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March 22, 2019 News Release

Bahrain: Formula 1 Ignores Rights Commitments

Calls for Grand Prix Organizer to Implement Human Rights Policy

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March 22, 2019 News Release

Burkina Faso: Atrocities by Armed Islamists, Security Forces

Dramatic Increase in Rights Abuse in Northern Sahel Region

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March 22, 2019 News Release

China: France’s Macron Should Press Xi on Rights

Urge Access to Xinjiang, Release of Critics During Chinese President’s Visit

French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) shake hands during a press conference in Beijing, China, January 9, 2018.
March 22, 2019 News Release

DR Congo: Investigate Ex-Intelligence Officials

Dismissed Agency Heads Should Face Justice

Kalev Mutond, Director of the National Intelligence Agency (ANR) in the Democratic Republic of Congo, sits to the right of First Lady Marie Olive Lembe and President Joseph Kabila during the country’s independence anniversary celebration in Kindu, capital
March 22, 2019 News Release

Lebanon: Anti-Torture Body Named

Allocate Sufficient Budget; Investigate Allegations

Ziad Itani, a Lebanese actor, who was exonerated of spying for Israel, is carried after he was released by Lebanese authorities. Itani has accused security officials of torturing him and has called on authorities to investigate.
March 21, 2019 Commentary

It’s a Booming Business: Trafficking Myanmar ‘Brides’ to China

“Then the Chinese man said, ‘If you do not marry a man, the money we spent on you to bring you here…was 3000 Yuan and as you have already stayed here for 10 days, 4000 Yuan [US$637] is needed to give me back now. Right now, count the money to give me.
March 21, 2019 Commentary

Amid Revolution, Algeria is Unstable – And Deep, Real Reforms are the Only Way Forward

Protesters march in a cloud of tear gas fired by riot police as they denounce President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's bid for a fifth term, March 1, 2019.
March 21, 2019 News Release

China: Government Threats to Academic Freedom Abroad

New 12-Point Code of Conduct to Help Educational Institutions Respond

Then Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping makes a speech at the opening of Australia's first Chinese Medicine Confucius Institute, at the RMIT University in Melbourne on June 20, 2010.
March 21, 2019 Dispatches

Racing to Repression in Bahrain

Formula 1 Should Urge Bahrain To Free Activist Najah Yusuf

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March 21, 2019 Dispatches

UK Schools Should Do Right by LGBT Students

Protests Against LGBT Curriculum Force Suspension of Inclusive Programs

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March 21, 2019 Letter

Nearly 90 Groups Urge US to Invite UN Special Rapporteur on Racism to US

Pompeo presser
March 21, 2019 Commentary

A Missed Opportunity to Protect Muslims in China

A woman tends to her child near the Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar in western China's Xinjiang region, November 4, 2017.
March 21, 2019 Statement

UN Rights Council Should Establish Libya Mechanism

Item 10 General Debate

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March 21, 2019 News Release

Saudi Arabia: Abusive Charges Against Women Activists

‘Criminal’ Contacts with Journalists, Diplomats, Rights Groups

(Left to right) Prominent women's rights activists Loujain al-Hathloul, Eman al-Nafjan, and Aziza al-Youssef were all detained in May 2018, seemingly in retaliation for their peaceful activities. Al-Hathloul remains in detention.
March 21, 2019 Interview

Interview: Why ‘Brides’ From Myanmar Are Trafficked to China

Kachin Women, Girls Displaced by Conflict Face Sexual Slavery

“Because of war, we are afraid to stay in our village. So, we moved to an IDP [internally displaced person] camp…The Myanmar army came to attack our village using massive arms…I am the eldest one in my family, and my family has financial problems.

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