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August 14, 2017 News Release

Uzbekistan: UN Staffer Free After 11 Years

Release All Peaceful Activists

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August 14, 2017 Statement

Update: US President Trump’s Response to Charlottesville Events

Love trumps hate
August 14, 2017 Dispatches

Authorities in Southern Russia Scared of Feminism

Police and Cossacks Harass Local Activists

Activists hoping to attend a gathering on feminism, instead harassed and brought to the Dzhubga police station in Krasnodar region, Russia.
August 14, 2017 News Release

Egypt: Detained Journalist’s Health Deteriorating

Held 21 Months Without Trial Despite Serious Illness

1.	Egyptian journalist Hisham Gaafar before his detention in October 2015.
August 13, 2017 Report

Saudi Arabia: Security Forces Seal Off Eastern Town

Awamiya Residents Caught in Crossfire, Lack Essential Services

Remains of cars and buildings are seen following a security campaign against Shi'ite Muslim gunmen in the town of Awamiya, in the eastern governorate of Qatif, August 9, 2017.
August 12, 2017 News Release

Kenya: Police Restraint Critical

Election Result Announcement Prompts Areas of Protest

Policemen chase protesters in Kisumu, Kenya August 11, 2017.
August 11, 2017 News Release

Philippines: Mandatory College Drug Tests Imperil Students

Duterte’s Campus Anti-Drug Plans Threaten Student Safety, Education Rights

Students protest extrajudicial killings at a university in metro Manila, Philippines, September 30, 2016.
August 11, 2017 Dispatches

Time for Action on Malaysia’s Death Penalty

End Mandatory Death Sentences for Drug Offenses

Malaysia's national flag flies in front of the Federal Court on a hazy day in Putrajaya, Malaysia, October 6, 2015.
August 11, 2017 Commentary

How Did Nepal Become a Global LGBT Rights Beacon?

Marchers in the 2013 Gai Jatra LGBTI pride parade fill the streets of Kathmandu.
August 11, 2017 Commentary

The Rights Weekender

Israeli police check the identification card of a Palestinian woman at Damascus Gate in the Israeli occupied Old City of Jerusalem. © 2016 Ammar Awad/Reuters
August 11, 2017 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission re the Situation of Human Rights Defenders Working on Business and International Financial Institutions

To the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders

August 11, 2017 Dispatches

Another Flawed Extremism Verdict in Russia

4 Sentenced to Prison for Operating ‘Extremist Organization’

Screenshot from video depicting, from left to right, Kirill Barabash, Alexander Sokolov, and Valery Parfenov in the courtroom, Moscow, August 10, 2017.
August 11, 2017 Dispatches

Philippine Journalist Killings Demand State Action

Duterte Task Force Should Promptly Investigate

Filipino journalists escort the coffin of slain news reporter Alex Balcoba during his funeral in metro Manila, Philippines June 1, 2016.
August 10, 2017 Dispatches

Medicine Shortages in Venezuela: Dying in Agony

A woman walks past empty shelves at a drugstore in Caracas, February 23, 2016.
August 10, 2017 Dispatches

A New Low for Russian Authorities in Crimea

76-Year-Old Crimean Tatar Jailed for Disobeying Police Orders

Server Karametov, 76 year old Crimean Tatar, after his arbitrary arrest in August 2017.

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