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April 14, 2021 Dispatches

Pakistan’s ‘Father’ of Human Rights Passes Away

I.A. Rehman’s Struggle for a Progressive, Tolerant Pakistan Lives On

I.A. Rehman, center, addresses a news conference, in Islamabad, Pakistan, July 16, 2018.
April 14, 2021 News Release

Australia: Act on Indigenous Deaths in Custody

30 Years On, Royal Commission Recommendations Should Be Fully Implemented

A woman holds up a colorful painting that depicts the Australian continent
April 14, 2021 News Release

Mexico: Online Free Speech at Risk

Proposed Social Media Regulations Violate International Norms

In this Dec. 18, 2020 file photo, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador gives his daily morning news conference at the presidential palace in Mexico City. On January 14, 2021, López Obrador vowed to lead an international effort to combat what he considers censorship by social media companies that blocked or suspended the accounts of Former US President Donald Trump.
April 14, 2021 Report

Cameroon: Wave of Arrests, Abuse Against LGBT People

Repeal Law, Protect LGBT Rights

Njeuken Loic (known as “Shakiro”) and Mouthe Roland (known as “Patricia”), two transgender women, in a Douala prison.
April 13, 2021 Letter

Letter to COVAX Facility from Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, MSF Access Campaign and Public Citizen

April 13, 2021 Dispatches

Chechen Asylum Seeker Deported to Russia Arbitrarily Detained

France Complicit as Magomed Gadaev at Risk of Torture in Chechnya

Magomed Gadaev pictured in Paris, France.
April 13, 2021 News Release

Bring Ukrainian Women, Children Home from Syria

Detained in Dire Conditions; Urgently Need Consular Support

A boy flies a home-made kite in the foreigners’ section of al-Hol camp in northeast Syria on March 15, 2021.
April 13, 2021 Dispatches

Closing Camps Won’t Solve Kenya’s Refugee Problem

Government Should Protect Refugees, Not Send People Back to Dangerous Conditions

Photo: An aerial picture shows a section of the Hagadera camp in Dadaab near the Kenya-Somalia border, May 8, 2015.
April 12, 2021 Letter

Letter to MFA in Ukraine Regarding Nationals Arbitrarily Held in Syria

April 12, 2021 Dispatches

North Korea’s Leader Warns of Famine

Kim Jong Un May Be Tightening Already Firm Grip on Power

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a closing speech at the Sixth Conference of Cell Secretaries of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea, April 8, 2021. 
April 12, 2021 Dispatches

Victims of Sudan Crackdown on Protests Await Justice

More Efforts Needed to Ensure Timely, Transparent Accountability

Sudanese celebrate after officials said the military had forced longtime autocratic President Omar al-Bashir to step down after 30 years in power in Khartoum, Sudan, Thursday, April 11, 2019.
April 12, 2021 News Release

Brazil: Remove Miners from Indigenous Amazon Territory

Bolsonaro Policies Fuel Deforestation in Indigenous Lands

A mining site in the Munduruku Indigenous Land registered by Brazil's environmental agency IBAMA, May 2018.
April 10, 2021 Commentary

Top Rights Tweets of the Week

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April 9, 2021 News Release

US: Congress Advances Slavery Reparations Bill

Measure Is Historic Step Toward Repair

A sculpture of African slaves by Ghanaian artist, Kwame Akoto-Bamfo, at the beginning of the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama. 
April 9, 2021 Commentary

Biden Needs a Middle East-Wide Human Rights Policy

President Joe Biden speaks about foreign policy, at the State Department in Washington, February 4, 2021. 

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