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May 17, 2017 Dispatches

Grim Milestone For Jailed 'Harlem Shake' Activist In Azerbaijan

Ilkin Rustamzade Has Served Four Years Following Bogus Conviction 

A protestor holds a sign calling for the release of unjustly imprisoned youth activists.  Baku, September 18, 2016.
May 17, 2017 News Release

G20 Labor Summit: Protect Rights in Supply Chains

Widespread Rights Abuses

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May 17, 2017 Commentary

Plead guilty, go home. Plead not guilty, stay in jail

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May 16, 2017 News Release

Ukraine: Revoke Ban on Dozens of Russian Web Companies

Protect Freedom of Expression and Media Pluralism

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May 16, 2017 News Release

Pakistan: Escalating Crackdown on Internet Dissent

Protect Critical Voices, Vulnerable Groups

Pakistan's Minister of the Interior, Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan, gestures at a press conference in Islamabad in 2014.
May 16, 2017 News Release

Tajikistan: Travel Ban on Rights Lawyer

Free Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyers

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May 16, 2017 News Release

Kazakhstan: Trade Union Leader Jailed

End Crackdown on Labor Rights

Amin Yeleusinov.
May 16, 2017 Dispatches

Australia’s Cells of Horror

Neglect and Abuse in Mental Health System Caught on Camera

Miriam Merten shown on CCTV footage from a government hospital in New South Wales, Australia, 2014.
May 16, 2017 Commentary

Donald Trump Should Not Fall for Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shakes hands with U.S President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington D.C., May 16, 2017.
May 16, 2017 Commentary

Poland Trapping Asylum Seekers in Unsafe Belarus

8:28 a.m. train carrying asylum seekers to Terespol, Poland. Brest, Belarus, December 7, 2016.
May 15, 2017 News Release

China: Police DNA Database Threatens Privacy

40 Million Profiled Includes Dissidents, Migrants, Muslim Uyghurs

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May 15, 2017 News Release

Kazakhstan: Journalist Stabbed En Route to Brief Diplomats

Investigate, Bring Attackers to Justice

Ramazan Yesergepov.
May 15, 2017 Statement

New Accounts Describe Abusive Prosecution of Civilians by Military Courts

Joint Statement by the Venezuelan Penal Forum and Human Rights Watch

May 15, 2017 Commentary

I was scared of the FBI with Comey in charge. I’m more terrified now that he’s been fired.

May 15, 2017 Dispatches

Saving the Lives of Women Raped in War

UN Secretary-General Calls for Safe Abortion Access

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