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April 4, 2016 News Release

Venezuela: Police Raids Hit Poor Areas

Alleged Extrajudicial Killings, Mass Detention, Forced Evictions

Venezuelan soldiers detain men who allegedly had links to a Colombian paramilitary group during an OLP raid in Táchira state, Venezuela.

April 4, 2016 Report

DR Congo: Children Held in Remote Military Prison

Former Child Soldiers Should Be Rehabilitated, Released

Angenga military prison in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo, where alleged FDLR combatants are being held, including at least 29 children.

April 4, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Asylum Seekers Stuck Outside Transit Zones in Hungary

Asylum seekers in Roszke waiting for days to be admitted to the transit zone, Hungary, March 31, 2016.

April 4, 2016 News Release

Syria: Promised Aid for Key Areas Blocked

Eastern Ghouta, Daraya Civilians Denied Food, Medical Supplies

Men store bags of flour unloaded from a Red Crescent aid convoy in the rebel-held, besieged town of Jesreen in Eastern Ghouta, Syria on March 7, 2016.

April 4, 2016 News Release

US: Releases Signal Progress on Guantanamo

Senegal Shows Leadership, Compassion in Accepting Libyan Detainees

April 3, 2016 News Release

China: Detained Lawyers, Activists Denied Basic Rights

Free 18 Advocates Wrongfully Held for Nine Months

April 2, 2016 Commentary

Rescuing Pakistan

Rescue workers move a body from the site of a blast outside a public park in Lahore, Pakistan on March 27, 2016.

April 1, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: The Kenyan President’s Failed Promises to Rape Victims

Nafula K.,46, was gang raped together with three other women by four men in January 2008 while at an IDP camp.

April 1, 2016 Letter

HRW Allegation Letter to UN Special Rapporteurs

Re: Legal Recognition of Transgender People in Japan

April 1, 2016 Commentary

Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week

A woman chained in a room built behind her family home in Ponorogo, East Java. She is forced to eat, sleep, and defecate in this room.

April 1, 2016 Commentary

Best of Dispatches: Top News Posts This Week

A group of child brides at Annandale farm, Shamva, Mashonaland Central Province after participating in a community meeting on ending child marriage.

April 1, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: On Peacekeeper Abuse, Put Survivors First

A United Nations peacekeeper stands alongside a road during Pope Francis' visit to the capital Bangui, November 29, 2015. © 2015 Reuters

April 1, 2016 News Release

Yemen: Baha’i Adherent Faces Death Penalty

End Persecution of Religious Minority

April 1, 2016 Report

Rwanda: Ex-Military Officers Convicted Over Comments

Investigate Allegations of Torture, Witness Tampering

Col. Tom Byabagamba speaking to his lawyer before his hearing at the military court in Kigali on August 29, 2014.

March 31, 2016 News Release

UN Meeting Ducks Syria Refugee Responsibility

Meager Pledges as 92 Countries Meet

Syrians arrive at a camp for internally displaced persons on the outskirts of Azaz town, 5 kilometers south of Bab al-Salam and Turkey’s closed Öncüpınar border post on February 6, 2016.

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