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August 16, 2018 News Release

Maldives: Opposition, Media Under Attack

Crackdown Threatens Fairness of September Elections

Police officers detain an opposition protester demanding the release of political prisoners during a demonstration in Malé, Maldives, February 2, 2018.
August 15, 2018 News Release

Bangladesh: Wave of Arrests Over Peaceful Dissent

Vague Law Used to Silence Students, Journalists

Students shout slogans as they take part in a protest over recent traffic accidents that killed a boy and a girl, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 4, 2018.
August 15, 2018 Letter

Letter to South Africa’s Department of Basic Education regarding their draft pregnancy policy

August 15, 2018 Dispatches

Ethiopia Violence A Concern Despite Reform Promises

Government Should Address Killings in Somali and Oromia Regions

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August 15, 2018 Dispatches

Rohingya Identity Is More Than Words on a Card

Myanmar Needs to Recognize Rights of Refugees in Bangladesh

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August 15, 2018 Statement

Cambodia: Civil Society Groups Call for the Release of Tep Vanny

Joint Statement on the Second Anniversary of Land Rights Activist’s Imprisonment

Activist Tep Vanny at the Supreme Court after it upheld a decision to deny her bail, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, January 25, 2017.
August 14, 2018 Dispatches

Protect Pakistan’s Children from Sexual Abuse

Police Training, Justice Reform Crucial for Holding Assailants Accountable

People chant slogans and hold signs to condemn the rape and killing of 7-year-old girl Zainab Ansari in Kasur, during a protest in Peshawar, Pakistan January 11, 2018.
August 14, 2018 Dispatches

Indonesian Political Prisoners Moved Close to Home

Moluccan Activists Jailed after Protest Dance in 2007

August 14, 2018 Dispatches

Yemen Bus Attack Should Be Point of No Return

Strengthen UN Investigation into Laws-of-War Violations

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August 14, 2018 Commentary

Will Russia Bring Home Children Who Lived Under ISIS/the Islamic State?

Zagidat Abakarova, 33, and her one-year-old daughter Mariam, returned to Dagestan, Russia, from northern Syria in October 2018
August 14, 2018 Dispatches

White Supremacists See a Friend in Trump

Trump’s Weak Response Speaks Volumes, Again.

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August 14, 2018 Letter

Human Rights Watch Opposes California Senate Bill 10, The California Bail Reform Act

August 14, 2018 Dispatches

Tajikistan Allows Another Family to Reunite

Government Had Effectively Held Exiled Activists’ Daughter Hostage

 Tajik authorities have placed 10-year-old Fatima Davlyatova, daughter of peaceful political activist, Shabnam Khudoydodova, on a watch list and prevented her from leaving to Europe to reunite with her mother.
August 13, 2018 News Release

Cambodia: Free Jailed Land Rights Activist

Second Anniversary of Tep Vanny’s Imprisonment

Activist Tep Vanny takes part in a land rights protest in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on November 7, 2012.
August 13, 2018 Commentary

Syria’s ‘Disappeared’ Deserve Truth and Justice

From top left: Mohamed Nour al-Shemali, Abdul Akram al-Sakka, Mohamad Meqdad, Bassel Khartabil, Khalil Maatouk, and Mohamed Atfah were among many political activists, journalists, humanitarian workers, and lawyers, disappeared by the Syrian government.

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