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Recent Corrections

  • Ukraine: Banned Landmines Harm Civilians

    We removed an earlier map with incorrect shading originally posted to this page. We have corrected the error.

  • Philippines: Officials ‘Red-Tagging’ Indigenous Leaders, Activists

    This press release has been updated to correctly reflect the name of the national coordinator of the environmental group Kalikasan, Jon Angelo Bonifacio.

  • Lebanon: Victims’ Families Despair as Blast Suspects Freed

    1/26/2023: This press release has been updated to reflect the correct date on which the general prosecutor ordered the release of all suspects detained in connection with the explosion in Beirut's port. 

  • Rwanda: Submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

    We have updated the quote from the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child in its General Comment on Article 22 to reflect the final version, rather than the draft version, of the General Comment.

  • Tunisia

    2/3/2022: This chapter has been updated to reflect the correct date that the administrative court of Tunis suspended the president's decree to give himself the authority to summarily dismiss magistrates.

  • Greece

    The reporting was withdrawn by Der Speigel in late November 2022 because of concerns about the accuracy of some of the claims, including whether the group was on Greek territory for the entire period.

  • Bosnia and Herzegovina

    The chapter has been corrected to indicate that the European Commission recommended granting candidate status to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

     

    The chapter has been corrected to clarify that the case decided by the Sarajevo municipal court in April 2022 was brought by the Sarajevo Open Centre and found incitement to discrimination.

  • Turkey

    On January 18, 2023, the Turkey chapter of the World Report was amended to rectify the omission of a reference to the ongoing persecution of people with perceived links with the Fethullah Gülen movement.

  • Haiti

    2/13: Human Rights Watch corrected the reference to the Montana Group to explain the Group´s actions more accurately.

  • Jordan

    Update January 17, 2023: This chapter has been updated to reflect the correct year of the Labor Law.