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April 16, 2021 News Release

Brazil: Rio Attorney General Weakens Police Oversight

Accountability Essential to Curb Police Killings

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April 15, 2021 News Release

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Groups Urge Biden to Incorporate Human Rights into Security Negotiations

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April 14, 2021 News Release

Australia: Act on Indigenous Deaths in Custody

30 Years On, Royal Commission Recommendations Should Be Fully Implemented

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April 14, 2021 News Release

Mexico: Online Free Speech at Risk

Proposed Social Media Regulations Violate International Norms

In this Dec. 18, 2020 file photo, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador gives his daily morning news conference at the presidential palace in Mexico City. On January 14, 2021, López Obrador vowed to lead an international effort to combat what he considers censorship by social media companies that blocked or suspended the accounts of Former US President Donald Trump.
April 13, 2021 News Release

Bring Ukrainian Women, Children Home from Syria

Detained in Dire Conditions; Urgently Need Consular Support

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April 12, 2021 News Release

Brazil: Remove Miners from Indigenous Amazon Territory

Bolsonaro Policies Fuel Deforestation in Indigenous Lands

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April 9, 2021 News Release

US: Congress Advances Slavery Reparations Bill

Measure Is Historic Step Toward Repair

A sculpture of African slaves by Ghanaian artist, Kwame Akoto-Bamfo, at the beginning of the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama. 
April 8, 2021 News Release

US: End Misguided Public Health Border Expulsions

Biden Administration Returning Asylum Seekers to Harm

An asylum seeking family from Guatemala stands on the Paso del Norte international bridge. After border agents turned the family away at the port of entry, the family swam across the Rio Grande.
April 8, 2021 News Release

Syria: Government Stealing Opponents’ Land

Over 20 hectares taken from displaced persons

Syrian farmers harvest olives in Idlib, Syria on November 21, 2020. Despite the negative effects of fertilization, tree pruning and transportation costs as well as the increase in fuel prices, farmers started to harvest olives, their main source of their income. The land pictured is not representative of the cases investigated by Human Rights Watch.
April 7, 2021 News Release

Afghanistan: UN Should Ensure Women’s Full Role in Talks

US Should Support a Genuinely Inclusive Process, Not Just ‘Parallel’ Events

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attends a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan on June 14, 2017.
April 6, 2021 News Release

Cambodia: ‘Stop Covid-19’ System Raises Privacy Concerns

Use Less-Rights-Intrusive Measures; Adopt Data Protection Law

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April 2, 2021 News Release

Myanmar: Hundreds Forcibly Disappeared

Account for Missing Politicians, Activists, Others at Risk of Torture, Death

A man is held by police during a crackdown on anti-coup protesters holding a rally in front of the Myanmar Economic Bank in Mandalay, Myanmar on February 15, 2021.
April 2, 2021 News Release

US Rescinds ICC Sanctions

Biden Should Support Global Court of Last Resort

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April 1, 2021 News Release

Afghanistan: Taliban Target Journalists, Women in Media

Attacks Highlight Need to Uphold Press Freedom in Peace Settlement

Afghan journalists film at the site of a bombing attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. 
April 1, 2021 News Release

Greece: Lead Contamination Threat to Migrants Unresolved

People Still Accommodated in Camp’s Contaminated Area

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