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April 9, 2021 News Release

US: Congress Advances Slavery Reparations Bill

Measure Is Historic Step Toward Repair

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April 9, 2021 Dispatches

Another Woman Killed in Scourge of Kyrgyzstan ‘Bride Kidnappings’

Authorities Should Provide Justice, End to Deadly Crime Against Women

People attend a rally for the protection of women's rights in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, protesting the kidnapping and killing of Aizada Kanatbekova, April 8, 2021. The banner reads, "The Authorities are Responsible for Femicide."
April 8, 2021 News Release

US: End Misguided Public Health Border Expulsions

Biden Administration Returning Asylum Seekers to Harm

An asylum seeking family from Guatemala stands on the Paso del Norte international bridge. After border agents turned the family away at the port of entry, the family swam across the Rio Grande.
April 8, 2021 Q & A

Q&A: US Title 42 Policy to Expel Migrants at the Border

An asylum seeking family from Guatemala stands on the Paso del Norte international bridge. After border agents turned the family away at the port of entry, the family swam across the Rio Grande.
April 8, 2021 Commentary

China’s Techno-Authoritarianism Has Gone Global

Washington Needs to Offer an Alternative

Chinese paramilitary police wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus stand guard near the portrait of Chinese leader Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate near Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Saturday, January 9, 2021. 
April 8, 2021 Dispatches

UN Chief Should Support Remote Investigation in Xinjiang

Guterres’ Public Outrage Over Myanmar Should Extend to China

In this Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, file photo, a guard tower and barbed wire fences are seen around a facility in the Kunshan Industrial Park in Artux in western China's Xinjiang region. China has responded with swift condemnation on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019, a
April 8, 2021 Letter

Letter to the EU and Its Member States on the Myanmar Crisis

Call for Additional, Coordinated International Sanctions

Protesters flash the three-fingered salute and hold candles during a rally at night in Yangon, Myanmar, March 14, 2021.
April 8, 2021 Dispatches

Minimize Civilian Harm in Eastern Ukraine Conflict

Potential Escalation in Hostilities Requires Focus on Civilian Protection

A Ukrainian soldier watches guard with a machine gun in his shelter near the front-line town of Krasnohorivka, eastern Ukraine
April 8, 2021 Report

Chad: Pre-Election Crackdown on Opponents

End Ill-treatment, Beatings; Respect Right of Assembly; Investigate Abuses

People in the streets of N'Djamena, Chad’s capital, protest against President Idriss Déby Itno running for a sixth term in the April 11, 2021 election.
April 8, 2021 News Release

Syria: Government Stealing Opponents’ Land

Over 20 hectares taken from displaced persons

Syrian farmers harvest olives in Idlib, Syria on November 21, 2020. Despite the negative effects of fertilization, tree pruning and transportation costs as well as the increase in fuel prices, farmers started to harvest olives, their main source of their income. The land pictured is not representative of the cases investigated by Human Rights Watch.
April 7, 2021 Dispatches

New Laws Further Stifle Freedom of Speech in Belarus

Parliament Should Reject the Bills, Guarantee Media Freedom

Belarusian journalist Katsiaryna Barysevich, right, and Dr. Artsiom Sorokin attend a court hearing in Minsk, Belarus, 19 February, 2021.
April 7, 2021 Dispatches

Counterterrorism Police ‘Clean Up’ After Tibetan Monk’s Death

Crackdown Seeks to Silence Tibetans, Stifle Information

Screenshot of a video showing dozens of police and commandos parading through the town of Dza Wonpo, carrying a large red flag and shouting battle-cries.
April 7, 2021 News Release

Afghanistan: UN Should Ensure Women’s Full Role in Talks

US Should Support a Genuinely Inclusive Process, Not Just ‘Parallel’ Events

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attends a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan on June 14, 2017.
April 7, 2021 Letter

HRW Letter to Congressional Leadership Regarding FY 2022 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Appropriations Bills

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April 7, 2021 Dispatches

How to Chart an Equitable Exit from the Pandemic

On World Health Day, a Call for a ‘Fairer and Healthier World’

A man wearing a mask receives a vaccination in the arm

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