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February 25, 2022 News Release

Ukraine: Russian Cluster Munition Hits Hospital

4 Civilians Killed, 10 Wounded

Damage from a cluster munition attack outside the Central City Hospital in Vuhledar.
February 25, 2022 News Release

Egypt: Hunger Strike Against Indefinite Detention

Activists ‘Recycled’ to Other Cases to Skirt Legal Limit

Ahmed Maher, Abdel Rahman Tarek, and Walid Shawky.
February 24, 2022 News Release

Venezuela: EU Elections Report Flags Rights Barriers

Arbitrary Disqualifications, Unequal Access to Media, Lack of Judicial Independence

Isabel Santos, front, member of the European Parliament and Chief Observer of the 2021 EU Election Observation Mission to Venezuela, leaves the National Electoral Council headquarters before regional elections in Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela on November 17, 2021.
February 24, 2022 News Release

Myanmar: EU Needs to Enforce New Sanctions on Junta

TotalEnergies, Chevron, Other Companies Should Put Shares in Escrow

Myanmar military advance towards protesters during a demonstration against the military coup.
February 23, 2022 News Release

Global: Older People at Heightened Risk in Conflict

Governments, UN Should Do More to End Abuses, Ensure Protection, Provide Assistance

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February 22, 2022 News Release

Philippines: Candidates Should Pledge to Free Jailed Senator

Duterte Critic Leila de Lima Marks 5 Years in Wrongful Detention

Senator Leila de Lima, center, is escorted to detention a day after a warrant was issued for her arrest, Manila, Philippines, February 24, 2017.
February 22, 2022 News Release

Canada: Let Gravely Ill Canadians Leave Northeast Syria

Obstructing Care for Detained Woman, Child Flouts Government Policy

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February 21, 2022 News Release

Turkey: Human Rights Defender on Trial

Co-chair of Country’s Oldest Rights Group Faces Terrorism Prosecution

Öztürk Türkdoğan, co-chair of the Human Rights Association, Turkey’s oldest human rights nongovernmental organization.
February 21, 2022 News Release

India: Biased Investigations 2 Years After Delhi Riot

Drop Fabricated Charges Against Activists, Peaceful Protesters

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February 21, 2022 News Release

Europe: Ban Trade with Illegal Settlements

Trade with Settlements in Occupied Territories Contributes to Rights Abuses

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February 21, 2022 News Release

Algeria: 3 Years On, Repression on Protest Tightens

Free All Imprisoned for Peaceful Expression

Algerians demonstrate in Algiers to mark the second anniversary of the Hirak movement, February 22, 2021. 
February 18, 2022 News Release

Ukraine: Shelling Residential Areas Puts Civilians at Risk

Attacks Intensify Against Government-Controlled Areas in East

Damage from the shelling of a kindergarten in the settlement of Stanytsia Luhanska, Ukraine, February 17, 2022.
February 18, 2022 News Release

China: Censorship Mars Beijing Olympics

IOC, Sponsors’ Inaction Enables Restrictions on Athletes, Journalists

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February 17, 2022 News Release

Vietnam: Activists’ Movements Blocked

End Arbitrary Restrictions on Dissidents Across the Country

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February 16, 2022 News Release

EU: Top Court Approves Linking EU Funds to Rule of Law

Ruling Clears Way for Stronger Action on Backsliding by EU States

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