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May 17, 2018 News Release

Central African Republic: Crucial Court For Victims

Special Criminal Court Makes Progress, Needs International Support

Congolese Special Prosecutor Toussaint Muntazini (R) and the five other judges of the Special Criminal Court (SCC)
May 16, 2018 Report

Afghanistan: Weak Investigations of Civilian Airstrike Deaths

US, Afghan Forces Need to Visit Sites, Obtain Witness Accounts

An Afghan woman receives medical treatment after being injured during an airstrike in Herat province, Afghanistan, August 29, 2017.
May 16, 2018 News Release

Bangladesh: Skirting the Issues at the UN

Periodic Rights Review Response Ignored Main Concerns

Tear gas is seen while police takes their position in the street Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 8, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
May 16, 2018 News Release

Singapore: Drop Charges for Criticizing Judiciary

Amend Contempt Law to Permit Discussion of Courts

Activist Jolovan Wham (center) leaves the State Court after a hearing in Singapore, November 29, 2017. © 2017 REUTERS/Edgar Su
May 16, 2018 Dispatches

The World Bank Should Stop Dodging Accountability

US Supreme Court Challenge Calls Legal Immunity Into Question

Police officers stand in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., January 19, 2018.
May 16, 2018 Dispatches

Arrest, Don’t Execute Burundi Killers

Massacre of 26 Ahead of Referendum on President’s Term

Mass funeral held on May 15, 2018 for 26 people killed in Ruhagarika, Burundi, on May 11.
May 16, 2018 Dispatches

Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim Finally Freed

New Government Should Promptly Abolish Repressive Laws

Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim, who was granted a royal pardon, arrives to speak to supporters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia May 16, 2018.
May 16, 2018 Dispatches

Russia Press Freedom Reversal Shows FIFA Has Leverage and Should Use It

German Sports Journalist Gets Visa After All

Journalist Hajo Seppelt.
May 16, 2018 News Release

Germany/Russia: Merkel To Meet Putin

Chancellor Visiting Amid New Levels of Repression

German Chancellor Angela Merkel talks to Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the start of the first working session of the G20 meeting in Hamburg, Germany, July 7, 2017
May 16, 2018 News Release

Ukraine: Radical Groups Disrupt LGBTI Event

Police Should Hold Those Responsible to Account

Kyiv police waiting outside the venue where an Amnesty International event was disrupted by members of radical groups.
May 16, 2018 Report

Gambia: Ex-President Tied to 2005 Murders of Ghanaian and Nigerian Migrants

Ghanaian Groups Urge Prosecution of Yahya Jammeh

Massacre survivor Martin Kyere at Accra cemetery where six bodies were returned from Gambia.
May 15, 2018 News Release

US: Focus on Rights as Uzbek Leader Visits

Congress Should Press for Further Reforms

Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters in New York, U.S., September 19, 2017.
May 15, 2018 News Release

Indonesia: ISIS Suicide Bombers Use Children in 4 Attacks

Government Should Assist Affected Church Members, Child Survivors

Firefighters try to extinguish a blaze following a blast at the Pentecost Church Central Surabaya (GPPS), in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia May 13, 2018
May 15, 2018 Commentary

Israeli Open-Fire Orders Predictably Result in Bloodbath

Palestinian paramedics evacuate an injured man on the Gaza side of the Israel-Gaza border, as seen from the Israeli side of the border, during March 30 Land Day demonstrations.
May 15, 2018 Letter

Groups Denounce Continued Secrecy on Haspel Nomination, Urge Senators to Oppose

CIA Director nominee Gina Haspel raises her right hand as she is sworn in to testify at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 9, 2018. © 2018 REUTERS

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