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Recent Corrections
The dispatch was updated to remove reference to legal amendments adopted in 2015. The changes to the administrative code requiring nongovernmental organizations to report on receipt and expenditure of foreign funds was adopted in July 2016.
4/12/21: This press release has been updated to more accurately reflect the countries whose munitions were purchased and used by the Saudi and UAE-led coalition to carry out airstrikes that violated the laws of war in Yemen. Canadian government figures indicate that Canada has exported light armored vehicles, artillery systems, and heavy machine guns to Saudi Arabia in recent years, but independent monitors have not confirmed the use of these weapons in Yemen.
9/9/2021: A correction has been made to state that 18,400 civilians were killed and injured in the conflict.
This news release has been updated to reflect that not all Al-Kani brothers were known to oppose Gaddafi.
Update (January 7, 2021): Turkey’s parliament voted to approve the draft law without significant modification, and it entered into force on December 31, 2020.
Initially, the text referred to the Central Asia Labour Rights Monitoring Mission, this was corrected to "members of the Central Asia Labour Rights Monitoring Mission".
Correction: The news release was updated to reflect that, “The bill was passed with small modifications after a single debate and entered into force on December 22,” where it previously noted that, “The bill was passed with small modifications after a single debate and will became law as soon as it is published in the Official Gazette.”
The chapter cited the Cuban Center for Human Rights as the source for the number of political prisoners being held by the Cuban government. The text has been corrected to reflect the fact that the figure originally came from the group Prisoners Defenders.
Correction: The news release had improperly stated that the Office of the Prosecutor’s decided that “it is reasonable to believe that crimes against humanity have been committed in Venezuela.” This has been corrected to clarify that “there is a reasonable basis to believe that crimes against humanity have been committed in Venezuela.”
The date of Zam's arrest statement was updated to October 14, 2019.