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January 15, 2026 News Release

Uganda: Blanket Internet Shutdown Violates Rights

Authorities Should Immediately Restore Full Internet Access; Uphold Election Integrity

A member of the Ugandan police force gives instructions to supporters of Uganda's incumbent president and National Resistance Movement (NRM) presidential candidate Yoweri Museveni entering the rally grounds ahead of the party's closing campaign rally ahead of the 2026 Ugandan general elections, in Kampala on January 13, 2026.
January 15, 2026 News Release

Kazakhstan/China: Drop Charges against Activists for Xinjiang Protests

Unprecedented Mass Prosecution of Xinjiang Protesters

Family members and neighbor (far right) of Alimnur Turganbay, a Kazakhstan citizen detained in China, outside their house in Uzynagash village, located outside Almaty, Kazakhstan on August 4, 2025.
January 15, 2026 Report

Syria: Accountability Lacking for Sweida Abuses

Hold Security Forces, Druze and Bedouin Armed Groups Accountable

Hatem Radwan stands near bloodstains inside the Al-Radwan guest house, after a deadly shooting, in the predominantly Druze city of Sweida, Syria, July 25, 2025.
January 14, 2026 News Release

Sri Lanka: UN Finds Systemic Sexual Violence During Civil War

Impunity Prevails for Abuses Against Women, Men; Survivors Suffer for Years

Families mourn victims of Sri Lanka’s 1983-2009 civil war on the beach at Mullivaikal where the final battle took place, May 17, 2024.
January 14, 2026 Letter

Joint Letter to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi

Re: Integrating Human Rights into Japan’s Foreign and Economic Security Policy

January 14, 2026 Dispatches

Bangladeshi Women, Girls, Minorities Face Rising Violence

Continued Abuse, Exclusion Mar Government’s Response Ahead of Elections

Activists attend a procession to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on November 25, 2025.
January 14, 2026 Dispatches

Brutal Police Raid on LGBT-friendly Venue in Azerbaijan

Detainees Report Abuse, Humiliation, Extortion

 A view of Baku’s skyline, Azerbaijan, June 9, 2022.
January 14, 2026 Statement

Uganda: Government Suspends Civic Groups Ahead of Elections

January 14, 2026 Dispatches

Convicted Former Guinean Official Dies in Prison

Justice Stalled in 2009 Stadium Massacre Proceedings

Colonel Claude Pivi, Guinea’s former minister for presidential security, at Martyrs Square of Conakry on October 2, 2009.
January 14, 2026 Report

Inadequate Pensions for Older People in Hungary

Rising Poverty and Barriers to Adequate Food, Medicine, Energy

Anna, 80, shows a notebook containing detailed records of monthly expenses, for herself and her sister Erika, 84, in their home in Budapest, Hungary, October 2025.
January 13, 2026 Statement

Free Arbitrarily Detained People in Southern Yemen

End Use of Unofficial Prison Sites; Provide Accountability, Reparations

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January 13, 2026 Dispatches

New Questions on September US Boat Strike

Reported Use of Plane Disguised as Civilian Aircraft

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives to brief senators at the US Capitol, Washington DC, January 7, 2026.
January 13, 2026 Dispatches

UK Government Seeks to Restrict Protests, Including Some Against Pharmaceutical Companies

Parliament Should Vote Down the Proposed Amendment to the Public Order Act 2023

Demonstrators hold a banner that reads "Protect the right to protest"
January 13, 2026 Commentary

A Fairer Tax System is a Global Human Rights Imperative

Rally in opposition of a tax bill, in front of the US Capitol, Washington DC, November 30, 2017.
January 13, 2026 Dispatches

Justice Elusive for UN Experts Murdered in DR Congo

Congolese Rights Body Urges ‘Masterminds’ to be Held to Account for 2017 Killings

Zaida Catalán and Michael Sharp.

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