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August 28, 2025 News Release

Lebanon: Immediately Release Gaddafi’s Son

Unlawfully Held Nearly 10 Years Without Trial

Hannibal Gaddafi, son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, in Tripoli, Libya, June 30, 2010.

August 27, 2025 News Release

Mauritania: Years of Migration Control Abuses

EU, Spain Support Fueled Crackdowns, Ignored Abuses; Reforms Beginning

Two men sitting on a beach near wooden boats

August 26, 2025 News Release

Gaza: US Forces Can Be Liable for Assisting Israeli War Crimes

US Arms Transfers to Israel Are Internationally Wrongful Acts

U.S. President Donald Trump with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a joint news conference at the White House in Washington, DC, February 15, 2017.

August 20, 2025 News Release

Sri Lanka: Police Target Families of ‘Disappeared’

UN Human Rights Council Should Monitor Repression, Counterterrorism Law Abuses

Tamils perform rituals in memory of their deceased family members on the strip of land in Mullivaikkal where civilians were trapped in 2009 during the final weeks of the civil war in Sri Lanka, May 17, 2024.

August 20, 2025 News Release

Ecuador: Officials Ignore Rainforest Protection Referendum

Oil Extraction Should be Halted in Yasuni National Park

The Tiputini Processing Center of state-owned Petroecuador in Yasuni National Park, northeastern Ecuador, June 21, 2023.

August 19, 2025 News Release

Brazil: Protect Small-Scale Farmers’ Land Rights in the Amazon

Proposal to Reduce Sustainable Settlement Would Benefit People Illegally Occupying Land

Trucks carrying illegally harvested logs exit the Terra Nossa settlement, September 30, 2019.

August 18, 2025 News Release

Senegal: Families Internally Displaced by Floods in Limbo

Government Should Provide a Durable Solution for Families in Khar Yalla

August 15, 2025 News Release

Sri Lanka: UN Rights Report Details Security Force Abuses

UN Human Rights Council Should Adopt Resolution that Promotes Accountability

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk holds a press conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 26, 2025.

August 15, 2025 News Release

Qatar: Five-Year Sentence for Baha’i Dignitary on Abusive Charges

End Religious Discrimination; Protect Minority Rights

August 15, 2025 News Release

Lebanon: Judicial Reforms Positive, But Fall Short

Parliament Should Amend Law in Line with International Standards

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and members of the Lebanese government attend a parliament session in Beirut, July 15, 2025.

August 14, 2025 News Release

Kyrgyzstan: Rights Defender on Trial After Publishing Activist’s Letter

Charges Should Be Dropped and Defender Released

August 13, 2025 News Release

Peru: Amnesty Bill Signed into Law

Impunity Granted to Security Forces Violates Peru’s International Obligations

President Dina Boluarte during an ordinary session of the National Council for Citizen Security in Lima, Peru, on March 18, 2025.

August 12, 2025 News Release

US: Rights Report Mixes Facts, Deception, Political Spin

State Department Omissions and Whitewashing Undermine US Credibility, Risk Lives

August 12, 2025 News Release

Chad: 20-Year Sentence for Opposition Leader

Succès Masra Found Guilty of Inciting Violence, Being Complicit in Murder

A poster calling for the release of Succes Masra at a protest in Paris.

August 11, 2025 News Release

Thailand: Aid Cuts Put Myanmar Refugees at Grave Risk

Thai Government Should Permit Work, Travel Outside Refugee Camps

Refugees collect water at Mae La refugee camp in Thailand

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