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September 19, 2018 Statement

UN Rights Body Should Take Action on Reprisals

Interactive Dialogue with Assistant UN Secretary-General Andrew Gilmour on the Secretary-General’s Report on Reprisals

September 19, 2018 News Release

Maldives: Election Rigging Feared

New Rules Threaten Free Vote on September 23

Abdulla Yameen takes his oath as the President of Maldives during a swearing-in ceremony at the parliament in Male November 17, 2013.

September 19, 2018 Report

Turkey/Iraq: Strikes May Break Laws of War

At Least 7 Non-combatants Killed; Residents Say No Military Targets Nearby

The home of Sharo Mahmoud Braym in Sarkan village which was hit by an apparent Turkish airstrike on March 22, 2018, killing four men inside. © 2018 Private

September 18, 2018 News Release

Myanmar: Domestic Commissions on Rohingya All Failures

UN Rights Council Should Create Body to Collect Evidence for Future Trials

201711Asia_Burma_ShotMohammed Taher, 50, a Rohingya refugee holds his son Mohammed Shoaib, 7, outside a medical center at Kutupalong refugee camp near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, on November 5, 2017. His son was shot in the chest before crossing the border f

September 18, 2018 Dispatches

Trump Slashes Number of Refugees Resettled in US

Undermines Global Response to Victims of War and Persecution

Demonstrators march outside the Trump Building at 40 Wall St. as part of a protest against the US government's refugee ban in New York on March 28, 2017. © 2017 Reuters

September 18, 2018 Dispatches

Never to Be Seen Again in Eritrea?

Eritrea’s Endless Incommunicado Detention of Critics

Eritrean refugees hold placards during a protest against the Eritrean government outside their embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel May 11, 2015.

September 18, 2018 Statement

States should act in concert to denounce China’s campaign of oppression in Xinjiang

Item 4 General Debate

Government social media post in April 2017 shows detainees in a political education camp in Lop County, Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang.

September 18, 2018 Statement

Human Rights Council Should Create Accountability Mechanism For Myanmar Atrocities

Interactive Dialogue With The Fact-Finding Mission On Myanmar

Rohingya refugees try to take shelter from torrential rain as they are held by the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) after illegally crossing the border, in Teknaf, Bangladesh, August 31, 2017.

September 18, 2018 Report

Burundi: Renew UN Inquiry

New Abuses, Climate of Fear After Referendum

Member of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Burundi, Françoise Hampson (L), and chairman Doudou Diène (C), give a press conference to present a report on rights violations in the country on September 5, 2018 in Geneva.

September 17, 2018 News Release

Kyrgyzstan: Abusive Crackdowns on 'Extremist' Material

Mandatory Prison for Possessing Banned Pamphlets, Videos

Counterterrorism police carry out a search in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on October 16, 2015.

September 17, 2018 Interview

Interview: How Not to Fight Terrorism in Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan’s Crackdown on ‘Extremist Material’

An airplane trace is seen behind a Kyrgyzstan national flag fluttering in a central square in Bishkek March 11, 2013.

September 17, 2018 Dispatches

Philippine Court Convicts General in Infamous ‘Disappearance’ Case

Three in Army Get Life Sentences in Important Step for Justice