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January 13, 2022 News Release

Germany: Conviction for State Torture in Syria

Former Syrian Intelligence Officer Found Guilty

Photos of Syrians who have been detained or disappeared set up by Families for Freedom, as part of a protest in front of the court in Koblenz, July 2, 2020. 
January 13, 2022 Witness

Germany Should Translate Trials on Syria into Arabic

Translation Could Engage More Syrians in European Justice Process

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January 13, 2022 News Release

Latin America: Alarming Reversal of Basic Freedoms

Judicial Independence, Free Press, Civil Society under Attack; Humanitarian Needs Rising

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January 13, 2022 News Release

Lebanon: Callous Disregard for Rights

No justice for blast, no solutions for economic crisis

Families of Port Blast's victims show portraits of their beloved ones near the Palace of Justice in Beirut, November 25, 2021. Relatives of victims call for an independent judiciary to achieve justice.
January 13, 2022 News Release

Iraq: Impunity for Serious Abuses

Extrajudicial Killings, Enforced Disappearances Go Unpunished

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January 13, 2022 News Release

Bahrain: Repression Marks Uprising Anniversary

Critical Voices Silenced; Independent Rights Groups Barred

An anti-government protestor gestures in front of police as demonstrators re-occupy Pearl roundabout on February 19, 2011 in Manama, Bahrain. Ten years after the anti-government protests, virtually all opposition has been quashed.
January 13, 2022 News Release

Singapore: Tightening the Screws on Speech

Migrant Workers Denied Freedom of Movement

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January 13, 2022 News Release

Nepal: The Authorities are Failing to Protect Citizens

Response to Covid-19 Chaotic and Inadequate, While Impunity Undermines Rule of Law

Nepalese women’s rights activists rallying in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, on February 12, 2021, to call for an end to violence and discrimination against women and the scrapping of a proposed law that would restrict travel for many women.
January 13, 2022 News Release

Brazil: Protect Voting, Speech Rights

Amazon Deforestation Soars

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro watches a military parade in front of the presidential palace in Brasilia on August 10, 2021.
January 13, 2022 News Release

South Korea: Backtracking on Rights Protections

End Discrimination Against Marginalized Groups

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January 13, 2022 News Release

Malaysia: Rights Sharply Decline Amid Political Instability

Increased Attacks on Critics of Government, Migrant Workers, LGBT People

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January 13, 2022 News Release

Turkey Defies International Human Rights Law

On March 20, 2021, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan issued a decree withdrawing Turkey from the Council of Europe’s Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence, known as the Istanbul Convention, a groundbreaking treaty strongly supported by the women’s rights movement in Turkey. Protesters hold a banner reading "We are not giving up on the Istanbul Convention. It's not over for us." Istanbul/Turkey July 1, 2021
January 13, 2022 News Release

North Korea: Covid-19 Used to Bludgeon Rights

Deepening Systematic Repression Creates Humanitarian Crisis

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January 13, 2022 News Release

India: Dangerous Backsliding on Rights

Activists, Critics Targeted; Growing Attacks on Muslims, Groups at Risk

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January 13, 2022 News Release

Afghanistan: Taliban Takeover Worsens Rights Crisis

Broad Threats to Women, Media; Aid Loss Heightens Famine Risk

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