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Recent Corrections
11/19/2025: The news release has been updated to indicate that this is the 10th time that Bahraini authorities have arrested, interrogated, or prosecuted Sharif since 2011.
10/17/2025: This news release has been updated to indicate that only some of those arrested by the police and Royal Gendarmerie remain detained.
An earlier version of the report erroneously noted the increase of VAT to 20 percent; it was 18 percent.
This press release was changed on October 3 to correct the reporting lines of fingerprint experts.
Edits were made to the report to clarify the limited scope of UN-Habitat's role in the original planned relocation project that led to the construction of the houses in Khar Yalla, specifically the timeline and nature of their involvement.
This submission has been corrected to reflect the maximum prison term faced by Mzia Amaghlobeli.
7/24/2025: This news release has been edited to clarify that the Houthis did not meet the international law requirements for a lawful naval blockade.
7/28/25: Edits were made to an interviewee's testimony for security reasons and to correct mistranslations.
We have corrected the online version of this news release to indicate that the UN Human Rights Committee was considering Vietnam’s report on its implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
July 8, 2025: The language in a graphic on page 37 has been corrected to indicate that for over 300,000 people, the effort to collect water takes more than an hour walking.