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September 4, 2025 News Release

African, Caribbean Summit Should Address Reparations

Support Unified, Rights-Based Approach for Colonial Era Crimes

Hundreds of people of African descent took part in the African Emancipation Day Reparations March in London, August 1, 2017.
September 3, 2025 News Release

Indonesia: End Crackdown on Protesters, Arbitrary Detention

Investigate Excessive Use of Force, Tear Gas against Demonstrators

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End Denial of Medical Care in Custody; Release Wrongfully Detained Activists

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September 2, 2025 News Release

Iran: Authorities Unleash Wave of Oppression After Hostilities with Israel

Widespread Arrests, Executions, Charges Against Minorities

A member of Iran's security forces stands guard at Enqelab square in downtown Tehran, Iran, June 24, 2025.
September 2, 2025 News Release

Indonesia Authorities Should Use Restraint During Protests

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September 1, 2025 News Release

Cambodia: Revised Law Endangers Citizenship

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September 1, 2025 News Release

Zimbabwe: Rights Activists Acquitted After Year-Long Trial

Stop Using Criminal Justice System to Repress Peaceful Activism

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New Judges Set to Take Office Following Constitutional Change

Federal court workers in Mexico City protest against a proposal that would remove and replace all judges in the country in popular elections, Monday, Aug. 26, 2024.
September 1, 2025 News Release

Colombia: Don’t Cut Ombudsperson’s Office Budget

Funding is Critical to Protect Rights as Violence Increases

Headquarters of the Ombudsman’s Office in Bogotá, Colombia, June 15, 2020.
September 1, 2025 News Release

UK: Rights Protections Needed in Gulf Trade Pact

Avoid Complicity in Abuse of Migrant Workers, Others

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August 29, 2025 News Release

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Security Council Should Intervene to Halt Attacks on Civilians, Allow Aid to Enter

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August 29, 2025 News Release

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Halt Transfer of Immigrants to Naval Base

The first US military aircraft to carry detained migrants to a detention facility at Guantanamo Bay is boarded from an unspecified location in the US, February 4, 2025.
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Surveillance of Otsieno Namwaya Amid Ongoing Civil Society Attacks

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August 28, 2025 News Release

India: Scores of Rohingya Refugees Expelled

Hundreds More Arbitrarily Detained, Threatened with Deportation

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August 28, 2025 News Release

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Reject Proposed Law and Restoration of Death Penalty

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