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January 27, 2020 News Release

Turkey: UN Review Should Address Sharp Decline on Rights

Checks and Balances Illusive; Critics Under Attack

Supporters and relatives of human rights defender Osman Kavala and 15 others on trial for allegedly organizing the 2013 Gezi Park protests queue outside the Silivri Prison court house, Istanbul, June 24, 2019. Thousands are arbitrarily detained on terrori
January 25, 2020 News Release

Nepal: Recent Steps Undermine Transitional Justice

Victim Concerns Ignored Yet Again

In this photograph taken on February 2, 2017, Nepalese war victim Pabitra Sunakhari shows a photograph of her son as she speaks during an interview with AFP in Birendranagar, Surkhet District, some 520kms west of Kathmandu
January 24, 2020 News Release

China: Free Rights Defenders for Lunar New Year

New Videos from Families of Activists Wrongfully Detained

From left to right:  Yu Wensheng, Qin Yongpei, Ding Jiaxi
January 23, 2020 News Release

Maldives: Protect Mangroves From Further Loss

Tree Destruction Exacerbates Flooding Threatening Islanders

Mangroves in Haa Alifu Atoll, Maldives.
January 23, 2020 News Release

Global: Urgent Action Needed to Meet Education Deadline

Resources, Policies and Accountability Needed to Ensure Education for Millions

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January 23, 2020 News Release

World Court Rules Against Myanmar on Rohingya

International Court of Justice Unanimously Orders Measures to Prevent Genocide

Rohingya refugees walk through rice fields after crossing the border from Myanmar into Palang Khali, Bangladesh, October 19, 2017.
January 22, 2020 News Release

Cambodia: Opposition Leader’s Trial Blocked to Public

Permit Media, Rights Monitors at Kem Sokha Hearings

Cambodian police officers stand guard in front of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court during a hearing of Kem Sokha, the head of the dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. The trial of the top Cambodian oppo
January 22, 2020 News Release

Myanmar: Government Rohingya Report Falls Short

War Crimes Admitted, but Full Findings Not Released

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi, right, receives a final report from Philippine diplomat Rosario Manalo, a member of the Independent Commission of Enquiry for Rakhine State, at the Presidential Palace in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Monday, Jan. 20, 2020.
January 22, 2020 News Release

Syria: Cluster Munition Attack on School

12 killed on first day of new decade

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January 22, 2020 News Release

Colombia/Venezuela: Armed Groups Control Lives at Border

Killings, Forced Labor, Child Recruitment

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January 22, 2020 News Release

Qatar: 5-Year Prison Sentence Set for ‘Fake News’

Penal Code Amendments a Setback for Freedom of Expression

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January 21, 2020 News Release

From Chile to China: Human Rights Weekend 2020

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January 20, 2020 News Release

Peru: Many With Disability Left Off Voting Lists

Act Immediately to Guarantee Voting Rights for 2021 Election

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January 20, 2020 News Release

Qatar: End of Abusive Exit Permits for Most Migrant Workers

But Domestic Workers Will Have to Notify Employers Before Leaving

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January 19, 2020 News Release

Cambodia: Drop Charges Against 2 Journalists

Bogus Radio Free Asia Case Drags On

Former RFA reporters Uon Chhin and Yeang Sothearin speak to the media outside of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, Aug. 29, 2019.

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