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May 21, 2022 News Release

Thailand: Free Detained Monarchy Reform Activists

Lengthy Pre-trial Detention in Lese Majeste Cases Unwarranted

 Tantawan “Tawan” Tuatulanon, a Thai pro-democracy activist, has been on a hunger strike since April 20, 2022 to protest her pre-trial detention on lese majeste charges.
May 20, 2022 Dispatches

New York Committee to Investigate State’s Child Welfare System

Impacted Parents, Advocates Speak on Racial Disparities, Harm to Black Families

Protesters hold signs at a demonstration in Brooklyn
May 20, 2022 Commentary

Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week

Volodymyr Ivashchenko shows the basement where he sheltered in the initial days of the war, together with his wife, mother-in-law, daughter, and 3-year-old grandson, in Yahidne, April 17, 2022.
May 20, 2022 Dispatches

Reimagine Global Food Systems to Prevent Hunger and Protect Rights

Countries Move to Protect Domestic Food Security as Global Prices Soar

A man holds wheat in his hand
May 20, 2022 Commentary

The China Challenge for Olaf Scholz

A Uighur woman picking up school children rides past a picture showing China's President Xi Jinping joining hands with a group of Uighur elders at the Unity New Village in Hotan, in western China's Xinjiang region.
May 20, 2022 Letter

Human Rights Watch Letter to Prime Minister Trudeau

Fighters with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces deploy around al-Sina’a prison in the Ghweran district of al-Hasakah, northeast Syria, on January 25, 2022, midway through the 10-day battle to recapture it from the Islamic State (ISIS). © 2022 AFP Photo via Getty Images
May 20, 2022 News Release

UN: Rights Chief’s Credibility at Stake in China Visit

High Commissioner Should Address Crimes Against Humanity as Top Priority

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet addresses a news conference in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
May 20, 2022 Dispatches

Berlin Bans Nakba Day Demonstrations

Undue Interference with Rights to Free Expression and Assembly

German police forcibly detain a man participating in a protest
May 20, 2022 Commentary

Will Zambia Protect Children from Kabwe’s Toxic Legacy?

UN Children’s Rights Experts Session, Should Push for Full Mine Cleanup

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May 20, 2022 Commentary

Ho21 Anniversary: Reflections on State-Sanctioned Violence Against LGBTI Ghanaians

Area 51 Police Station, Ho, Ghana: A.G, a lesbian, was held here for 22 days from May 20, 2021 with four other lesbians after being arbitrarily arrested at a human rights workshop in Ho, Volta region. © 2021 Wendy Isaack/Human Rights Watch, 15 July 2021
May 20, 2022 News Release

Somalia: US Redeployment Should Stress Civilian Protection

Minimize Civilian Harm, Ensure Justice for Abuses

Somali families, displaced after fleeing the Lower Shabelle region amid an uptick in US airstrikes, wait at an Internally Displaced Person camp near Mogadishu, Somalia, March 12, 2020.
May 20, 2022 News Release

Iran: Arrests Amid Economic Protests

Attempt to Suppress Growing Social Movements

People shopping in the Basir Thursday Bazaar (Market) in the city of Astaneh-ye Ashrafiyeh in Gilan province on March 24, 2022.
May 20, 2022 Dispatches

EU Needs to Hold Hungary to Account

EU Ministers Should Press for Genuine Reform at Forthcoming Hearing

Many protesters attend a rally holding flags
May 19, 2022 News Release

Kazakhstan: Boost Rights Protection in Constitution Reform

Allow time to consult; Improve Role of Rights Commissioner, Constitutional Court

Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokaev speaks during his televised address to the nation in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, January 7, 2022.
May 19, 2022 News Release

Guatemala: Attorney General’s Reappointment Threatens Rights

First Term Marked by Arbitrary Proceedings, Hampered Investigations

El presidente Alejandro Giammattei y la procuradora general de Guatemala, Consuelo Porras, posan para una foto tras la juramentación de Porras para otro mandato de cuatro años, en el Palacio Nacional en Ciudad de Guatemala, el 16 de mayo de 2022. 

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