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August 5, 2016 News Release

Jordan/United States: Transfer 70,000 Trapped Syrians

Appalling Conditions, Little Food in Barren Border Area

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August 5, 2016 News Release

Turkey: Judges, Prosecutors Unfairly Jailed

Pretrial Detention, Unfair Dismissals, Asset Freezes Follow Failed Coup

Members of police special forces keep watch from an armored vehicle in front of the Justice Palace in Ankara, Turkey, July 18, 2016. © 2016 Baz Ratner/Reuters
August 4, 2016 Dispatches

Canada Launches Historic Inquiry into Violence Against Indigenous Women

Inquiry Should Examine Police Misconduct, Accountability Gaps

Canada's Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett (L), Status of Women Minister Patricia Hajdu (2nd L) and Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould look on as Algonquin leader Claudette Commanda (R) says a prayer at the start of a news conference
August 4, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Small Step Towards Prosecutions for Abuses in Somalia

Uganda Holds First Public Court Martial in Somalia

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August 4, 2016 Report

Saudi Arabia: Women Are 'Changing the Game'

As Olympics Open, Government Should Lower Hurdles to Sport

At the 2012 Olympic Games in London, Sarah Attar represents Saudi Arabia as the country's first Olympic female runner, competing in the women’s 800 meters
August 4, 2016 News Release

Tajikistan: Government Critic Facing Prison

Businessman Sentenced, Beaten After Speaking Out About Corruption

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August 4, 2016 Commentary

Serbia Must Improve its Children with Disabilities' Bleak Lives

August 4, 2016 Letter

HRW Letter to G20 Members

Re: G20 Summit in China and Human Rights Concerns

August 4, 2016 Commentary

How the justice system violates victims’ human rights

August 4, 2016 Letter

Response letter from Nina Bhatt to Human Rights Watch and the Cotton Campaign

August 3, 2016 News Release

China: Confessions, Closed Trials Mock Justice

Drop Charges, End Coerced Confessions and Detentions of Lawyers, Activists

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August 3, 2016 Commentary

The Government Response to Turkey’s Coup Is an Affront to Democracy

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August 3, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Police Killings and Public Security in Rio

An Unmet Promise of Brazil’s Olympic Bid

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August 2, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Philippines’ ‘War on Drugs’ Worsens Jail Miseries

Summary Killing Fears Prompt Criminal Suspects to Seek ‘Safety’ in Jail

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August 2, 2016 Report

Australia: Appalling Abuse, Neglect of Refugees on Nauru

Investigation on Remote Pacific Island Finds Deliberate Abuse Hidden Behind Wall of Secrecy

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