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January 18, 2018 News Release

Pakistan: Escalating Limits on Association, Speech

Renewed Threats to Activists, Vulnerable Minorities, International NGOs

Children hold signs at a protest in Islamabad calling for greater security in the predominantly Shia city of Parachinar, Pakistan, June 27, 2017.
January 18, 2018 News Release

Sri Lanka: One Step Forward, Two Back

Government Delays Implementing Rights Pledges to UN

Demonstrators hold candles at a “Black January” vigil to commemorate killings and disappearances of Sri Lankan journalists, Colombo, Sri Lanka, January 24, 2017.
January 18, 2018 News Release

Nepal: Transitional Justice, Accountability Stalled

Elections Throughout Year Signal New Opportunity

Villagers wait to vote at a polling station during the parliamentary and provincial elections in Sindhupalchok district, Nepal, November 26, 2017.
January 18, 2018 News Release

Burma: Ethnic Cleansing, Repression, Denials

Abuses and Impunity Signal Collapse of Democratic Transition

Rohingya refugees walk through rice fields after crossing the border from Myanmar into Palang Khali, Bangladesh, October 19, 2017.
January 18, 2018 News Release

Australia: Gains on Marriage Equality, Child Rights

Reverse Refugee Policy that Mars Global Reputation

Supporters of the 'Yes' vote for marriage equality celebrate after it was announced the majority of Australians support same-sex marriage in a national survey, paving the way for legislation to make the country the 26th nation to formalise the unions by t
January 18, 2018 News Release

Thailand: Unending Rights Crisis

Repression Continues Under Military Dictatorship

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January 18, 2018 News Release

Philippines: Duterte’s ‘Drug War’ Claims 12,000+ Lives

Government Harassment, Threats Against Rights Defenders

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January 18, 2018 News Release

North Korea: Bring Justice for Rights Crimes

Repression Intensifies as Crimes Against Humanity Continue

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January 18, 2018 News Release

Malaysia: Rising Intolerance Threatens Rights

Rights Activists, Religious Freedom Under Attack

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January 18, 2018 News Release

Indonesia: Failure to Confront Intolerance

Vulnerable Communities Face Worsening Risk

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January 18, 2018 News Release

Singapore: New Restrictions Limit Critical Voices

Rights Record on Free Expression, Assembly Worsens

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January 18, 2018 Commentary

America Treats Illegal Immigration Worse Than Most Crimes. Why?

Border residents and members of the Border Network for Human Rights (BNHR) protest to reject border militarization and the deportation of children, outside a detention center in Montana, Texas August 24, 2014.
January 17, 2018 Dispatches

Trump Blackmail at UN Won’t Work if Others Step Up

Aid to Palestinian Refugees Shouldn’t Be a Pressure Tactic

A Palestinian man stands next to a cart carrying a flour sack distributed by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Khan Younis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip January 3, 2018.
January 17, 2018 Dispatches

Arson Attack on Office of Russian Rights Group

Torching of Memorial’s Ingushetia Office Linked to Chechnya Work

The Ingushetia Office of Memorial Human Rights Center in the aftermath of the January 17 arson attack.
January 17, 2018 Commentary

Expanding Understanding of Human Rights in Lebanon

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