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July 7, 2023 News Release

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Imam al-Sadeq mosque, Bahrain.
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Soldiers of Ukraine's “Azov” Brigade attend a court hearing in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, June 14, 2023.
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Japan Should Push Back on Hong Kong’s Rights Violations

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Pro-democracy demonstrators take to the streets in Shinjuku, Japan to mark the second anniversary of the anti-extradition bill movement in Hong Kong, June 12, 2021.
July 6, 2023 News Release

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Allow Aid Access; Take People to Safety

Women and children expelled by Tunisian authorities to the Libyan border stand by the shore, July 6, 2023.
July 6, 2023 Commentary

The UK’s Convenient Silence on Rwanda

Atrocious Human Rights Abuses by M23 Are Being Downplayed

Then-British Home Secretary Priti Patel (L), and Rwandan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Vincent Biruta sign an agreement
July 6, 2023 Statement

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July 6, 2023 Dispatches

Egypt Using Remote Hearings to Isolate Prisoners

New Proceedings by Videoconference Hide Detention Violations

The courthouse at the new Badr Prison in Badr city, 65 kms east of the Egyptian capital Cairo, during a government-guided tour for the media.
July 6, 2023 News Release

Bangladesh: Labor Activist Killed

EU, US Should Link Inquiry in Shahidul Islam’s Death to Trade Talks

Bangladeshi labour union leader Shahidul Islam, who was beaten to death on June 25, 2023, after he visited a factory to secure unpaid wages for the factory’s workers.
July 6, 2023 Statement

Bahrain: Submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

96th Pre-Session

July 6, 2023 Statement

Egypt: Submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

96th Pre-Session

July 6, 2023 Statement

Mali: Submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

96th Pre-Session

July 6, 2023 News Release

Ukraine: Civilian Deaths from Cluster Munitions

New Research Details Ukrainian Use of Widely Banned Weapon

Осколки боєприпасів 9Н210 або 9Н235 пробили стіни будинку родини, яка мешкає на лівому березі річки Сіверський Донець, під час окупації цієї території російськими військами у 2022 році, продірявивши цю каструлю.
July 6, 2023 News Release

Kurdistan Region of Iraq: LGBT Rights Group Shuttered

Rainbow-Colored Logo Cited as Evidence

Rasan Organization logo
July 5, 2023 News Release

France: Reform Police Stop Practices

Groups Recommend Measures to Halt Racial Profiling

Police agents check identity documents of passerby during the lockdown in Rennes, France. April 11, 2020.
July 5, 2023 Statement

Human Rights Organizations Welcome the Release of OHCHR’s Update of the UN Database of Businesses Facilitating Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and Call for Full and Annual Implementation of the Mandate

Barkan, located in the occupied West Bank, is an Israeli residential settlement and industrial zone that houses around 120 factories that export around 80 percent of their goods abroad. In the background is the Palestinian village of Qarawat Bani Hassan.

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