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August 31, 2023 News Release

DR Congo: Deadly Crackdown in Goma

August 31, 2023 News Release

Lebanon: Comedian Arrested for Critical Jokes

Escalating Attacks on Free Expression

 Stand-up comedian Nour Hajjar performs onstage at the KED Beirut on December 15, 2020.
August 31, 2023 Statement

Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination’s “Call for Contributions on the Draft General Recommendation No. 37 on Racial discrimination in the enjoyment of the right to health”

August 31, 2023 Dispatches

IMF Should Help Pakistan Uphold Right to Electricity

Fund Universal Social Protection to Phase Out Subsidies

People protest against the hikes in fuel prices and electricity billings, in Karachi, Pakistan, August 18, 2023.
August 31, 2023 Letter

Concerns Regarding The Premature Termination of the Commission of Inquiry on the Situation in the Tigray Region of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia

Refugees who fled the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region arrive on the banks of the Tekeze River on the Sudan-Ethiopia border, in Hamdayet, eastern Sudan, November 21, 2020.
August 31, 2023 News Release

China: Unrelenting Crimes Against Humanity Targeting Uyghurs

Forced Assimilation Continues a Year After Landmark Report on Xinjiang

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech in Urumqi, in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, August 26, 2023.
August 31, 2023 Statement

Dominican Republic: Submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

94th Session

August 30, 2023 Statement

Statement on the UPR Pre-session on the Russian Federation of Human Rights Watch

29 August 2023, Geneva

August 30, 2023 Dispatches

Nigerian Police Arrest Dozens for Alleged Gay Wedding

Release All Those Detained; Repeal Abusive Anti-Gay Law

Men charged with public displays of same-sex affection gather within the premises of the Federal High Court in Lagos, Nigeria, March 3, 2020.
August 30, 2023 Dispatches

Spanish Women Players Spotlight Crisis of Abuse

All Players Deserve Harassment-Free Work Environment

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August 30, 2023 News Release

COP28: US Should Press UAE for Activist’s Release

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Kyrgyzstan: Effort to Shut Down Independent News Outlet

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August 30, 2023 Statement

ARTICLE 19 and Human Rights Watch’s Comments on the Draft Text of the UN Cybercrime Convention

Submitted to the United Nations General Assembly Ad hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes in its sixth session

August 29, 2023 News Release

Burundi: Free Journalist Held for a Year

Joint Statement by Four Human Rights, Press Freedom Organizations

Floriane Irangabiye
August 29, 2023 News Release

Bangladesh: Open Forced Disappearances Inquiry

Cooperate with UN on Investigation; Families Have Long Awaited Answers

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