fair Trial Concerns at Tribunal

Ensure Due Process While Prosecuting Serious Violations

Bangladesh military personnel guard the International Criminal Tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 17, 2025.

July 28, 2026 News Release

Indonesia: Environmentalists, Indigenous Leaders Unjustly Prosecuted

Activists Targeted for Protesting Land Grabs, Deforestation, Pollution

An Indigenous Dayak villager shows pictures of her rubber plantation destroyed by an industrial logging company

July 28, 2026 Dispatches

Strikes Endangering Civilians in Yemen and Saudi Arabia

Warring Parties Should Protect Civilians

Smoke rises following an airstrike by Yemeni government forces in coalition with Saudi Arabia on Sanaa International Airport, Sanaa, Yemen, July 13, 2026.

July 28, 2026 News Release

Saudi Arabia: New Executions of Ethiopian Migrants

At Least 17 Executed for Non-Lethal Drug-Related Offenses in 2026

Ethiopian migrants seeking asylum or a better life in Gulf States, walk along a highway to Saadah province to cross into Saudi Arabia, on August 23, 2023 on the outskirts of Sana'a, Yemen.

July 27, 2026 Dispatches

Proposed DHS Work Authorization Rule Threatens Immigrant Domestic Violence Survivors

Financial Independence Facilitates Escaping Abusers

In Homestead, Florida, women and their children listen to an explanation of their legal rights and strategies for preparing their families if a parent is detained or deported, January 17, 2025.

July 27, 2026 Dispatches

Vietnam Should Release Ailing Political Prisoners

Immediately Free Can Thi Theu and Other Wrongfully Imprisoned Activists

Can Thi Theu in the dock during her appeal at the Hanoi People's Court, Vietnam, on November 30, 2016.

July 27, 2026 Report

DR Congo: Oil Company Operations Pose Grave Pollution Threat

Transparency Needed to Address Health Risks to Nearby Communities

Oil well at Perenco’s concession in Democratic Republic of Congo.

July 26, 2026 Dispatches

No Justice 20 Years Since Sri Lanka’s Muttur Massacre

Murder of 17 Aid Workers Goes Unpunished Despite Government Pledges

The shuttered former office compound of Action Contre la Faim (ACF) in Muttur, Sri Lanka, October 22, 2015.

July 26, 2026 Dispatches

End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists in Yemen

Killings, Arbitrary Detentions, and Enforced Disappearances Continue

Mohammed Aydah's car in the yard of a police station, where it had been moved to after an explosive device planted in the car detonated and killed him, in Mukalla, Yemen June 25, 2026.

July 24, 2026 News Release

West Bank: Surge in Settler Violence Threatens Mass Atrocities

Urgent International Action Needed to End Israeli Government Role in Escalating Reprisals

Israeli forces fire tear gas at Palestinians and journalists covering military operations and settler activity in the nearby village of Tal, in the West Bank, July 25, 2026.

July 24, 2026 News Release

US, Iran Threaten Attacks on Civilian Infrastructure

Unlawful Strikes During Earlier Fighting Heightens Concerns of War Crimes

A woman looks out from her destroyed apartment in the Shahrak-e Gharb neighborhood of Tehran, Iran, March 21, 2026.

July 24, 2026 Dispatches

When You Watch the Tour de France, Think Sudan War

UAE State Companies Sponsors Elite Cycling Team to Sportswash Rights Abuses

UAE Team Emirates - XRG Pro Cycling team during the team presentation of the 109th Giro d'Italia in Burgas, Bulgaria, on May 6, 2026.

July 24, 2026 Dispatches

Iranians Face Double Peril of Gallows and Bombs

Amid Escalating Hostilities with the US, Iran’s Authorities Continue Unlawful Executions as a Tool of Repression

Two members of Iran’s security forces stand guard in downtown Tehran, Iran, on April 8, 2026.

July 24, 2026 News Release

Nepal: Government Actions Threaten Judicial Independence

Don’t Interfere with Supreme Court Appointments, Composition

Nepali lawyers stage a protest against the Supreme Court administration's refusal to register writ petitions and applications in Kathmandu, Nepal, on May 19, 2026.

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