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June 24, 2017

China: Don't Return 5 Refugees to North Korea

Don't Send North Koreans Back to Horrific Prison Camp System

International Justice

(Seoul) – China should immediately release five North Korean refugees held in Chinese detention and agree not to return them to North Korea, where they would face grave danger, Human Rights Watch said today.

June 24, 2017 News Release

China: Don't Return 5 Refugees to North Korea
Free Speech

June 23, 2017 Dispatches

Indonesia’s Ahmadiyah Push Back Against Discriminatory Laws

Andreas Harsono
Indonesia Researcher
LGBT Rights

June 23, 2017 Commentary

End Gendered Uniform Restrictions for LGBT Students in Philippine Schools

Daniel Lee
Associate, Asia Division

Published In: Rappler

Videos Watch More

June 21, 2017 Video

Video: LGBT Kids in the Philippines Need Protection from Bullying at School
March 27, 2017 Video

Pakistan: End Attacks on Schools
March 2, 2017 Video

Video: Police Fake Evidence in Philippines' Drug War Killings

Reports More Reports

June 21, 2017

“Just Let Us Be”

Discrimination Against LGBT Students in the Philippines
June 18, 2017

No Country for Human Rights Activists

Assaults on Bloggers and Democracy Campaigners in Vietnam
March 27, 2017

Dreams Turned into Nightmares

Attacks on Students, Teachers, and Schools in Pakistan

News

June 24, 2017 Letter

Letter from HRW to Chinese President Xi Jinping re: North Korean Refugees
June 22, 2017 Dispatches

Free Speech Under Fire in Bangladesh

Patricia Gossman
Senior Researcher, Afghanistan
June 22, 2017 Dispatches

Rebel Attack on Philippine School Endangers Students

Carlos H. Conde
Researcher, Asia Division
June 22, 2017 News Release

Pakistan: Investigate Assault on Lawyers
June 21, 2017 News Release

Philippines: LGBT Students Face Bullying, Abuse
June 21, 2017 Witness

Bullied as a Child, Gay Filipino Comes Into His Own

Nazish Dholakia
Media Desk Officer
June 21, 2017 News Release

Vietnam: New Law Threatens Right to a Defense
June 20, 2017 Dispatches

Abusive Treatment of Refugees a Blot on Thailand’s Rights Record

Sunai Phasuk
Senior Researcher, Asia Division
June 20, 2017 Dispatches

Death of Otto Warmbier Highlights North Korea Rights Abuses

Phil Robertson
Deputy Director, Asia Division
June 20, 2017 Letter

Human Rights Watch Submission on South Korea to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
June 20, 2017 Commentary

The Safe Schools Declaration: Protecting Schools During Wartime

Bede Sheppard
Deputy Director, Children's Rights Division

Published In: The Strategist
June 19, 2017 News Release

Sri Lanka: Minister Threatens Defender of Minority Rights

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Jayshree Bajoria

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Mickey Spiegel

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Daily Brief

June 23, 2017

Plus: Philippine school under attack; Moroccan protest leader arrested; pro-Ukrainian blogger disappeared; international justice facing roadblocks; lawyers assaulted in Pakistan; Saudi Arabia's new crown prince; US ignoring torture in Yemen.

Interactives More Interactives

October 8, 2015

Exodus: Asylum Seekers Flee Into Europe

“What will happen to us?” “Will they fingerprint us?” was the constant refrain as we watched a human wave of asylum seekers and migrants from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan crossing the Serbia-Hungary border.
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