Human Rights Watch Daily Brief, 25 November

Iran, CAR, Thailand, Congo, US, Hungary, Saudi Arabia

Dispatches: My Meeting With the General

Australia: Prime Minister Should Retract Torture Remarks

Leading Rights Groups Denounce Comments Condoning Abuses

Dispatches: Smartphones Without Smart Due Diligence

Dispatches: Debating Iran’s Rights Record… in Kabul

Joint letter on Australia’s commitment to the absolute prohibition against torture

Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development regarding Bill C-6 to Implement the Convention on Cluster Munitions

Unbroken Violence in Congo

A brutal militia has surrendered in Congo -- but is the war-torn country any safer?

Afghanistan: Reject Proposal to Restore Stoning

Donors Should Withhold Funds if Law Passes

Gaza: Abuse, Harassment of Activists

‘Tamarod’ Supporters Forced to Cancel November 11 Protest

Japan: Amend “Special Secrets” Bill to Protect Public Interest

Overbroad Power to Classify Secrets, Criminalize Leakers

Letter to Members of the Working Party on General Affairs and Evaluations: Strengthening Efforts to Combat Impunity for Grave International Crimes within EU Member States

Letter to the Minister of Interior Marwan Charbel

South Africa: Video on Gender Violence

Highlights Campaign; Documents Award-Winning Photographer’s Work