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May 24, 2019 News Release

Kenya: Court Upholds Archaic Anti-Homosexuality Laws

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May 24, 2019 Dispatches

FIFA Expansion Plan for 2022 World Cup Halted

Common Sense Prevails Over Inclusion of More Rights-Abusing Countries

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May 24, 2019 News Release

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May 24, 2019 News Release

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Forced to Sign “Voluntary” Return Forms; Risk of Serious Harm

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May 23, 2019 Dispatches

LGBT Hondurans March Against Hate

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May 23, 2019 Dispatches

German President Should Push Uzbekistan for Further Reforms

Upcoming Visit an Opportunity to Bolster Respect for Human Rights

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May 23, 2019 Statement

Statement on New Use of Antipersonnel Mines, Mine Ban Treaty intersessional meeting

Delivered by Steve Goose, Director

May 23, 2019 Dispatches

Rape Allegations Against Pakistan’s Police

Prosecute Officers Implicated, Enact Wider Reforms

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May 23, 2019 Dispatches

A Call for Justice in Africa’s Great Lakes Region

Nairobi Conference Commits to Greater Efforts to Fight Impunity, Defend Rights

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May 23, 2019 News Release

Cameroon: Promised Investigation Should Be Independent

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“Ramah” church, burned on May 15, 2019 by the security forces, in Muwatsu, Mankon, Bamenda, North-West region, Cameroon.
May 23, 2019 Statement

Statement by Human Rights Watch and Legal Action Worldwide

International Conference on Ending Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Humanitarian Crises

A Rohingya survivor of rape in Teknaf, Bangladesh, June 25, 2018.
May 23, 2019 Statement

Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Briefing: Women’s Human Rights Defenders in Saudi Arabia

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May 22, 2019 Dispatches

Unending Repression Under Thailand’s Military Junta

Abuses Persist Five Years After Coup

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May 22, 2019 Background Briefing

Brunei’s Pernicious New Penal Code

May 22, 2019 News Release

Brunei: New Report on Abusive Penal Code

Law Retains Death Penalty for Private Consensual Sex

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