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March 30, 2023 Report

DR Congo: Rampant Intercommunal Violence in West

Customary Land Tax Dispute in 2022 Sparks Hundreds of Killings

Exterior of a market turned into a camp for displaced persons
March 30, 2023 Dispatches

Namibian Communities Deserve a Say in German Reparations Deal

True Reckoning Requires Involving Descendants of Victims of Colonial Era Abuses

Chiefs of the Nama and Ovaherero peoples during the annual ‘reparations walk’ in Swakopmund, Namibia calling for reparations for the ongoing impact of the genocide committed by Germany’s colonial rule between 1904 and 1908.
March 30, 2023 News Release

France, EU: Raise Rights During Top-Level China Visit

Macron, von der Leyen Should Set Tone for EU-China Relations

France's President Emmanuel Macron, right, welcomes European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, December 12, 2022.
March 29, 2023 Dispatches

Myanmar Junta Dissolves Political Parties

Military Seeks to Legitimize Rule Through Sham Elections

Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a speech to the nation in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, September 19, 2017.
March 29, 2023 Dispatches

Tanzania Undermines Right to Health of Maasai Community

Visiting US Vice President Should Urge Government to Respect Rights

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March 29, 2023 Dispatches

Taliban Expand Civil Society Crackdown

Education Activist, Journalist, Blogger Among Those Recently Targeted

 Mortaza Behboudi.
March 29, 2023 News Release

Ukraine: International Justice Response

Q&A Highlights Need for Coordinated Efforts to Address Grave Abuses

A resident looks at an apartment building damaged during heavy fighting near the Illich Iron & Steel Works Metallurgical Plant in Mariupol, Ukraine, April 16, 2022.
March 29, 2023 Q & A

Q&A: Justice Efforts for Ukraine

A resident looks at an apartment building damaged during heavy fighting near the Illich Iron & Steel Works Metallurgical Plant in Mariupol, Ukraine, April 16, 2022.
March 29, 2023 Dispatches

New Nepal Police Chief Has Questions to Answer on Torture

Decision Shows Government’s Commitment to Impunity

Nepalese youth clash with police as they protest outside Federal Parliament in Kathmandu, Nepal.
March 29, 2023 News Release

UN General Assembly Seeks World Court Ruling on Climate Change

Landmark Resolution Addresses Rights, Obligations

Vanuatu's Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau speaks prior to a vote on a resolution aimed at fighting global warming, at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, March 29, 2023.
March 29, 2023 News Release

Burkina Faso: TV News Broadcasts Suspended

Lift Ban on France 24; Protect Freedom of Expression

A television shows the cut signal of the France 24 channel, hours after Burkina Faso’s military government suspended the channel on March 27, 2023.
March 29, 2023 News Release

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March 29, 2023 Dispatches

Japan to Hold Retrial for Decades-Old Death Sentence

Case Highlights Cruelty of ‘Hostage Justice System,’ Capital Punishment

A court in Japan will hold a retrial in the case of Iwao Hakamada, a former professional boxer who was sentenced to death in 1968 for the 1966 murder of a family of four.  He was released from prison in 2014.  
March 29, 2023 News Release

US: Texas Attack on Migrants Reaches New Extremes

Creation of State-Sponsored Vigilantes a Dangerous Global Precedent

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March 29, 2023 News Release

Pakistan: Prisoners Deprived of Adequate Health Care

Outdated Bail Laws, Corruption, Fuel Abuse

people exit the main entrance of the Karachi Central Prison

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