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March 16, 2026 News Release

Bangladesh: New Government Should Prioritize Human Rights

Groups Cite Key Issues, Suggested Actions in Letter to Prime Minister

March 16, 2026 News Release

US/El Salvador: Deportees Forcibly Disappeared

Disclose Their Whereabouts; Take Them Before a Judge

Venezuelans and Salvadorans nationals deported from the United States are transferred to the Center for Terrorism Confinement (CECOT) in San Salvador, El Salvador, on March 31, 2025.

March 13, 2026 News Release

Formula One: Put Human Rights in the Driver’s Seat

2026 Grand Prix Hosts Have Track Record of Serious Rights Abuses

March 12, 2026 News Release

Iran: US School Attack Findings Show Need for Reform, Accountability

Use of Outdated Intelligence Shows Failure to Take All Feasible Precautions

Rescue forces and others at work following a strike on a primary school in Minab, Iran, February 28, 2026.

March 12, 2026 News Release

Ecuador: Court Affirms Adolescents’ Right to Gender Recognition

Landmark Ruling Strengthens Dignity, Identity, Progressive Autonomy

A woman exits the Constitutional Court building, in Quito, Ecuador, February 7, 2024.

March 12, 2026 News Release

Thailand: Don’t Return Vietnamese Activist

Le Chi Thanh Faces Risk of Arbitrary Detention, Torture, Bogus Prosecution

March 12, 2026 News Release

Vietnam: Free Political Prisoners Needing Medical Care

Le Huu Minh Tuan, Can Thi Theu, Others Facing Urgent Health Risk

Can Thi Theu (left) and Le Huu Minh Tuan.

March 12, 2026 News Release

Russia: Digital Iron Curtain Falls on Internet Freedom Protection Day

Authorities Increasingly Block Messengers, Censorship Circumvention Tools

People use their smartphones while riding an escalator in the Moscow metro, Russia, on February 12, 2026.

March 12, 2026 News Release

Burkina Faso: Islamist Armed Group Commits New Atrocities

At Least 38 Civilians Killed; Women Abducted; Property Burned

Screenshot from a video shared online on February 14, 2026, showing a demolished telecommunications tower

March 12, 2026 News Release

Iraq: Prominent Women’s Rights Activist Assassinated

Ensure Justice for Yanar Mohammed and Other Murdered Activists

Yanar Mohammed, founder of the Women's Freedom Organization in Iraq, speaks to reporters while holding a newspaper copy of Iraq's new constitution, Baghdad, July 28, 2005.

March 11, 2026 News Release

Libya: Surrender International Criminal Court Suspect

Ensure Full Cooperation for Long Wanted Suspects

The International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, July 2025.

March 10, 2026 News Release

Zimbabwe: Violence and Intimidation Against Opponents of Presidential Term Extension

Investigate Attacks, Protect Freedoms of Expression, Assembly

SAPES Trust director Ibbo Mandaza (L) listens to Jacob Ngarivhume (C) and Tendai Biti (R) speaking to the media at the Trust in Harare, Zimbabwe on October 28, 2025.

March 10, 2026 News Release

Mali: Armed Islamist Group Executes Truck Drivers

12 Victims Found with Throats Slit, Hands Tied

March 9, 2026 News Release

Australia: Gender Equality Essential for National Security

Ensure Women Included in All Aspects of Foreign Policy

Australia Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, September 22, 2023.

March 9, 2026 News Release

Lebanon: Israel Unlawfully Using White Phosphorus

Human Rights Watch Verifies Use of Incendiary Weapon over Residential Areas in Southern Lebanon

At least two artillery-delivered white phosphorus munitions being airburst over a residential neighborhood in the town of Yohmor, in southern Lebanon, March 3, 2026.

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