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February 4, 2016 News Release

Morocco: Thousands Face Needless Suffering at End of Life

Carry Out Policies Promising Pain Relief

Patients and their relatives waiting outside Morocco’s National Institute of Oncology in Rabat, Morocco.

February 4, 2016 News Release

Syria: New Agenda on Refugee Aid

Funding, of Course, but Also Host Country Reforms

Refugees and migrants gather near a checkpoint on the Russian-Norwegian border in Murmansk region, Russia on October 30, 2015.

February 4, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Protect Lives, Not Just Territory, Against Attacks

Fire-burns scars and building destruction in Dalori, Nigeria, February 2, 2016.

February 3, 2016 Report

France: Abuses Under State of Emergency

Halt Warrantless Search and House Arrest

Halim A. says his reputation and business were ruined after police placed him under house arrest on November 15, 2015 during France’s state of emergency. A judge suspended the house arrest on January 23, 2016, and ordered the authorities to pay Halim €1,5

February 3, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: A Top Chinese Banker’s Mysterious Death

Paramilitary soldiers guard near the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 5, 2015.

February 3, 2016 News Release

Senegal: Final Arguments in Hissène Habré Trial

Hissène Habré at trial

February 3, 2016 Commentary

When Brazilian Judges Defend Injustice

Makeshift “barracos,” or cubicles, inside Pavilion 7 at Presídio Juiz Antônio Luiz L. de Barros (PJALLB), in Recife.

February 3, 2016 Commentary

Turkish Activists look to Germany for Support on Rights Crackdown

Riot police stand guard outside the Kanalturk and Bugun TV building in Istanbul, 28 October 2015

February 3, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Israel – Fears for Palestinian Hunger Striker Held without Charge

hunger striker

February 3, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: A Grim Milestone in Azerbaijan’s Crackdown on Critics

Ilgar Mammadov

February 3, 2016 News Release

Russia: Court Rules Against LGBT Activist

Repeal the Discriminatory Anti-LGBT Law

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February 3, 2016 News Release

Norway/Russia: Don’t Jeopardize Asylum Seekers

Fast-Track Returns Put Refugees at Risk

Refugees and migrants gather near a checkpoint on the Russian-Norwegian border in Murmansk region, Russia on October 30, 2015.

February 2, 2016 News Release

Human Rights Watch Film Festival

20th Anniversary Year in London

Operating under a pseudonym which means "no boundaries" - North Korean defector Sun Mu doesn't just paint about his troubled life in the worlds most reclusive and repressive state - he paints images of hope.

February 2, 2016 News Release

South Korea: Act to Promote Rights in North Korea

North Korea Rights Bill Would Support Accountability

Park

February 2, 2016 News Release

India: Supreme Court Revisits “Sodomy” Law

Opportunity to Overturn Discriminatory Law Against LGBT People

LGBT rights activists in Mumbai cover themselves with a rainbow flag after the Supreme Court announced on February 2, 2016 that it would hear an appeal of its 2013 decision that upheld a discriminatory law criminalizing same-sex relations. © 2016 Reuters

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