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October 12, 2023 Commentary

The UK Should Abandon Its Rwanda Asylum Deal, Once and For All

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October 12, 2023 Dispatches

China Forcibly Returns More than 500 to North Korea

Returnees, Mostly Women, Face Torture, Sexual Abuse, Forced Labor

An activist holds a picture of an alleged young North Korean refugee during a demonstration calling on Chinese President Xi Jinping to allow safe passage to North Koreans detained in China, across the street from the Chinese embassy in Washington, DC, September 24, 2021.
October 12, 2023 Commentary

How IMF-Driven Policies Make Some Kenyans Poorer

Governments, IMF Should Invest in Universal Social Security

Alfredo Akeyo at his home in Mathare, Kenya, August 31, 2023. 
October 12, 2023 News Release

Pakistan: Drop Threat to Deport Afghans

Failed Promises by Countries to Provide Resettlement Heighten Risks

Afghan families leave Pakistan to return to Afghanistan, October 6, 2023.
October 12, 2023 Statement

France: Council of State Admits Racial Profiling but Orders No Action

Plaintiff Groups Vow to Continue the Fight Against Police Discrimination

Police agents check identity documents of passerby during the lockdown in Rennes, France. April 11, 2020.
October 11, 2023 Commentary

With Gaza Sealed Off, Palestinians Face Aid Freezes Too

Amid Humanitarian Crisis, Cutting Off Vital Lifeline Would Be Damaging

 Palestinian men carry bread through a heavily bombed street following Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City on October 10, 2023.
October 11, 2023 Commentary

Real or Fake? Verifying Video Evidence in Israel and Palestine

How HRW’s Digital Investigations Team is Working to Build Evidence

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October 11, 2023 Dispatches

Top Russian Human Rights Defender Convicted for “Discrediting” the Armed Forces

Oleg Orlov of Memorial Sentenced to a Fine

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October 11, 2023 Dispatches

France Delivers Mixed Messages on Justice for Victims of Grave Crimes

More Changes to Domestic Legislation Needed

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October 11, 2023 Dispatches

Enforced Disappearances Still a Scourge in Philippines

Acquittal of Ex-General, Recent Abductions Underscore Impunity for the Crime

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October 11, 2023 UPR

Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Afghanistan

46th Session of the UN Universal Periodic Review

October 11, 2023 UPR

Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Cambodia

46th Session of the UN Universal Periodic Review

October 10, 2023 Statement

Haiti: Catastrophic Situation Requires Robust Political, Human Rights, and Justice Efforts

HRW Oral Statement - ID with the High Commissioner on the Interim Report on Haiti

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October 10, 2023 Statement

Cambodia: Two Years of Relentless Onslaught on Political Opposition and Civil Society

HRW Oral Statement - ID with the Special Rapporteur on Cambodia - HRC54

Supporters of online media outlet Voice of Democracy (VOD) hold placards in front of VOD office in Phnom Penh on February 13, 2023.
October 10, 2023 Dispatches

Nepal Courts Refuse to Register Same-Sex Marriages

Lower Courts Defy Supreme Court Order

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