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August 7, 2018 News Release

Uganda: String of Burglaries of Rights Groups

Women’s Rights Group Is Latest Victim

Ugandan human rights activists hold a press conference on February 9 to condemn the violent break-in at Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF) and call on police to investigate. HURINET/2018
August 7, 2018 Commentary

Malaysia Should Find ‘Right Path’ on LGBT Rights

August 7, 2018 News Release

Tajikistan: Allow 10-Year-Old to Reunite with Mother

Authorities Block Activists’ Relatives from Leaving the Country

 Tajik authorities have placed 10-year-old Fatima Davlyatova, daughter of peaceful political activist, Shabnam Khudoydodova, on a watch list and prevented her from leaving to Europe to reunite with her mother.
August 7, 2018 News Release

Nicaragua: Doctors, Health Workers Arbitrarily Fired

Dismissals Compound Effort to Limit Protesters’ Access to Medical Care

Demonstration in support of doctors arbitrarily dismissed by the Nicaraguan Health Ministry authorities in apparent retaliation for participating in protests or otherwise disagreeing with government policy.
August 7, 2018 News Release

Côte d’Ivoire: No Amnesty for Serious Crimes of 2010-11 Crisis

Should Not Include War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity

A woman hides her face after recounting how pro-Ouattara forces killed two of her children and her brother during the post-election violence in Duékoué, western Côte d’Ivoire.
August 7, 2018 Statement

Human Rights Watch declaration on the Brazilian Supreme Court ruling on closing borders with Venezuela

A girl from the Venezuelan Warao indigenous community plays at a shelter in Boa Vista. Water from showering and washing clothes ran off unpiped. February 11, 2017.
August 7, 2018 News Release

China: US Tech Firms Risk Complicity in Abuses

Google, Facebook Build Censorship Tools to Enter Market

August 7, 2018 News Release

Central African Republic: Short Sentences Cheat Victims

3-Year Terms for Peacekeepers for Mass Murder

A memorial dedicated to the commemoration of the 13 people killed by Republic of Congo peacekeepers on March 24, 2014 in Boali, Central African Republic. Twelve of the victims were summarily executed. Credit: Lewis Mudge/Human Rights Watch.
August 7, 2018 News Release

Zimbabwe: Intensified Crackdown on Opposition

End Attacks, Hold Those Responsible To Account

Zimbabween soldiers stand guard as citizens run through the Harare's streets, on August 1, 2018.
August 6, 2018 News Release

Bangladesh: Stop Attacks on Student Protesters, Critics

Photographer Shahidul Alam And Others Attacked, Detained

Activist and photographer Shahidul Alam arrives surrounded by policemen for an appearance in a court, in Dhaka, Bangladesh on August 6, 2018.
August 6, 2018 Dispatches

US Firms’ Sales to China’s Police

Sales May Not Break the Law – But Are They Defensible?

201712asia_china_xinjiang2 Police officers check the identity cards of a people as security forces keep watch in a street in Kashgar, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China on March 24, 2017.
August 6, 2018 Dispatches

Indonesia’s Papua Media Blacklist

Authorities Equate Journalism with Doing “Something Wrong to Indonesia”

Indonesia's President-elect Joko Widodo (C) speaks with journalists at city hall in Jakarta, August 12, 2014.
August 6, 2018 Commentary

Children losing out on education in EU migration deal

Children seeking asylum attend an art class at the volunteer-run Refugee Education Chios center on the Greek island of Chios on September 29, 2016.
August 6, 2018 Commentary

Farmer-Herder Conflicts on the Rise in Africa

Internally displaced villagers herd livestock in Turkana county, Kenya.
August 6, 2018 Letter

Nine Rights Groups Tell APA Don’t Undermine Independent Psychological Care at Guantanamo

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