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January 27, 2016 News Release

Somalia: Civilians at Serious Risk

Address Accountability, End Forced Evictions

A child surrounded by her family’s belongings during the massive forced eviction by Somali authorities of a displaced person’s camp in the Kadha (formerly Dharkenley) district of Mogadishu, Somalia on March 4, 2015.

January 27, 2016 News Release

Canada: Human Rights Failures

Government Should Reverse Stance at Home, Abroad

January 27, 2016 News Release

Turkey: Deteriorating Climate for Rights

Media Crackdown, Abuses Amid Collapsed Kurdish Peace Process

Turkish Gendarmes lead a group of refugees to buses to prevent them from sailing off for the Greek island of Chios by dinghies, at a beach in the western Turkish coastal town of Cesme.

January 27, 2016 News Release

Balkans: Rights Key to European Future

Protect Asylum Seekers, Roma; Ensure Media Freedom; Prosecute War Crimes

January 27, 2016 News Release

European Union: Refugee Response Falls Short

Migration, Security Crisis Challenge Divided Union on Rights

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January 27, 2016 News Release

US: Missteps on Refugees Define Year

Overreactions to Those Fleeing Syria, Central America

January 27, 2016 News Release

Ukraine: Fragile Ceasefire

Hostilities Down, but Civilians Remain at Risk

January 27, 2016 News Release

Sri Lanka: New Government Makes Significant Progress

Impunity, Detention Without Trial Persist Amid Reforms

Polling officers carrying ballot boxes walk with a police officer as they prepare to go to their polling centers ahead of presidential election in Colombo on January 7, 2015.

January 27, 2016 News Release

North Korea: Hold Kim Jong-Un to Account for Abuses

Horrific Human Rights Violations Continue Unchecked

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during a winter river-crossing attack drill in the western sector of the front of the Korean People's Army (KPA).

January 27, 2016 News Release

Nepal: Political Unrest Mars Progress on New Constitution

Urgent Humanitarian Crisis Looms as Year Ends

Protesters chanting slogans take part in a general strike organized by the Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN) criticizing the draft of the new constitution in Kathmandu, Nepal, on August 23, 2015. © 2015 Reuters

January 27, 2016 News Release

Pakistan: End Clampdown on Free Speech, Dissent

Security Forces, Militants Threaten Civil Society

Relatives carry the coffin of Saulat Mirza, who was sentenced to death by an anti-terrorism court in 1999 and hanged on May 12, 2015, in Karachi, Pakistan.

January 27, 2016 News Release

Malaysia: Crackdown on Rights Intensifies

Activists, Political Opposition, Media Under Attack

January 27, 2016 News Release

Cambodia: New Waves of Repression

Donors Failed to Challenge Prime Minister on Rights Abuses

January 27, 2016 News Release

Afghanistan: Failure to Deliver on Key Reforms

Civilians at Risk as Security Deteriorates

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January 27, 2016 News Release

Indonesia: Missed Opportunities to Protect Rights

Security Force Impunity, Increased Threats to Women’s Rights and Religious Freedom

The village of Desa Sungai has lost its land and livelihood to a palm oil plantation. Singkil swamp rainforest, Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia.

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