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August 26, 2021 News Release

Thailand: Drug Suspect Tortured to Death

Prosecute Officers Responsible for Police Station Killing

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August 25, 2021 News Release

Cuba: Telecommunications Decree Curtails Free Speech

Latin American, US, EU Leaders Should Condemn New Restrictions on Internet

Cuban Rolando Remedios shows a photo of him being arrested during the July 11 protests on his mobile phone at his home in Havana, Cuba, on August 7, 2021.
August 24, 2021 News Release

Brazil: Reject Anti-Indigenous Rights Bill

Proposal a Major Setback to Land Rights Recognition

Indigenous people protest against a bill on the demarcation of indigenous land, on the roof of the National Congress, on June 8 2021, in Brasilia, Brazil. Photo: Mateus Bonomi/AGIF (via AP)
August 24, 2021 News Release

Bangladesh: Fleeing Rohingya Die at Sea

UN Shouldn’t Operate on Bhasan Char Until Free Movement Assured

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August 24, 2021 News Release

Haiti: Protect Women, Girls in Quake Response

Learn from 2010 Experience; Meet Needs of At-Risk Groups

Residents help Team Rubicon's disaster response team unload aid at the airport from a US Army helicopter to take to the hospital where the team is treating residents injured in the 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Les Cayes, Haiti, Thursday, August 19, 2021. 
August 24, 2021 News Release

Europe: Lead Efforts to Protect At-Risk Afghans

European States Should Set Example on Asylum, Resettlement

Several Afghans sit on the tarmac awaiting to leave from Kabul's airport on August 16, 2021.
August 19, 2021 News Release

Australia: Protect At-Risk Communities from Covid-19

Ensure Vaccine Access for First Nations People; Increase Prisoner Protections

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August 19, 2021 News Release

Brazil: Bolsonaro Blocks Critics on Social Media

President Violates Free Speech, Access to Information Rights

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August 18, 2021 News Release

Australia: Prioritize Protection for Fleeing Afghans

Increase Humanitarian Aid, Support UN Reporting on Abuses

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August 18, 2021 News Release

Afghanistan: Taliban Rights Pledges Raise Concerns

International Monitoring Mechanism Urgently Needed

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August 18, 2021 News Release

UK: Police Scotland Reviews Sri Lankan Police Training

Rights Groups Express Concern Over Sri Lankan Police Abuses

Sri Lankan police officers patrol a Muslim neighborhood after the Easter Sunday bombings, Colombo, April 26, 2019.
August 16, 2021 News Release

Bangladesh: 86 Victims of Enforced Disappearance Still Missing

UN Should Ban Death Squad from Peacekeeping Missions

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August 13, 2021 News Release

Afghanistan: At-Risk Civilians Need Evacuation, Protection

Governments Should Suspend Deportations, Forced Returns

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August 11, 2021 News Release

Iraq: Apparent Familial Feud Drives Illegal Evictions

Displaced Iraqis’ Rights Trampled Repeatedly

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August 10, 2021 News Release

Cambodia: China’s ‘Belt and Road’ Dam is a Rights Disaster

Indigenous and Ethnic Groups Coerced, Poorly Compensated

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