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February 16, 2020 News Release

Sri Lanka: Families of ‘Disappeared’ Threatened

Rajapaksa Government Should Uphold Commitments to UN Rights Council

A woman holds a picture of a missing relative at a protest calling for investigations into enforced disappearances, Colombo, Sri Lanka, February 14, 2020.
February 15, 2020 News Release

Russia: Raids on Rights Defenders in Dagestan

Stop Assault, Intimidation of Activists

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February 15, 2020 News Release

Qatar: Wage Protection System Falls Short

Months of Delayed Wages on World Cup-Related Sites

Workers walk towards the construction site of the Lusail stadium which will be build for the upcoming 2022 Fifa soccer World Cup during a stadium tour in Doha, Qatar, December 20, 2019.
February 14, 2020 News Release

Bangladesh: New Arrests Stifle Free Speech

Publisher, Singer Charged Under Digital Security Act

February 14, 2020 News Release

Rwanda: UN Body Targets Abuse of Street Children

End Arbitrary Detention, Ill-Treatment

Street children sit on the verandah of a house in Kigali, Rwanda’s capital city, on January 22, 2020.
February 13, 2020 News Release

Israel: New Database Will Aid Corporate Accountability

List Reaffirms Global Rejection of Illegal Settlement Enterprise

February 13, 2020 News Release

Coalition Urges Australia to Condemn Landmine Decision by United States

A pile of shoes during the annual demonstration by NGO Humanity and Inclusion denouncing antipersonnel landmines and cluster munitions in Lyon on September 20, 2014.
February 13, 2020 News Release

Libya: Banned Cluster Munitions Used in Tripoli

Stop Use; Secure and Destroy Stocks

GNA checkpoint guard stands behind an expended cargo section of an RBK-250 PTAB-2.5M cluster bomb impacted into Alasfah Road near Tripoli International Airport following an attack on or around December 2, 2019, Tripoli outskirts, Libya, December 18, 2019.
February 13, 2020 News Release

Cambodia: EU Partially Suspends Trade Preferences

Hun Sen Responsible for Decision Because of Worsening Human Rights Situation

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February 12, 2020 News Release

Afghanistan: Sexual Assaults Go Unpunished

No Political Will to Prosecute Powerful Perpetrators

Afghanistan women’s football team.
February 12, 2020 News Release

Vietnam: LGBT Youth Unprotected

Myths About Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity Undermine Rights

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February 12, 2020 News Release

Sudan Opens Door for ICC Prosecutions

Ex-President Bashir May Finally Face Trial for Alleged Darfur Crimes

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February 12, 2020 News Release

New Leadership of Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival

Founding Chair Steps Down After 17 Years

Incoming Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival Co-Chairs, Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier.
February 12, 2020 News Release

Russia: Court Convicts Journalist for Activism

First Guilty Verdict in an ‘Undesirables’ Case

Maxim Vernikov at his verdict announcement, Yekaterinburg, Russia.
February 12, 2020 News Release

Egypt: Rights Activist Detained, Allegedly Tortured

Escalating Campaign Against Human Rights Advocates

Authorities arbitrarily arrested Patrick George Zaki upon arrival at Cairo Airport from Italy on February 7, 2020.

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