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September 1, 2021 News Release

Australia: Prisoners Denied Vaccine Access

New South Wales Should Urgently Address Spread of Covid-19 in Prisons

The entry sign to Parklea Correctional Centre in Sydney.
September 1, 2021 Commentary

Al-Sisi Is Leaving the Sick to Suffer in Egypt’s Prisons

The Egyptian government has deliberately let a former presidential candidate languish behind bars without proper medical care.

Egyptian security forces have been involved in systematic abuses such as enforced disappearance and torture and have used abusive counterterrorism laws and measures to crush peaceful dissent. Egyptian security forces stand guard outside one of the entranc
September 1, 2021 Dispatches

Protest Demands End to Harmful Surgeries on Intersex Children

Hospital Should Halt Medically Unnecessary Surgeries

Demonstrators gather for an #EndIntersexSurgery protest outside Weill-Cornell hospital in New York City in August 2021. 
September 1, 2021 Statement

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90th Pre-Session

August 31, 2021 News Release

US Congress: Sufficiently Fund Public Housing

Reinvestment Needed to Protect Residents’ Rights

First Houses in Manhattan, one of the earliest public housing developments in the United States
August 31, 2021 Letter

Letter to US Senate Banking Committee and US House Financial Services Committee

Reinvest in Public Housing to Protect Residents’ Rights

August 31, 2021 Dispatches

Justice for Murder of Chechen Rights Defender Remains Elusive

Hollow Investigation Means State Evades Accountability

Natalia Estemoriva in Chechnya, 2007.
August 31, 2021 News Release

Saudi Arabia: Yemeni Workers at Risk of Mass Forced Returns

Face Possible Return to Yemen’s Humanitarian Crisis, Loss of Critical Remittances

An aid worker gives a food ration to a woman in Sanaa, Yemen, July 19, 2020
August 31, 2021 Dispatches

US Court Ruling Furthers South Dakota Tribe’s Right to Health

Tribal Treaty Requires US Government to Provide Competent Care

The U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs host a field hearing in Rapid City, South Dakota, on June 17, 2016, to discuss proposed legislation aimed at fixing shortcomings at the network of hospitals run by the Indian Health Service.
August 31, 2021 News Release

Malaysia: New Prime Minister Needs New Rights Agenda

End Harassment, Prosecutions of Critics

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August 31, 2021 Dispatches

No End to Chechnya’s Violent Anti-Gay Campaign

Kidnapping, Interrogation Exposes Brutal Intent

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Philippines Adopts ‘Drug War’ Measures Against Activists

‘Knock and Plead’ Strategy Puts Lives at Grave Risk

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August 30, 2021 Commentary

Jordan's Sham 'Sedition' Trial Was Another Blow to the Rule of Law

Silhouettes are cast on a Jordanian national flag in Amman, Jordan, November 30, 2016. 
August 30, 2021 Dispatches

Belarusian Authorities “Liquidate” Leading Media Freedom Organization

Belarusian Association of Journalists Continues its Work despite the Crackdown

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