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December 12, 2016 News Release

Syria: Urgent Need for Aleppo Aid Access

Immense Suffering from Lack of Food, Water, Medical Supplies

A civilian collects tree branches from the rubble of a damaged site in Aleppo’s rebel-held besieged Qadi Askar neighbourhood.
December 12, 2016 News Release

Algeria: Journalist on Hunger Strike in Prison Dies

Sentenced to 2 Years for Insulting President

Relatives carry the coffin of British-Algerian journalist Mohamed Tamalt, who had died on December 11 after staging a hunger strike in Algiers over his two years sentence for publishing articles considered as offensive to President Abdelaziz Bouteflika Al
December 12, 2016 Statement

Statement on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, CCW Fifth Review Conference ews

Delivered by Steve Goose, Director

December 12, 2016 Letter

Joint Letter in support of the UNGA Resolution A/C.3/71/L.25 on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran

December 11, 2016 Dispatches

European Parliament May Rubber Stamp Forced Labor in Uzbekistan

One Million People, Including Doctors and Teachers, Forced to Pick Cotton Each Year

Cotton picking in Uzbekistan.
December 10, 2016 Commentary

A Women’s Right to Be Free of Violence in Brazil

"Rita", a woman victim of domestic violence, holding a protective order issued by a judge in Pernambuco. October 2016.
December 10, 2016 News Release

EU: Returns to Greece Put Refugees at Risk

Would Exacerbate Dire Conditions for Asylum Seekers

Families waiting for a bottle of water and a sandwich per person at a camp in Idomeni, Greece, March 2016.
December 10, 2016 Letter

Joint Letter to H.E. Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta Regarding a Judicial Commission of Inquiry

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta inspects a guard of honor
December 10, 2016 Letter

Joint Letter to Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha

Re: Andy Hall’s Conviction of Criminal Defamation and Computer Crimes Violations

Labor activist Andy Hall was found guilty of criminal defamation and violating the Computer Crime Act on September 20, 2016.
December 9, 2016 Commentary

Iran's Moderates Must Stand on Right Side of History

Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani attends Iran's Assembly of Experts' biannual meeting in Tehran, Iran on March 6, 2012. The Assembly of Experts for Leadership is an elected body of clerics responsible for choosing the Supreme Leader, a lifetime ap
December 9, 2016 Statement

Gambia: President Rejects Election Results

Jammeh Had Conceded Defeat, Agreed to Peaceful Transition

December 9, 2016 News Release

US: Case Challenges Mass Internet Surveillance

A surveillance camera is pictured in front of the U.S. flag, September 20, 2016.
December 9, 2016 Commentary

The Rights Weekender

Gender studies students wearing masks pose with the word "Enough" written on their hands during a performance to commemorate victims of gender violence, during the U.N. International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, in Oviedo, Spain Nove
December 9, 2016 Commentary

Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week

Syrian Man Carries Children After Barrel Bomb Attack
December 9, 2016 Dispatches

France’s Le Pen Calls for Foreign Children to be Denied Free Education

An Appalling Proposal by the Leader of the Far-Right National Front

Marine Le Pen, French National Front (FN) political party leader, delivers a statement on U.S. election results at the party headquarters in Nanterre, France, November 9, 2016.

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