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August 3, 2018 News Release

Syria: Armed Group Recruiting Children in Camps

People’s Protection Units Enlist Under 18s from Vulnerable Families

Ain Issa displaced persons camp, one of three camps in northeast Syria where Human Rights Watch found the Peoples’ Protection Units (YPG) have been recruiting children for military participation, June 2017.
August 3, 2018 Letter

Letter from the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD)-led Autonomous Administration, Responding to Human Rights Watch on Child Recruitment

August 3, 2018 Letter

Human Rights Watch Letter on child recruitment to the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD)-led Autonomous Administration and Peoples’ Protection Units (YPG)

August 3, 2018 News Release

Zimbabwe: At Least 6 Dead in Post-Election Violence

Promptly, Impartially Investigate Security Forces’ Use of Force

Zimbabween soldiers stand guard as citizens run through the Harare's streets, on August 1, 2018.
August 2, 2018 News Release

Thailand: Rights Activist Detained in Deep South

Use of Martial Law Raises Fears of Mistreatment

Human rights activist Burhan Buraheng has been arbitrarily detained without charge in a military camp in Thailand’s Pattani province since August 1, 2018.
August 1, 2018 News Release

Greece: Children Blocked from Health Care

Confining Asylum Seekers to Islands Impedes Medical Treatment

A child in the Moria “hotspot” camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, December 2017.
August 1, 2018 News Release

Malaysia: Drop Remaining Sedition Cases

Repeal Law Long Used to Punish Critical Speech

Social activist Haris Ibrahim, left, opposition leader Tian Chua, center, and Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party activist Tamrin Ghafar pose for photographers as they arrive at a court house in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, May 29, 2013. Prosecutors have fi
August 1, 2018 Commentary

Nikki Haley Blames Rights Groups for Her Misguided ‘Reform’

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks in the U.N. Security Council at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., February 28, 2017.
August 1, 2018 Dispatches

First Woman in Pakistan Nominated as High Court Chief Justice

Tahira Safdar’s Confirmation Would Be an Important Step for Equal Participation

Judge Tahira Safdar sits in court in Quetta, Pakistan, November 23, 2015.
August 1, 2018 News Release

Prominent Saudi Women Activists Arrested

Samar Badawi, Nassima al-Sadah Among Latest Crackdown Victims

Former US First Lady Michelle Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pose with Samar Badawi of Saudi Arabia as she receives the 2012 International Women of Courage Award during a ceremony at the US State Department in Washington, DC, on March
August 1, 2018 Dispatches

US Family Detention Centers Not ‘Like Summer Camp’

Locked Gates, Yelling Guards, Frequent Roll Calls Not My Camp Experience

The Karnes immigration detention center in Karnes City, Texas (left), used by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain migrant families, and (right) a child plays in a lake during summer camp.
August 1, 2018 Report

Syria: Thousands of Displaced Confined to Camps

Areas Taken from ISIS Restricting Free Movement

View from hill overlooking Ain Issa displacement camp in Syria, May 2018. © Human Rights Watch
July 31, 2018 Commentary

This Mother's Terrifying Journey Should Be Over, But It's Not

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July 31, 2018 Dispatches

China’s Victims of Sexual Harassment Denied Justice

#MeToo Gains Momentum, But Little Public Confidence in Legal Remedies

A vendor sells #MeToo badges a protest march for survivors of sexual assault and their supporters in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California U.S. November 12, 2017.
July 31, 2018 Dispatches

Thai Commission Candidates Silent on Rights Crisis

Principled, Diverse, and Courageous Commissioners Essential

Od Sayavong, a refugee from Laos and outspoken critic of the Lao government, was 'disappeared' in Bangkok on August 26, 2019.

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