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October 25, 2016 Dispatches

Vietnamese Drug Users Make A Break For Freedom

Country’s Abusive And Overcrowded “Rehab Centers” Ruin Lives

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October 25, 2016 Commentary

Afghanistan: Glass Half Full or Half Empty?

DATE IMPORTED:October 05, 2016(Front Row L-R) Afghanistan's Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, President Ashraf Ghani, European Council President Donald Tusk, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, U.S.
October 25, 2016 Dispatches

Clashes in Galkayo, Somalia Harm Civilians

Tens of Thousands Displaced by Three Weeks of Fighting

Internally displaced Somalis stand outside a makeshift Muslim Madrasa (Islamic school) at the Halabokhad IDP settlement in Galkayo, northwest of Somalia's capital Mogadishu, July 20, 2011.
October 25, 2016 News Release

Turkey: Emergency Decrees Facilitate Torture

Reinstate Safeguards to Curb Abuse by Police

The Istanbul Security Directorate in Vatan Street where some of the cases of police torture and ill-treatment documented by Human Rights Watch took place. © 2016 Human Rights Watch
October 24, 2016 News Release

UN: Violators Undermine Human Rights Council

Russia, Saudi Arabia Should Not Sit on Top Rights Body

HRC headquarters
October 24, 2016 Dispatches

Kenya Rights Body Begins Inquiry Into Security Force Abuses

Inquiry Aimed at Probing Impact of Attacks on Rights at the Kenya Coast

Kenya police officers on patrol in the coastal town of Lamu in June 2014 in the wake of a series of attacks in Lamu and Tana River counties.
October 24, 2016 Dispatches

New Zealand Caves to China

Refusing to Meet With Hong Kong Activists a Misguided Concession

Chinese President Xi Jinping (second from right) speaks with New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key (second from left) during their meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, April 19, 2016.
October 24, 2016 News Release

UN: Russia’s Role in Syria Raises Questions About Bid for Human Rights Council

October 24, 2016 Commentary

The Secret Underbelly of the Cambodian Garment Industry

Women in the sewing division of a factory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital. Women constitute about 90 percent of the workforce in Cambodia’s garment industry.
October 24, 2016 News Release

Venezuela: Government Assails Critics as Crisis Deepens

Urgent Measures Needed to Address Shortages of Medicine, Food

Leidy Cordova, 37, with four of her five children at their home in Cumana, Venezuela, June 16, 2016. Their broken refrigerator held the only food in the house: a bag of corn flour and a bottle of vinegar.
October 24, 2016 Witness

Elchin Abdullayev – Forced to Flee for Aiding Activists

Elchin Abdullayev, human rights activist in Azerbaijan
October 24, 2016 Report

Tunisia: Abusive House Arrests

Scores Confined Without Charge Under State of Emergency

TUnisisa house arrest warrant OCT 2016
October 24, 2016 News Release

South Africa: ICC Move Betrays Victims

Members Should Reaffirm Support for International Court

The Permanent Premises of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands.
October 24, 2016 Dispatches

Steps Towards Justice For Syria

Syrian Man Carries Children After Barrel Bomb Attack
October 24, 2016 News Release

Iraq: Investigate Mosque Strike That Killed Civilians

13 Dead in Suspected Air Strike

Civilians return to their village after it was retaken by anti-ISIS forces, south of Mosul, Iraq, October 21, 2016.

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