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January 18, 2017 News Release

Turkey: President Bids for One-Man Rule

Parliament Should Reject Constitutional Changes

Turkish Parliament convenes to debate on the proposed constitutional changes in Ankara, Turkey, January 12, 2017.
January 18, 2017 Dispatches

China Breaks a Human Rights Lawyer

Li Chunfu Endured 18 Months of Secret Detention and Torture

Illustration of a suspect restrained in what the police call an “interrogation chair,” but commonly known as a “tiger chair.”
January 17, 2017 Dispatches

Obama Commutes Chelsea Manning’s Sentence

Snowden Still Waiting for Pardon

Chelsea Manning is pictured in this 2010 photograph obtained on August 14, 2013. Courtesy U.S. Army/Handout
January 17, 2017 Dispatches

Philippine Officials’ Anti-Condom Stance Imperils Youth

Condoms Needed in High Schools to Curb HIV Transmission

Students receive free condoms at an event organized by the United Nations Population Fund in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, July 11, 2014.
January 17, 2017 Dispatches

Still Out of School in South Africa

Government Should Tackle Discrimination and Exclusion Against Children With Disabilities

Rito, 8, lives in Diepsloot, Gauteng Province.
January 17, 2017 Dispatches

Another Youth Activist Convicted on False Drug Charges in Azerbaijan

Authorities Fail to Investigate Ill-treatment Allegations

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January 17, 2017 Dispatches

Obama Commutes Manning’s Sentence, Will Snowden Be Next?

Future Whistleblowers Are Watching

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January 17, 2017 Dispatches

It’s Time to End Child Statelessness in Estonia

UN Experts Should Address Issue During Review of Estonia’s Rights Record

Estonia's President Toomas Hendrik addresses the United Nations General Assembly in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S. September 21, 2016.
January 17, 2017 Dispatches

The Long Wait for Justice in Northern Uganda

ICC trial of LRA commander Dominic Ongwen being screened to victims

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January 16, 2017 News Release

Burma: Kachin Christians Feared ‘Disappeared’

Urgently Report on Whereabouts, Well-Being; Allow UN Expert Access

January 16, 2017 Dispatches

Tunisia Should Stop Jailing People for Drugs

Reform of Country’s Draconian Drug Law Suffers Setback

A Year in Prison for Smoking a Joint in Tunisia video
January 16, 2017 Letter

Letter to Saudi-Led Coalition Joint Incidents Assessment Team Regarding Yemen Investigations

January 16, 2017 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Committee of Domestic Affairs and the High Councils of State/ General Affairs and House of the King of the Netherlands on proposed legislation to restrict full face coverings

January 2017

January 15, 2017 News Release

Iraq: ISIS Bombings Are Crimes Against Humanity

Compensate Civilian Victims

A girl walks past the site after a suicide car bomb attack at the shopping area of Karrada, a largely Shi'ite district, in Baghdad, Iraq July 4, 2016.
January 15, 2017 News Release

China: Drop Charges Against Tibetan Education Activist

Shopkeeper Faces 15-Year Sentence for Promoting Minority Language

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