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January 13, 2022 News Release

EU: Commitment to Rights Falters Under Stress

Failure to Put Rights, People First at External Borders

Sara, 26, and Hassan, 24, both from Syria, sit on the ground in the forest in Lewosze, Poland, after crossing the border from Belarus, October 29, 2021.
January 13, 2022 News Release

Sri Lanka: Minorities, Activists Targeted

Actions Contradict Pledges of Legal Reform

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January 13, 2022 News Release

Maldives: Extremist Attacks Go Unpunished

Investigations, Prosecutions Fall Short

Maldivian police secure area following a blast targeting former President Mohamed Nasheed, Malé, Maldives, May 6, 2021.
January 13, 2022 News Release

Nepal: The Authorities are Failing to Protect Citizens

Response to Covid-19 Chaotic and Inadequate, While Impunity Undermines Rule of Law

Nepalese women’s rights activists rallying in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, on February 12, 2021, to call for an end to violence and discrimination against women and the scrapping of a proposed law that would restrict travel for many women.
January 13, 2022 News Release

Turkey Defies International Human Rights Law

On March 20, 2021, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan issued a decree withdrawing Turkey from the Council of Europe’s Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence, known as the Istanbul Convention, a groundbreaking treaty strongly supported by the women’s rights movement in Turkey. Protesters hold a banner reading "We are not giving up on the Istanbul Convention. It's not over for us." Istanbul/Turkey July 1, 2021
January 13, 2022 News Release

North Korea: Covid-19 Used to Bludgeon Rights

Deepening Systematic Repression Creates Humanitarian Crisis

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January 13, 2022 News Release

South Korea: Backtracking on Rights Protections

End Discrimination Against Marginalized Groups

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January 13, 2022 News Release

Brazil: Protect Voting, Speech Rights

Amazon Deforestation Soars

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro watches a military parade in front of the presidential palace in Brasilia on August 10, 2021.
January 12, 2022 News Release

Australia: Climate Policy Harms Rights Record

Reduce Emissions; Stop Subsidizing Fossil Fuels

Students call for urgent climate action during the school strike for climate in Perth, Australia.
January 12, 2022 News Release

Egypt: Prominent Rights Group Forced to Close

Immediately Repeal Associations Law

Human rights activist Gamal Eid is seen at a court in Cairo, March 24, 2016.
January 10, 2022 News Release

Iran: Writer Dies in Custody

Apparent Negligence Providing Medical Care for Baktash Abtin

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January 10, 2022 News Release

Saudi Arabia: Imminent Deportation of Uyghur Detainees

Two Men Face Forced Return to Persecution in China

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January 9, 2022 News Release

20 Years of US Torture – and Counting

Global Costs of Unlawful Detention and Interrogation Post-9/11

The first foreign Muslim men imprisoned by the US military at the detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, in the so-called “global war on terror.” Since January 2002, the US has held nearly 800 men and boys at Guantánamo. Of the 39 who currently remain, 27 have never been charged. © 2002 Shane McCoy/Greg Mathieson/Mai/Getty Images
January 7, 2022 News Release

Kazakhstan: Cancel ‘Shoot Without Warning’ Order

Ensure National and Foreign Forces Respect Rights; Investigate Killings

Kazakh riot police walk to block demonstrators gathering during a protest in Almaty, Kazakhstan, January 5, 2022.
January 7, 2022 News Release

EU: Put Fundamental Rights at Top of Digital Regulation

More Ambitious Agenda, Stronger Safeguards Needed

EU Digital Regulation

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