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October 13, 2021 News Release

Uzbekistan: Opponents Barred from Presidential Ballot

Restrictions on Media Freedoms, Political Participation in Upcoming Vote

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev receives Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (not pictured) in Tashkent.
October 12, 2021 News Release

Japan: Establish Safe Sport Center

Protect All Athletes as a Legacy of Tokyo Olympics, Paralympics

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October 12, 2021 News Release

UN: Noncompetitive Rights Council Election Aids Abusers

Withhold Votes for Serious Rights Violators Cameroon, Eritrea, UAE

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October 11, 2021 News Release

Algeria: Effort to Dissolve Prominent Civic Association

Government’s Court Case Against RAJ Threatens Freedom of Association

Algerians demonstrate in Algiers to mark the second anniversary of the Hirak movement, February 22, 2021. 
October 11, 2021 News Release

Lebanon: Planning Lapses Endanger School Year

Re-opening Delayed; 700,000 Out of Classes Last Year

Students sit inside a school bus at the end of their school day in Beirut, Lebanon,
October 8, 2021 News Release

India: Gunmen Target Minorities in Jammu and Kashmir

Protect Hindus, Sikhs in Muslim-Majority Region

Indian paramilitary soldiers stand guard next to teachers at a government school where suspected militants fatally shot two teachers on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, October 7, 2021.
October 8, 2021 News Release

Ukraine: Security Agency Reform Bill Risks Undermining Human Rights

Revise Draft before Final Vote

Lawmakers attend a parliament session in Kiev, Ukraine December 21, 2017.
October 7, 2021 News Release

France: Degrading Treatment of Migrants Around Calais

Strategy of Enforced Misery Against Children, Adults

Two children wearing winter coats stand in a forest in front of a group of police officers
October 6, 2021 News Release

Tanzania: Pregnant Student Ban Harms Thousands

Revoke Decree; Allow Pregnant Girls, Young Mothers to Attend School

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October 6, 2021 News Release

Bangladesh: Rohingya Refugee Activists at Risk

Killing of Mohib Ullah Exposes Grave Gaps in Camp Safety

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October 5, 2021 News Release

Colombia: Justice Needed for 2017 Police Massacre

Rights Groups Submit Brief to Constitutional Court

Colombian police officers during an operation in December 2020 to eradicate illicit crops in Tumaco, Nariño state, Colombia. Over three years earlier, in October 2017, seven civilians protesting eradication operations were killed in the same state.
October 5, 2021 News Release

Qatar: Ensure Fair Trial of Ex-Qatar 2022 Official

Allegations of Coerced Confession

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October 1, 2021 News Release

Afghanistan: Taliban Severely Restrict Media

Journalists Arbitrarily Detained, Beaten

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September 29, 2021 News Release

Africa: Rights Progress for Pregnant Students

Five More Sub-Saharan Countries Act to Protect Girls’ Education; Barriers Remain

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September 29, 2021 News Release

Rohingya Leader Mohibullah Killed in Bangladesh

Mohibullah in Cox's Bazar

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