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July 6, 2021 News Release

China: Tibetan Monks Harshly Sentenced

Officials Pressured to Prosecute Perceived Dissent

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July 2, 2021 News Release

Myanmar: Security Forces Arrest Defense Lawyers

Wrongful Prosecutions Violate Rights to Counsel, Fair Trial of Accused

Police car is seen on a street during the military coup demonstration.
July 2, 2021 Statement

Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child Review of Bhutan

80th pre-session

July 2, 2021 Statement

Joint Open Letter to the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Re: Support for the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission Call for a Fact-Finding Mission in Afghanistan

July 2, 2021 Dispatches

UN Should Investigate Deadly Attacks on Afghan Civilians

Twenty Rights Groups Call for Justice and Accountability

The mother of a schoolgirl who was among those killed in the brutal May 8, 2021 bombing of the Sayed ul-Shuhada girls' school stands inside a classroom with bouquets of flowers on empty desks as a tribute to the dead, in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 16, 2021. 
July 1, 2021 Commentary

Beijing Could Easily Encourage People to Have More Children, but Won’t

However China Frames its Population Policy, Birth Limits Fundamentally Infringe on Women’s Reproductive Rights

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July 1, 2021 Dispatches

Indonesia Supreme Court Supports Mandatory Jilbab Rule

Government Should Uphold Right of Muslim Girls, Women to Choose

A primary state school in Solok, West Sumatra, where girls and teachers are required to wear the jilbab --Muslim apparel that covers the head, neck, and chest.
June 30, 2021 News Release

Malaysia: Raids on Migrants Hinder Vaccine Access

Policies Undermine Government’s Calls for Global Vaccine Equity

Migrant workers show their passport during a raid in Dengkil, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on June 21, 2021.
June 30, 2021 Commentary

Rohingya Refugees Facing Medical Crisis on Bhasan Char

Partly Because of Poor Planning, the Island's Meager Health Care System is Being Overwhelmed

Rohingya refugees headed to the Bhasan Char island prepare to board navy vessels from the south eastern port city of Chattogram, Bangladesh on Feb.15,2021. © 2021 AP Photo
June 29, 2021 News Release

Sri Lanka: Pardons a Meager Response to Abusive Law

Repeal Prevention of Terrorism Act to Meet International Commitments

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's addresses parliament in Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 20, 2020.
June 29, 2021 Dispatches

UN Security Council Should Impose Myanmar Arms Embargo

Follow Up General Assembly’s Call to Halt Weapons Transfers

Myanmar police block a road near the US embassy in Yangon, Myanmar, February 22, 2021.
June 29, 2021 News Release

Australia: Beijing Threatening Academic Freedom

Chinese Students, Academics Harassed, Self-Censorship Common at Universities

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June 28, 2021 Dispatches

Is China’s Human Rights Diplomacy Backfiring?

Growing Global Criticism of Beijing’s Xinjiang Policies

Uyghur Muslims walk under an arch with security cameras after prayers at the Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar in China's Xinjiang region, during a government-organized trip for foreign journalists, April 19, 2021.
June 26, 2021 News Release

Bangladesh: Hold Security Forces Accountable for Torture

Rights Groups Call for Decisive Action on International Day for Victims

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) officials stand alert inside a truck in front of Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka, Bangladesh on February 20, 2021.
June 25, 2021 News Release

Hong Kong: Beijing Dismantles a Free Society

One Year Under National Security Law Devastates Human Rights

The slogan in Chinese on the flag, “Liberate Hong Kong, the Revolution of Our Times,” was a common chant during the 2019 protests. But since the imposition of the National Security Law, Hong Kong authorities have prohibited both the chant and pro-democracy protests have been prohibited in Hong Kong. The group that has long organized peaceful marches, Civil Human Rights Front, is also no longer functioning and its convenor has been in custody since.

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