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February 23, 2018 Report

Syria: Civilian Deaths in Turkish Attacks May Be Unlawful

Survivors Describe Attacks on Tents, Home, Farm

Smoke rises on the mountains as seen from Northern Afrin countryside, Syria on February 15, 2018.
February 23, 2018 News Release

Burma: Scores of Rohingya Villages Bulldozed

New Satellite Images Show Destruction Indicating Obstruction of Justice

Satellite imagery recorded before and after the clearing of the destroyed village of Myar Zin.
February 22, 2018 Dispatches

India Gets Another Chance Protecting Transgender Rights

Revised Legislation Would Secure Legal Recognition

Participants hold placards during a protest demanding an end to what they say is discrimination and violence against the transgender community, in Bengaluru, India October 21, 2016.
February 22, 2018 News Release

Bangladesh: Scrap Draconian Elements of Digital Security Act

Cabinet Approves New Law That is Overly Broad and Ripe for Abuse

Bangladesh's President Abdul Hamid (3rd R) and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina (2nd L) walk near female members of the Bangladesh army at the national parade ground in Dhaka on December 16, 2015.
February 22, 2018 News Release

Syria/Russia: International Inaction as Civilians Die

Russia Green-Lighting Eastern Ghouta Aerial Onslaught

Smoke rises from the rebel held besieged town of Hamouriyeh, eastern Ghouta, near Damascus, Syria, February 21, 2018. © 2018 Reuters
February 22, 2018 Dispatches

US State Department Backtracks on Women’s Rights

Annual Human Rights Report to Omit Critical Issues Related to Women

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February 22, 2018 News Release

Sudan: Prisoner Release Left Many Activists Behind

Dozens Remain, Some Forcibly Disappeared

Some detained politicians and journalists in the Kober national prison, just before their release on February 18, 2018
February 22, 2018 News Release

Bahrain: 5 More Years for Jailed Activist

Exonerate, Free Nabeel Rajab

Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab arrives for his appeal hearing at court in Manama, February 11, 2015.
February 21, 2018 News Release

Afghanistan: Alleged Summary Executions by Special Forces

Investigate Civilian Deaths in Kandahar Village Raids

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February 21, 2018 Dispatches

Unfair ISIS Trial in Iraq Hands Women Harshest Sentences

Foreign Defendants Receive Harsh Penalties for Non-Violent Acts

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February 21, 2018 Dispatches

Does Ethiopia’s New State of Emergency Dash Hopes for Reform?

Announcement Follows Prisoner Release, Prime Minister’s Resignation

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February 21, 2018 News Release

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Fund Will Support Africa Investigations

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February 21, 2018 Letter

Letter to Louisiana Representative Frank Hoffman Opposing H Bill No. 3 "Promotion of Work and Community Engagement in Medicaid Law"

February 21, 2018 Dispatches

Kuwait Releases Protesters on Bail

Opportunity for Judiciary to Uphold Free Speech, Peaceful Assembly

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February 21, 2018 News Release

Somalia: Detained Children Face Abuse

Emphasize Rehabilitation, Develop Child-Specific Procedures

A prison warden at a prison in Garowe, Puntland state, in northeastern Somalia, December 2016.

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