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January 16, 2025 News Release

Sri Lanka: New Government Pledges Economic Reform, Justice

President Anura Dissanayake Should Ensure Accountability for Past War Crimes

Newspaper front pages featuring Sri Lankan president-elect Anura Kumara Dissanayake.

January 16, 2025 News Release

Cambodia: Hun Manet Drastically Curtails Rights

Prime Minister Fails to Uphold Promises to Strengthen Democracy, Rule of Law

Environmental activist Phuon Keoraksmey is escorted by police officers

January 16, 2025 News Release

Haiti: Escalating Violence; Humanitarian Crisis

UN, Foreign Governments Should Support Comprehensive Response

January 16, 2025 News Release

Australia: Reversals in Respect for Children’s Rights

Violations Against Asylum Seekers Persist; Human Rights Act Needed

A detention cell with writing on its walls.

January 16, 2025 News Release

Egypt: Repression, Rising Poverty in Sisi’s Second Decade

Unaccountable Authorities Undermining Political, Socioeconomic Rights

A man walks past an exchange office in Cairo, Egypt, March 6, 2024.

January 16, 2025 News Release

Venezuela: Rights Crisis Deepens as Maduro is Sworn in

Widespread Repression, Unaddressed Humanitarian Emergency

January 16, 2025 News Release

Retreat and Resistance in Dark Times

2025 World Report Covers Crackdowns, Crises, and Conflicts around the Globe

January 16, 2025 News Release

EU: Migration Policies Fuel Abuses Across Borders

Deterrence-First Approach Undermines Rights, Erodes Protection, Endangers Lives

The headquarters of the European Union mission in Tunisia, May 9 2024.

January 16, 2025 News Release

Türkiye: Regional Influence Shouldn’t Eclipse Crackdown

Voters Rights Violated; Government Critics Prosecuted

Demonstrators in Istanbul protest the government's removal and detention of Ahmet Özer, opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) mayor of Istanbul’s Esenyurt district, October 31, 2024, to be replaced with a government appointee as “trustee.”

January 16, 2025 News Release

UK: New Government Failing to Uphold Democratic Freedoms

Right to Protest Remains Curtailed, Punished

Thousands of peaceful protesters stand up for rights in an Anti-Racism Protest in London, UK, August 7, 2024.

January 16, 2025 News Release

Vietnam: Repression Deepens Under New Leader

No Easing of Severe Restrictions Under General Secretary To Lam

January 16, 2025 News Release

Afghanistan: Taliban Repression Deepens

New Laws, Regulations Compound Abuses Against Women, Girls

January 16, 2025 News Release

Iraq: Repressive Laws Roll Back Rights

Freedoms Under Threat; Executions on the Rise

A woman walks holding a placard as activists demonstrate against female child marriages, in Tahrir Square, central Baghdad, July 28, 2024.

January 16, 2025 News Release

Iran: Unchecked Repression of Dissent

Targeting Women, Minorities, and Fundamental Rights

A young Iranian woman, who does not wear a mandatory headscarf, walks under an Iranian flag in downtown Tehran, Iran, September 29, 2024.

January 16, 2025 News Release

Israel/Palestine: An Abyss of Human Suffering in Gaza

Unchecked Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes

The moon rises as a man sits atop a pile of rubble it al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza Strip on November 15, 2024, amid ongoing hostilities in Gaza.

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Gender-based Violence at Work
German Election
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Mexico: Lessons from a Human Rights Catastrophe
Middle East Uprising
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Right to Social Security
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