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Recent Corrections
An earlier version of this news release misstated the charges filed against Nuth Pich. The court charged Pich with discrediting judicial decisions (article 523 of Cambodia’s penal code), incitement to commit felony decisions (article 494), and incitement to discriminate (article 495).
The updated version of this presser clarifies that Khaled Hassan’s trial began in February 2019 and that he is still being held in detention.
A previous version of this news release incorrectly stated that the joint labor committees are yet to be rolled out, when, in fact, they were in June 2019.
An earlier version of this release incorrectly referenced the May 2008 Sichuan earthquake date as 2018. This version has been updated to reflect the correct year.
This news release has been modified to reflect the correct year that the mandate of Special Criminal Court (SCC) begins, which is 2003.
July 24, 2019
This press release has been modified to reflect that Samba Thiam was arrested on June 25, 2019, and not July 25.
The updated version of this news release corrects the date Abdelhadi al-Fadhli and Alaa al-Saadoun were released, where Abdulhakim al-Fadhli is being held, and the number and list of activists arrested.
The July 16, 2019 news release, “Support Needed to Tackle ICC Shortcomings,” has been updated to clarify that the written reasons for the Gbagbo oral decision were filed on July 16.
The July 3, 2019 report, "Sri Lanka: Muslims Face Threats, Attacks," has been corrected to rectify that the police conceded that there was no evidence against Dr. Shihabdeen Shafi in a court in Kurunegala, not in Colombo.
The July 2, 2019 news release, "EU: Press Nicaragua Over Protest Crackdown" has been corrected to delete the amount of European Union-provided funding indicated in the approved 2018 budget for Nicaragua’s National Police. The earlier version relied on information contained in a congressional amendment to the budget.