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Burma: Satellite Images Detail Destruction in Meiktila

Investigations, Accountability Needed to Deter Future Attacks

Apr 1, 2013

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Ghana: People With Mental Disabilities Face Serious Abuse

Take Steps to Improve Plight of Mentally Disabled

Mar 31, 2013

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What Are the BRICS Building?

This odd coalition was formed to shift the world economy. But is it becoming a political tool for autocrats?

Mar 30, 2013

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Libya: Ensure Due Process for Extradited Libyans

Humane Treatment, Access to Lawyers, Fair Trials Key

Mar 30, 2013

Press release
Cambodia: Supreme Court Keeps Activist Jailed

Donors Should Step Up Pressure for Unconditional Release of Yorm Bopha

Mar 29, 2013

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Letter to US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel Regarding Continuing Indefinite Detention and the Hunger Strike at Guantanamo

Mar 29, 2013

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Tunisia: New Law Should Create Independent Judges

Parliament Should Empower New Judicial Council to Review Judge Dismissals

Mar 28, 2013

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Sri Lanka: Probe into LTTE Crimes Should Start with Karuna

Deputy Minister Among Senior Leaders Linked to Wartime Atrocities

Mar 28, 2013

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New Government Should Tackle Past Injustice, Abuses

Reports

Hostages of the Gatekeepers

Abuses against Internally Displaced in Mogadishu, Somalia
Guilty by Association

Human Rights Violations in the Enforcement of Cameroon’s Anti-Homosexuality Law
"You Will Be Punished"

Attacks on Civilians in Eastern Congo

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Africa »

Ghana: People With Mental Disabilities Face Serious Abuse

Mar 31, 2013
Somalia: Protect Displaced People at Risk

Mar 26, 2013
Mali: Soldiers Torture Detainees in Léré

Mar 26, 2013
Russia wants BRICS partners to ignore its transgressions

Mar 26, 2013
DR Congo: Victims, Activists Respond to Warlord’s Surrender

Mar 26, 2013

Americas »

Russia wants BRICS partners to ignore its transgressions

Mar 26, 2013
Guatemala Genocide Trial a Landmark

Mar 19, 2013
Venezuela: Chávez’s Authoritarian Legacy

Mar 5, 2013
Mexico: Crisis of Enforced Disappearances

Feb 20, 2013
Colombia: Landmark Ruling for Land Restitution

Feb 20, 2013

Asia »

Burma: Satellite Images Detail Destruction in Meiktila

Apr 1, 2013
Cambodia: Supreme Court Keeps Activist Jailed

Mar 29, 2013
Sri Lanka: Probe into LTTE Crimes Should Start with Karuna

Mar 28, 2013
Burma: Rohingya Muslims Face Humanitarian Crisis

Mar 26, 2013
Indonesia: Order an End to Church Demolitions

Mar 25, 2013

Europe/Central Asia »

Russia wants BRICS partners to ignore its transgressions

Mar 26, 2013
New UK Media Curbs May Please Beijing

Mar 25, 2013
Turkey: Strengthen Law Reform Bill

Mar 25, 2013
Russia: New Pressure on Civil Society

Mar 24, 2013
EU Failing to Tackle Hungary’s Constitutional Missteps

Mar 15, 2013

Middle East/N. Africa »

What Are the BRICS Building?

Mar 30, 2013
Libya: Ensure Due Process for Extradited Libyans

Mar 30, 2013
Tunisia: New Law Should Create Independent Judges

Mar 28, 2013
Algeria: Activists Barred from World Social Forum

Mar 27, 2013
Russia wants BRICS partners to ignore its transgressions

Mar 26, 2013

United States »

Letter to US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel Regarding Continuing Indefinite Detention and the Hunger Strike at Guantanamo

Mar 29, 2013
'Too Little Justice': Misdemeanor Defendants in the US

Mar 22, 2013
US: Move Drone Strike Program to Military

Mar 21, 2013
Lawmakers Must Reevaluate Immigration Detention System

Mar 19, 2013
Leaning In, and Sometimes Falling Over the Edge

Mar 18, 2013

Arms »

US: Move Drone Strike Program to Military

Mar 21, 2013
Syria: Mounting Casualties from Cluster Munitions

Mar 16, 2013
Time for US to embrace ban on landmines

Mar 4, 2013
United States: The Time has Come to Ban Landmines

Mar 1, 2013
A Dangerous Model

Feb 1, 2013

Business »

UN: Emphasize Rights in Development Agenda

Mar 25, 2013
Letter to the High-level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda

Mar 24, 2013
World Bank: Investigate ‘Development’ Project Abuses

Mar 18, 2013
Zambia: Safety Gaps Threaten Copper Miners

Feb 20, 2013
Equatorial Guinea: Visiting Leaders Should Press for Rights

Feb 18, 2013

Children's Rights »

UN: Emphasize Rights in Development Agenda

Mar 25, 2013
Letter to the High-level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda

Mar 24, 2013
DR Congo: Bosco Ntaganda’s Trail of Atrocities Ends at the ICC

Mar 22, 2013
Letter to Inter-American Commission on Human Rights: Examine Incarceration of Youth in US Adult Prisons and Jails

Mar 11, 2013
Exchanging Daughters for Livestock: Child Marriage In South Sudan

Mar 10, 2013

Counterterrorism »

Letter to US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel Regarding Continuing Indefinite Detention and the Hunger Strike at Guantanamo

Mar 29, 2013
US: Move Drone Strike Program to Military

Mar 21, 2013
Military commissions don't give victims justice

Mar 18, 2013
What Rules Should Govern US Drone Attacks?

Mar 11, 2013
US: NY Trial Right for Bin Laden In-Law

Mar 8, 2013

Disability Rights »

Ghana: People With Mental Disabilities Face Serious Abuse

Mar 31, 2013
UN: Emphasize Rights in Development Agenda

Mar 25, 2013
Letter to the High-level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda

Mar 24, 2013
Involuntary Treatment: The Invisible Health Care Crisis

Mar 5, 2013
Discrimination, Inequality, and Poverty—A Human Rights Perspective

Jan 11, 2013

Environment »

UN: Emphasize Rights in Development Agenda

Mar 25, 2013
Letter to the High-level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda

Mar 24, 2013
Nigeria: Funds Released for Lead Cleanup

Jan 29, 2013
Mercury Convention "Must Be Brought to Life"

Jan 21, 2013
Mercury Treaty: Last Chance to Address Health Effects

Jan 10, 2013

Health »

Ghana: People With Mental Disabilities Face Serious Abuse

Mar 31, 2013
UN: Emphasize Rights in Development Agenda

Mar 25, 2013
Involuntary Treatment: The Invisible Health Care Crisis

Mar 5, 2013
UN Report Highlights Abuse as ‘Drug Treatment’

Mar 3, 2013
Zambia: Safety Gaps Threaten Copper Miners

Feb 20, 2013

International Justice »

DR Congo: Victims, Activists Respond to Warlord’s Surrender

Mar 26, 2013
DR Congo: Warlord Ntaganda at ICC a Victory for Justice

Mar 25, 2013
DR Congo: Bosco Ntaganda’s Trail of Atrocities Ends at the ICC

Mar 22, 2013
DR Congo: Congolese Warlord Should Face Justice

Mar 18, 2013
Chad: Don’t Welcome Back Al-Bashir

Mar 15, 2013

LGBT Rights »

Cameroon: Rights Abuses in ‘Homosexuality’ Prosecutions

Mar 21, 2013
Cameroon: Three Years in Prison for Love... Impunity for Hate

Feb 28, 2013
Letter to the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission Ahead of the EU-Ukraine Summit

Feb 21, 2013
Ukraine: EU Should Raise LGBT Rights at Summit

Feb 21, 2013
Letter to Paul Biya, president of the Republic of Cameroon

Feb 13, 2013

Press Freedom »

Yemen: Possible Military Role in Journalist’s Killing

Mar 16, 2013
Somalia: Woman Alleging Rape Cleared, Journalist Convicted

Mar 3, 2013
Should Companies Take Responsibility for Repression?

Feb 13, 2013
Somalia: Second Journalist Detained Without Charge

Feb 11, 2013
Iraqi Kurdistan: Free Speech Under Attack

Feb 10, 2013

Refugees »

Somalia: Protect Displaced People at Risk

Mar 26, 2013
Jordan: President’s Visit Shouldn’t Ignore Refugees in Peril

Mar 22, 2013
Jordan: Obama Should Press King on Asylum Seeker Pushbacks

Mar 21, 2013
Israel: Detained Asylum Seekers Pressured to Leave

Mar 13, 2013
The Netherlands: Halt Plan to Deport Somalis

Feb 21, 2013

Terrorism »

Iran: Guarantee Rights of ‘Terror’ Suspects

Feb 23, 2013
Global: 140 Countries Pass Counterterror Laws since 9/11

Jun 29, 2012
Yemen’s Other Crises

May 22, 2012
Justice on Trial

May 9, 2012
Russia: Heinous Attack on Civilians

May 4, 2012

United Nations »

UN Rights Body Forms Landmark Investigation Into North Korea

Mar 21, 2013
Letter to UN HRC on Renewal of Mandate of Special Rapporteur on Iran

Mar 12, 2013
Involuntary Treatment: The Invisible Health Care Crisis

Mar 5, 2013
Syria: Authorize Cross-Border Humanitarian Aid

Feb 11, 2013
North Korea: Activists Welcome Japan’s Support for Inquiry

Feb 5, 2013

Women's Rights »

Somalia: Protect Displaced People at Risk

Mar 26, 2013
UN: Emphasize Rights in Development Agenda

Mar 25, 2013
Letter to the High-level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda

Mar 24, 2013
10 years on, Iraq ignores promised reforms in human rights

Mar 19, 2013
Leaning In, and Sometimes Falling Over the Edge

Mar 18, 2013