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Dispatches: Time Has Not Run Out in DR Congo

February 10, 2016

Dispatches: Time Has Not Run Out in DR Congo

The United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee is due to hold a hearing today on “good governance” in central Africa, something this troubled region desperately lacks. The timing could not be more crucial.

Europe/Central Asia

February 8, 2016 News Release

Russia/Syria: Daily Cluster Munition Attacks
Europe/Central Asia

February 8, 2016 Commentary

Fear and Loathing of Refugees in Europe

Judith Sunderland
Associate Director, Europe and Central Asia Division
Asia

February 9, 2016 News Release

Indonesia: Terror Law Amendments Should Not Threaten Rights

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February 10, 2016 News Release

China/Hong Kong: Free ‘Disappeared’ Booksellers
February 10, 2016 Commentary

Australia drawing the wrong lines on asylum seekers
February 9, 2016 News Release

Cambodia: End Threats to Peaceful Protest
February 9, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Protesting Elections Is No Excuse for Lethal Force
February 9, 2016 News Release

Uzbekistan: Rights Defender’s Work Impeded
February 8, 2016 News Release

Morocco: Leading Journalist Facing Trial
February 8, 2016 News Release

Malaysia: End Anwar Ibrahim Incarceration
February 8, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: LGBT Rights Five Years After the Tunisian Uprising
February 8, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Retroactive Repression of Burma’s Students

Human Rights Watch Daily Brief, 9 February 2016

Daily Brief

February 9, 2016

UN accuses Syrian government of "extermination"; Europe's panicked response to refugees; flawed counterterror law in Indonesia; facing 5 years for protest in Burma; journalist on trial in Morocco; incarceration anniversary in Malaysia, and volleyball in Iran.

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January 27, 2016 Video

World Report 2016: ‘Politics of Fear’ Threatens Rights
January 20, 2016 Video

Settlement, Inc.
January 12, 2016 Video

Lebanon: Syrian Refugees Forced to Live in the Shadows

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February 4, 2016

"Pain Tears Me Apart"

Challenges and Progress in Ensuring the Right to Palliative Care in Morocco
February 3, 2016

France: Abuses Under State of Emergency

Halt Warrantless Search and House Arrest
February 2, 2016

"All this for a Joint"

Tunisia’s Repressive Drug Law and a Roadmap for Its Reform
January 29, 2016

Iran Sending Thousands of Afghans to Fight in Syria

Refugees, Migrants Report Deportation Threats

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February 5, 2016 Commentary

On Assange, Following the Rules or Flouting Them?
February 3, 2016 Report

France: Abuses Under State of Emergency
February 8, 2016 News Release

Egypt: Condemn Justice Minister’s Hate Speech
February 8, 2016 News Release

Russia/Syria: Daily Cluster Munition Attacks
February 4, 2016 News Release

Central African Republic: Rape by Peacekeepers

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February 9, 2016 Daily Brief

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January 22, 2016 Commentary

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January 29, 2016 Commentary

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January 20, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: A Law Ignored and Another Horror in Afghanistan
January 19, 2016 News Release

Israel: Businesses Should End Settlement Activity

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Africa
February 10, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Time Has Not Run Out in DR Congo

Ida Sawyer
Senior Researcher, Democratic Republic of Congo
February 9, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Protesting Elections Is No Excuse for Lethal Force

February 5, 2016 News Release

Guinea: Protect Phone Users’ Privacy
Americas
February 2, 2016 News Release

Colombia/US: Obama Should Press Santos on Justice
February 4, 2016 News Release

Why Obama should press Colombia on justice

January 28, 2016 News Release

Protester Behind Bars in Argentina
Asia
February 9, 2016 News Release

Indonesia: Terror Law Amendments Should Not Threaten Rights
February 8, 2016 News Release

Malaysia: End Anwar Ibrahim Incarceration

February 8, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Retroactive Repression of Burma’s Students
Europe/Central Asia
February 9, 2016 News Release

Uzbekistan: Rights Defender’s Work Impeded
February 8, 2016 Commentary

Fear and Loathing of Refugees in Europe

February 8, 2016 Commentary

A Law Beyond Improvement
Middle East/North Africa
February 8, 2016 News Release

Morocco: Leading Journalist Facing Trial
February 8, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: LGBT Rights Five Years After the Tunisian Uprising

February 8, 2016 News Release

Russia/Syria: Daily Cluster Munition Attacks
United States
February 2, 2016 News Release

US: Repeal Mandatory Federal Drug Sentences
February 4, 2016 News Release

Why Obama should press Colombia on justice

February 2, 2016 News Release

Innovative Lab Launched to Strengthen Human Rights Work

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Arms
February 8, 2016 News Release

Russia/Syria: Daily Cluster Munition Attacks
January 27, 2016 News Release

Ukraine: Fragile Ceasefire

January 27, 2016 News Release

Russia: Growing Human Rights Crackdown
Business
February 4, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Japan Joins Mercury Treaty – Now Act On It

Juliane Kippenberg
Associate Director, Children's Rights Division
February 5, 2016 News Release

Guinea: Protect Phone Users’ Privacy

February 5, 2016 Letter

Letter to Prime Minister of Guinea, Mamady Youla
Children's Rights
February 10, 2016 Commentary

Australia drawing the wrong lines on asylum seekers

Phil Robertson
Deputy Director, Asia Division
February 1, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: End the Abuse of Female Genital Mutilation

January 29, 2016 Letter

Letter and memorandum to donors attending the “Supporting Syria and the Region” conference
Disability Rights
January 20, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: People with Disabilities Remain at Risk in Bangui

Lewis Mudge
Africa researcher
January 13, 2016 News Release

Yemen: Houthis Endangered School for Blind

December 17, 2015 Commentary

Amid Anxiety, Human Rights Should Be a Priority
Environment
December 17, 2015 Dispatches

Dispatches: UN Resolution Enshrines Rights to Clean Drinking Water, Sanitation

Amanda Klasing
Senior Researcher, Women's Rights Division
December 15, 2015 Dispatches

Dispatches: Climate Pact Recognizes Rights, Now the Work Begins

December 7, 2015 News Release

Human Rights in Climate Pact Under Fire
Free Speech
February 9, 2016 News Release

Cambodia: End Threats to Peaceful Protest
February 9, 2016 News Release

Uzbekistan: Rights Defender’s Work Impeded

February 8, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Retroactive Repression of Burma’s Students
Health
February 4, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Japan Joins Mercury Treaty – Now Act On It

Juliane Kippenberg
Associate Director, Children's Rights Division
February 4, 2016 News Release

Morocco: Thousands Face Needless Suffering at End of Life

February 1, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Achieving Pain Relief For Millions
International Justice
February 1, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: On Africa and the ICC, Don’t Buy All the Hype

Elise Keppler
Associate Director, International Justice Program
January 29, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Once Untouchable, Now In The Dock of The ICC

January 28, 2016 News Release

ICC: Former Ivorian President Gbagbo on Trial
LGBT Rights
February 8, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: LGBT Rights Five Years After the Tunisian Uprising

Eric Goldstein
Deputy Director, Middle East and North Africa Division
February 3, 2016 News Release

Russia: Court Rules Against LGBT Activist

February 2, 2016 News Release

India: Supreme Court Revisits “Sodomy” Law
Migration
February 8, 2016 Commentary

Fear and Loathing of Refugees in Europe

Judith Sunderland
Associate Director, Europe and Central Asia Division
February 1, 2016 Commentary

A way for Europe to remove chaos from the migration crisis

January 29, 2016 Commentary

Turkey Alone Can’t Solve Europe’s Refugee Crisis
Refugees
February 10, 2016 Commentary

Australia drawing the wrong lines on asylum seekers

Phil Robertson
Deputy Director, Asia Division
February 8, 2016 Commentary

Fear and Loathing of Refugees in Europe

February 4, 2016 News Release

Syria: New Agenda on Refugee Aid
Terrorism / Counterterrorism
January 11, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatch: UK Snoopers’ Charter, Version 2.0

Cynthia M. Wong
Senior Researcher, Internet and Human Rights
January 27, 2016 Letter

Joint Letter to US House Judiciary Committee Re: Call for Public Hearings on Reform of FISA Section 702

January 4, 2016 News Release

Saudi Arabia: Mass Execution Largest Since 1980
Torture
December 18, 2015 Commentary

Why Germany Can and Should Open an Investigation into US Torture

Géraldine Mattioli-Zeltner
Advocacy Director, International Justice Program
January 27, 2016 News Release

Central Asia: Backsliding on Rights

January 24, 2016 News Release

Kyrgyzstan: Ensure Accountability in Torture Case
United Nations
February 4, 2016 News Release

Central African Republic: Rape by Peacekeepers
February 5, 2016 Commentary

On Assange, Following the Rules or Flouting Them?

January 25, 2016 News Release

Sri Lanka: Fulfill Rights Council Call for Justice
Women's Rights
February 5, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Remembering Masika, One of Congo’s Heroes

Ida Sawyer
Senior Researcher, Democratic Republic of Congo
February 4, 2016 Commentary

Beach volleyball and women's rights in Iran?

February 4, 2016 News Release

Central African Republic: Rape by Peacekeepers