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June 17, 2016 News Release

China: Drop Cases Against Rights Lawyers

Xia Lin, Zhou Shifeng Face Politically Motivated Prosecutions

June 17, 2016 News Release

Bangladesh: Halt Mass Arbitrary Arrests

Carry Out Proper Investigations to Identify and Prosecute ‘Machete Attacks’

Police stand guard during a rally by activists demanding capital punishment for a group of bloggers in Dhaka, Bangladesh on April 12, 2013.

June 16, 2016 Commentary

Losing control: The dangers of killer robots

June 16, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: How to Stop US Production of Banned Cluster Munitions

A failed BLU-108 canister, with two submunitions still attached, that was delivered by a CBU-105 Sensor Fuzed Weapon during an attack on the quarry of the Amran Cement Factory on February 15, 2016.

June 16, 2016 Commentary

On International Domestic Workers’ Day, Turn Rights into Reality

June 16, 2016 News Release

Kenya: Court Upholds Forced Anal Exams

Government Should Abandon Abusive ‘Homosexuality Test’

"Adam," arrested in Kenya in February 2015 on homosexuality charges and subjected to a forced anal exam, sorts through police documents on his case. © 2015 Zoe Flood

June 16, 2016 Letter

Joint Letter to US Representatives: Vote "NO" on Guantanamo Restrictions

June 16, 2016 News Release

US: CIA Torture Revelations

Newly Released Documents Show Need for Accountability

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) (L) discusses a newly released Intelligence Committee report on the CIA's anti-terrorism tactics.

June 16, 2016 Letter

Letter to President Obama re: CIA torture

June 16, 2016 Commentary

There is A Violent Repression in Ethiopia - so Why is the UK Government Silent About it?

Ethnic Oromo march on a road in Ethiopia after security forces fatally shot protesters in Wolenkomi, some 60 kilometers west of Addis Ababa, December 15, 2015.

June 16, 2016 News Release

Bahrain: Order to Dissolve Key Opposition Group

Leading Activist Detained

June 15, 2016 Interview

Interview: Ethiopia’s Bloody Crackdown on Peaceful Dissent

June 15, 2016 News Release

Ethiopia: Protest Crackdown Killed Hundreds

Free Wrongfully Held Detainees, Independent Inquiry Needed

Mersen Chala holds a photo of his brother Dinka, who was killed by Ethiopian security forces a day earlier, in Yubdo village, Oromia region, about 100 kilometers from Addis Ababa, December 2015.

June 15, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Philippines’ Displaced Children Barred from School

Zamboanga East and West Central School, Zamboanga City, Philippines, 2013.

June 15, 2016 Commentary

Mob Lynchings, Crackdowns on Dissent

Are These the Reforms the BJP Regime Promised Us in 2014?

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a rally in a cricket stadium in Srinagar, November 7, 2015.

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