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September 14, 2016 News Release

United States: Transgender Students at Risk

Schools Limit Access to Bathrooms, Locker Rooms

Students hold stickers about to be placed on a new all-gender bathroom as members of the cheer squad applaud at Nathan Hale High School in Seattle, WA on May 17, 2016.
September 14, 2016 News Release

China: 1,000 Evictions from Tibetan Buddhist Centers

End Threats to Families, Demolitions of Dwellings

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September 13, 2016 Dispatches

Amending Uganda’s Constitution - Again?

Police Arrest Women Protesting Proposed Changes to the Constitution

Police arresting women activists and taking them to Kiira road police station in Kampala, Uganda, on September 13, 2016.
September 13, 2016 Letter

HRW Letter to UN Security Council Members on South Sudan

Arms Ambargo on South Sudan Long-Overdue

Government helicopter gunship flying low over IDP site at the UN base in Thongpiny, Juba, South Sudan.
September 13, 2016 Statement

States should promote gender equality and non-discrimination in the enjoyment of the rights to water and sanitation

HRC33, Item 3 Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation

September 13, 2016 Commentary

Kenya Is Abandoning Somali Refugees

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September 13, 2016 Dispatches

Five Wrongfully Detained in Somalia Now Free

Intelligence Agency Held Policy Center Staff for Nearly a Month

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September 13, 2016 Letter

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child Concerning Nauru

September 13, 2016 News Release

Provide Genuine Refuge to World’s Displaced

At Global Refugee Summits, Commit to Resettlement and Aid

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September 13, 2016 Dispatches

Hungary’s Xenophobic Anti-Migrant Campaign

Government Has Spent €16M Spreading Distorted Facts About Refugees

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September 13, 2016 News Release

Iran: 5-Year Sentence for Dual National on Dubious Charges

Internal Politics Behind Intensified Crackdown

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September 13, 2016 News Release

Thailand: No New Military Trials of Civilians

Army Maintains Power to Arrest and Detain, Prosecute Pending Cases

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September 12, 2016 Commentary

Zimbabwe Returns to Its Ugly Past

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September 12, 2016 Dispatches

Albania Signs Safe Schools Declaration, Protecting Schools During War

Urgent need to safeguard students, teachers and schools during armed conflict

A boy stands in a classroom at his school after it was hit by a Saudi-led air strike in Yemen's capital Sanaa July 20, 2015.
September 9, 2016 Statement

Human Rights Watch Testimony at Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Hearing on Human Rights in Bahrain: Next Steps

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