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March 12, 2019 News Release

Colombia: Veto Could Undermine Accountability

Move Could Delay Badly Needed Progress

President Ivan Duque
March 12, 2019 Dispatches

Passing of a Congolese ‘Patriarch’

Félicien Tamuzi Talekwene Tafe Was Widely Respected Rights Activist

Félicien Tamuzi Talekwene Tafe, July 23, 1958 – March 2, 2019.
March 12, 2019 Statement

Strong Measures Needed to Advance Accountability in North Korea

Interactive Dialogue under item 4 with Special Rapporteur on DPRK

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March 12, 2019 Statement

Council Should Renew Commission of Human Rights in South Sudan

Interactive Dialogue with Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan

Women from more than forty South Sudanese womens organizations carry placards during march through the city to express the frustration and suffering that women and children face in Juba, South Sudan on December 9, 2017.
March 12, 2019 Report

Zimbabwe: Excessive Force Used Against Protesters

Investigate, Prosecute Responsible Security Forces

A man is beaten by a Zimbabwean soldier after protests broke out across the country on January 14, 2019.
March 12, 2019 News Release

Iran: Decades-Long Sentence for Women’s Rights Defender

Draconian Sentence for Well-Known Activist

Human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and Farhad Meysami, a human rights defender, protest the suspension of  Sotoudeh's law license in front of the Tehran bar association in Tehran, February 2015.
March 11, 2019 Dispatches

Thai Lawyer’s ‘Disappearance’ Unsolved 15 Years On

Still No Justice for Somchai Neelapaijit and Other Victims

A sketch of Somchai Neelapaijit.
March 11, 2019 Dispatches

Military Tribunal Sentences Journalist for Criticizing Lebanese Security Agency

Sentence Latest in Crackdown on Free Speech in Lebanon

Al-Jadeed TV correspondent Adam Chamseddine, Sept. 26, 2018. (The Daily Star/Hasan Shaaban)
March 11, 2019 Commentary

A Challenge to FARC’s Narrative on Child Recruitment

March 11, 2019 Statement

Eritrea should permit access to United Nations Special Rapporteur

Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on Eritrea

Eritrean refugees hold placards during a protest against the Eritrean government outside their embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel May 11, 2015.
March 11, 2019 Dispatches

Complaint Filed Against Bauxite Mining Company in Guinea

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A woman in Lansanayah, a village 750 meters from a bauxite mine owned by La Société Minière de Boké consortium.
March 9, 2019 News Release

Myanmar: Halt Land Law Implementation

Millions At Risk of Eviction, Arrest As Deadline Looms

A farmer tends to her paddy field just a few weeks ahead of harvesting in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, Wednesday, November 14, 2018.
March 8, 2019 News Release

Indonesia: Prison for WhatsApp Messages

Repeal Criminal Defamation Provisions in Internet Law

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