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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 complying with COVID-19 regulations.

August 28, 2020

Venezuela: A Police State Lashes Out Amid Covid-19

Venezuelan security forces and authorities have used measures to curb the spread of Covid-19 as an excuse to crack down on dissenting voices and intensify their control over the population.

August 27, 2020
Commentary
Pompeo’s Commission on Unalienable Rights Will Endanger Everyone’s Human Rights

Kenneth Roth

Executive Director

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Published in: Foreign Policy
August 26, 2020
News Release
Brazil: Amazon Fires Affect Health of Thousands
Middle East/North Africa

August 26, 2020
Report
Lebanon: Lethal Force Used Against Protesters

Latest News

August 28, 2020 News Release

Malaysia: Proposed Law Reverses Police Reforms
August 28, 2020 News Release

South Sudan: Thousands Still Missing
August 28, 2020 Dispatches

Another Chance to Address Homophobic Violence in Armenia
August 28, 2020 News Release

Syria: Restart Efforts to Find Victims Kidnapped by ISIS
August 28, 2020 News Release

UN: Human Rights Council Should Act on Philippines
August 27, 2020 Dispatches

Landmark Ruling Bolsters Disability Rights in Pakistan
August 27, 2020 News Release

OAS Leader Undermining Rights Body
August 27, 2020 News Release

Thailand: More Protest Leaders Arrested
August 27, 2020 News Release

Mali: Transition Authorities Should Promote Justice
August 27, 2020 News Release

Joint Statement: Draft Law on Public Order Violates Women’s Rights
August 27, 2020 Dispatches

What China’s Foreign Minister Should Expect in Europe
August 27, 2020 Dispatches

German Economics Ministry Blocks Effective Supply Chains Law
August 27, 2020 News Release

Jordan: Arrests, Forced Dispersal at Teacher Protests

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Reports

August 28, 2020 Report

Venezuela: A Police State Lashes Out Amid Covid-19

Arbitrary Arrests, Prosecutions of Critics, Abuses Against Detainees
August 26, 2020 Report

“The Air is Unbearable”

Health Impacts of Deforestation-Related Fires in the Brazilian Amazon
August 26, 2020 Report

Lebanon: Lethal Force Used Against Protesters

Attacks on Fleeing Demonstrators, Health Workers, Media
August 25, 2020 Report

Maldives: Covid-19 Exposes Abuse of Migrants

Overhaul System to Protect Foreign Workers at All Times

Africa

August 28, 2020
News Release
South Sudan: Thousands Still Missing

August 27, 2020 News Release

Mali: Transition Authorities Should Promote Justice

August 24, 2020 Q & A

Q&A: Justice for War Crimes in South Sudan
Americas

August 24, 2020
Dispatches
World Bank Group Failing at Remedies for Project Abuses

Kristina Aiad-Toss

Klatsky Fellow, Business and Human Rights

August 27, 2020 News Release

OAS Leader Undermining Rights Body

August 21, 2020 Dispatches

Venezuelan Migrants Face Covid-19 Risk in Aruba Detention Centers
Asia

August 28, 2020
News Release
Malaysia: Proposed Law Reverses Police Reforms

August 28, 2020 News Release

UN: Human Rights Council Should Act on Philippines

August 27, 2020 Dispatches

Landmark Ruling Bolsters Disability Rights in Pakistan
Europe/Central Asia

August 28, 2020
Dispatches
Another Chance to Address Homophobic Violence in Armenia

Catherine Pilishvili

Senior Associate, Europe and Central Asia Division

August 27, 2020 Letter

Open letter to the United Nations Human Rights Council regarding the situation in Belarus

August 27, 2020 Dispatches

What China’s Foreign Minister Should Expect in Europe
Middle East/North Africa

August 28, 2020
News Release
Syria: Restart Efforts to Find Victims Kidnapped by ISIS

August 27, 2020 News Release

Jordan: Arrests, Forced Dispersal at Teacher Protests

August 26, 2020 News Release

Iraq: Basra Political Group Targeted
United States

August 27, 2020
Commentary
Pompeo’s Commission on Unalienable Rights Will Endanger Everyone’s Human Rights

Kenneth Roth

Executive Director

kenroth
kenroth

Published in: Foreign Policy

August 27, 2020 Letter

Nearly 100 groups urge New York Mayor to Create Public Misconduct Database for Corrections Officers

August 27, 2020 Letter

More than 100 groups urge New York Governor to Create Public Misconduct Database for Corrections Officers

Arms

July 31, 2020
Commentary
Treaty Banning Cluster Munitions Turns 10, but Without the US

Mary Wareham

Advocacy Director, Arms Division

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marywareham

Published in: Just Security

July 29, 2020 News Release

US: Join Allies in Banning Cluster Munitions

June 16, 2020 Dispatches

Italy Should Stop Arms Transfer to Egypt
Business

August 27, 2020
Dispatches
German Economics Ministry Blocks Effective Supply Chains Law

Juliane Kippenberg

Associate Director, Children's Rights Division

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August 24, 2020 Dispatches

World Bank Group Failing at Remedies for Project Abuses

August 17, 2020 News Release

Kazakhstan: Extend, Expand Covid-19 Aid
Children's Rights

August 26, 2020
Dispatches
Forty-Nine Migrant Children Moved to Safety in France

Bénédicte Jeannerod

France Director

@BenJeannerod
@BenJeannerod

August 25, 2020 Dispatches

Indigenous Australian Boy’s Death and Inadequate Health Care

August 24, 2020 Commentary

Kenya: Denying Education to Pregnant Teens and Young Mothers

Published In AllAfrica
Crisis and Conflict

August 28, 2020
News Release
Syria: Restart Efforts to Find Victims Kidnapped by ISIS

July 27, 2020 News Release

Yemen: Allow UN to Secure Oil Supertanker

July 27, 2020 News Release

Myanmar: End Unlawful Internet Restrictions
Disability Rights

August 27, 2020
Dispatches
Landmark Ruling Bolsters Disability Rights in Pakistan

Saroop Ijaz

Senior Counsel, Asia Division

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@saroopijaz

August 25, 2020 Dispatches

Will Serbia Release Covid-19 Data from Institutions?

August 12, 2020 Commentary

Why Mexico Shouldn’t Delay on Protection, Support for People with Disabilities

Published In El Universal
Environment

August 26, 2020
News Release
Brazil: Amazon Fires Affect Health of Thousands

July 31, 2020 Commentary

Europe Can Help Us Save the Amazon

Published In Le Monde

July 27, 2020 News Release

Yemen: Allow UN to Secure Oil Supertanker
Free Speech

August 27, 2020
News Release
Thailand: More Protest Leaders Arrested

August 27, 2020 News Release

Jordan: Arrests, Forced Dispersal at Teacher Protests

August 26, 2020 News Release

Uzbekistan: Drop Dubious Case Against Journalist
Health

August 25, 2020
Dispatches
Indigenous Australian Boy’s Death and Inadequate Health Care

Sophie McNeill

Australia Researcher

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@Sophiemcneill

August 21, 2020 Dispatches

Venezuelan Migrants Face Covid-19 Risk in Aruba Detention Centers

August 5, 2020 Dispatches

Death Penalty Danger in the Philippines
International Justice

August 24, 2020
Q & A
Q&A: Justice for War Crimes in South Sudan

August 11, 2020 Commentary

The ICC’s Work in Congo Isn’t Done

Published In Justice in Conflict

August 5, 2020 News Release

Protect Human Rights Defenders in Liberia
LGBT Rights

August 28, 2020
Dispatches
Another Chance to Address Homophobic Violence in Armenia

Catherine Pilishvili

Senior Associate, Europe and Central Asia Division

August 27, 2020 News Release

Thailand: More Protest Leaders Arrested

August 12, 2020 Dispatches

Poland Punishes LGBT Rights Activist with Pretrial Detention
Migrants

August 24, 2020
Commentary
I Came to Work in Qatar to Pursue My Dreams, But My Life is a Nightmare

A Kenyan Migrant Worker

Published in: IPS

July 30, 2020 Letter

Sufficient progress not made to warrant Tier 2 ranking for Thailand in TIP Report 2020

July 24, 2020 News Release

Maldives: Migrants Arrested for Protesting Abuses
Refugee Rights

August 26, 2020
Dispatches
Forty-Nine Migrant Children Moved to Safety in France

Bénédicte Jeannerod

France Director

@BenJeannerod
@BenJeannerod

August 24, 2020 News Release

Myanmar: Rohingya Await Justice, Safe Return 3 Years On

August 21, 2020 Dispatches

Venezuelan Migrants Face Covid-19 Risk in Aruba Detention Centers
Technology and Rights

August 13, 2020
Commentary
An algorithm shouldn’t decide a student’s future

Hye Jung Han

Researcher and Advocate, Children's Rights

@techchildrights
@techchildrights

Published in: Politico

August 4, 2020 News Release

India: Abuses Persist in Jammu and Kashmir

July 30, 2020 Letter

Joint Letter to New Executive Director, Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism
Terrorism / Counterterrorism

July 30, 2020
News Release
Tech Firms’ Counterterrorism Forum Threatens Rights

July 1, 2020 Commentary

Sahel: Atrocities by the security forces are fueling recruitment by armed Islamists

Published In Le Monde

June 29, 2020 News Release

Canada: Bring Home ISIS Suspects and Relatives from Syria
Torture

July 30, 2020
Commentary
Kyrgyzstan Must Answer for the Death of Activist Azimjon Askarov

Mihra Rittmann

Senior Researcher, Central Asia

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Published in: The Washington Post

July 15, 2020 Letter

Comment on proposed changes to procedures for asylum and withholding of removal; credible fear and reasonable fear

July 10, 2020 Commentary

Bahrain’s Torture-Tainted Courts

Published In The New Arab
United Nations

August 28, 2020
News Release
UN: Human Rights Council Should Act on Philippines

August 27, 2020 Letter

Philippines: Letter to member and observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council

August 27, 2020 Dispatches

What China’s Foreign Minister Should Expect in Europe
Women's Rights

August 27, 2020
News Release
Joint Statement: Draft Law on Public Order Violates Women’s Rights

August 24, 2020 Commentary

Kenya: Denying Education to Pregnant Teens and Young Mothers

Published In AllAfrica

August 18, 2020 Dispatches

Nepal Health Facility Births Decline by Half During Covid-19 Lockdown: Study