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April 29, 2024
South Sudan: ‘Disappeared’ Critic Resurfaces
The reappearance in a South Sudan court of a former refugee who had been forcibly disappeared more than a year ago points up the urgent need to reform the National Security Service (NSS).
April 29, 2024
UAE: Unfair Trial of Rights Defenders
Emirati authorities are holding an unfair mass trial that has raised serious due process concerns. The trial includes many defendants held in prolonged solitary confinement, which may amount to torture.
April 27, 2024
Lebanon: Ministerial Decision Advances Justice
Lebanon’s Council of Ministers issued a decision on April 26, 2024, instructing the Foreign Affairs Ministry to file a declaration with the International Criminal Court (ICC) registrar accepting the court’s jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute crimes within the court’s jurisdiction on Lebanese territory since October 7, 2023.
April 26, 2024
US Universities Should Respect Right to Protest
Pro-Palestine university campus protests have spread across the United States, with harsh crackdowns at some institutions, including Columbia University, the University of Texas, and Emory University.
April 26, 2024
Guinea Massacre Trial Enters Final Stage
The last major phase in Guinea’s landmark domestic trial about the brutal massacre of peaceful demonstrators in 2009 concluded on April 23.
April 26, 2024
Joint Statement – Civil Society Groups Call On US Government to Block Unconditioned Military Assistance to Israel
We, the undersigned organizations, are dismayed that Congress, in an emergency supplemental bill, appropriated an unprecedented $14.1 billion in military assistance to Israel without attaching any human rights and civilian protection conditions, despite the overwhelming evidence of the Israeli government’s violations of international and U.S. law over the past six months.
April 26, 2024
African Governments Falling Short on Healthcare Funding
African governments are falling far short in their commitments to prioritize public spending on health care, contributing to widespread inequalities in healthcare access and outcomes, Human Rights Watch and the Kampala-based Initiative for Social and Economic Rights (ISER) said today.
April 25, 2024
Australia: Rights Vetting Crucial for Defence Cooperation
The Australian government should include human rights vetting provisions in all bilateral security force cooperation agreements.
April 25, 2024
Rights Groups Oppose President Biden's Expansion of ICE Detention
After President Biden signed a 2024 spending bill that provides $3.4 billion for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to jail 41,500 immigrants per day, 200 NGOs delivered a letter to the White House today opposing this unprecedented expansion of the immigration detention system.