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August 5, 2019 Dispatches

Hong Kong Protests Broaden Despite Police Crackdown

Authorities Should Seriously Consider Protester Demands

A man glues a sticker label with messages against the extradition bill and pro-democracy in a Lennon wall in Wan Chai, Hong Kong
August 5, 2019 News Release

Iran: Jailed Environmentalists on Hunger Strike

Environmentalists Protesting 550 days of Legal Limbo

A campaign poster showing environmental activists, Taher Ghadirian, Niloufar Bayani, Amirhossein Khaleghi, Houman Jokar, Sam Rajabi, Sepideh Kashani, Morad Tahbaz and Abdolreza Kouhpayeh.
August 5, 2019 Commentary

Trafficking Survivors Are Being Failed the World Over

“I do not know exactly or remember how I got into the new house…When I woke up, I saw a man but not my friends anymore. I don’t know exactly, but later I guessed that was a Chinese house. I did not know where to run away…I realized that I was trafficked.
August 5, 2019 News Release

Human Rights Watch Names Nic Dawes Deputy Executive Director

New Post Designed to Strengthen the Organization’s Work

Nicholas Dawes
August 5, 2019 Report

Cameroon: People With Disabilities Caught in Crisis

Funds Needed to Scale Up Humanitarian Response

Staff from the Coordinating Unit, a network supporting people with people with disabilities in the South-West region of Cameroon, April 2019.
August 5, 2019 Impact

Iraq Authorities Acknowledge Horrific Prison Overcrowding

Those Arrested Have a Right to Speedy and Fair Trails

Women’s cell at Tal Kayf prison, taken in April 2019 and shared confidentially with Human Rights Watch, shows extreme overcrowding at the prison.
August 3, 2019 Commentary

The Anniversary that Shouldn't Be: 40 Years of President Obiang in Equatorial Guinea

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August 3, 2019 Dispatches

The End of Thailand’s Human Rights Commission?

Urgent Revamp Needed to Ensure Credibility, Independence

Jose L. Cuisia Jr., chairperson of Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation, presents the 2019 Ramon Magsaysay awardee Angkhana Neelapaijit from Thailand during an event in Manila, Philippines, Friday Aug. 2, 2019.
August 3, 2019 Commentary

Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week

Images of the IJOP surveillance phone app used in Xinjiang, China.
August 3, 2019 News Release

Crimea: Imprisoned Activist Urgently Needs Hospital Care

Officials Defy European Court Order

Edem Bekirov in court.
August 2, 2019 News Release

Saudi Arabia: Important Advances for Saudi Women

Freedom to Obtain Passports, But Women Activists Remained Jailed

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August 2, 2019 Impact

US Moved Some Children from Abusive Texas Border Facility

Issues Behind Their Detention Remain

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August 2, 2019 Dispatches

Courts Strike Down ‘Repressive’ Laws

Lawmakers Should Amend Laws that Threaten Free Speech

Kenyan journalists wear tape over their mouths to signify being silenced
August 2, 2019 News Release

US: Bill Would Shut Doors to Central Americans

Legislation Would Effectively End Asylum at Southern Border

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August 2, 2019 Letter

UN Rights Body Should Extend Commission of Inquiry on Burundi’s Mandate for Further Year

Joint NGO Letter

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