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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.
August 13, 2018 Dispatches

Freed at Last from Prison, but Not Free in Azerbaijan

Authorities Should Vacate Ilgar Mammadov’s Verdict, Lift Restrictions on His Freedoms

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August 13, 2018 Dispatches

Wave of Arrests Follow Crackdown in Bangladesh

Authorities Meet Peaceful Protests With Beatings, Tear Gas, and Arrests

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August 13, 2018 Commentary

Why Are Nursing Homes Drugging Dementia Patients Without Their Consent?

Lenora Cline, 88, has lived in a nursing home for years. She has Alzheimer’s disease.
August 13, 2018 News Release

US/EU: Press Tajikistan to Free Journalist

Government Should Respect Media Freedom

Khayrullo Mirsaidov, a well-respected independent journalist in Tajikistan, was arrested on December 5, 2017, after publicly appealing to Tajikistan’s president about alleged local authority corruption.
August 13, 2018 News Release

Egypt: No Justice for Rab’a Victims 5 Years on

Impunity for Officers; Unfair Mass Trials for Survivors

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August 13, 2018 News Release

Georgia: Severe Toll of Abusive Drug Laws

Public Health Approaches Needed to Remedy Harmful Use of Drugs

A sign which reads “Care instead of Punishment” is held aloft at a protest rally calling for decriminalization of personal drug use.
August 10, 2018 News Release

Indonesia: Vice Presidential Candidate Has Anti-Rights Record

Amin’s Abusive Fatwas Put Burden on Jokowi to Defend Rights

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August 10, 2018 Commentary

Agriculture Ministry Should Take Lead on Pesticide Poisoning

Bernardo, a man in his 30s, was born in a quilombo (Afro-Brazilian) community of around 60, men, women, and children in Minas Gerais State, southeast Brazil. Bernardo told Human Rights Watch that he feels powerless against aerial spraying of pesticides. “
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August 10, 2018 Dispatches

Iran’s Judiciary Threatens Executions for Economic ‘Crimes’

Implementing the Death Penalty is Wrong Response to Economic Crisis

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August 10, 2018 Dispatches

Violence Against LGBT Activists in Armenia

Prompt, Thorough and Effective Investigation Needed

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August 10, 2018 Letter

Coalition of Rights Groups Submit Public Comment on the Sentencing Commission’s Proposed Priorities for 2018-2019 Amendment Cycle

August 10, 2018 Commentary

Why Are India’s Laws to Protect the Rights and Dignity of the Mentally Ill Not Working?

Residents of Mental Health Institutions Remain Isolated, Neglected, and Invisible

Girls watch television inside the girls’ wing at Asha Kiran, a government-run residential institution for people with intellectual disabilities and mental health needs in Delhi, in April 2018.

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