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September 17, 2019 News Release

Afghanistan: Taliban’s Criminal Attacks on Election Activities

Violence Targeting Civilians Is a War Crime

Afghan police inspect the site of a suicide attack in Parwan, Afghanistan, September 17, 2019.
September 17, 2019 News Release

UN Chief Should Denounce China’s Abuses in Xinjiang

Publicly Call for Closing Detention Camps

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping before their bilateral meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Sunday, Sept. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, Pool)
September 17, 2019 News Release

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September 17, 2019 News Release

For Communities in South Africa, Climate Change is Now

Coal mine in Somkhele viewed from Ocilwane village in Fuleni, KwaZulu-Natal. © 2018 Rob Symons
September 17, 2019 News Release

Jordan: Hundreds Displaced Based on Family Ties

Enforcement of Local Practice Outside Rule of Law

Madaba governorate on Jordan's map
September 17, 2019 News Release

Brazil: Criminal Networks Target Rainforest Defenders

Violence and Impunity Endanger Climate Change Commitment

Cláudio José da Silva at the bank of the Pindaré river, in the Brazilian Amazon.
September 17, 2019 News Release

UN: Address Egypt’s Assault on Rights

Use Review in Geneva to Address Unprecedented Levels of Repression

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September 16, 2019 News Release

India: Free Kashmiris Arbitrarily Detained

Thousands Held More Than a Month Without Charge

A paramilitary trooper stands guard during shutdown in Srinagar, Kashmir.
September 15, 2019 News Release

China: Xinjiang Children Separated from Families

Return Minors Housed in State-Run Institutions to Relatives

The entrance to the No. 4 High School with a sign that reads "Entering school grounds, please speak Mandarin," left, in Peyzawat, Xinjiang region. © 2018 AP Photo/Ng Han Guan
September 13, 2019 News Release

Bangladesh: Internet Blackout on Rohingya Refugees

Shutdown Hinders Emergency Response, Risks Lives

A Rohingya refugee man stands on a makeshift house at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia on Setember 13, 2019. (Photo by MUNIR UZ ZAMAN / AFP) (Photo credit should read MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP/Getty Images)
September 13, 2019 News Release

Kazakhstan: Feminist Group Denied Registration

Court Upholds Arbitrary, Discriminatory Decision

Zhanar Sekerbaeva co-founder of Feminita, a feminist initiative in Almaty, gives a talk on the demographics of lesbian, bisexual, and queer women in Kazakhstan.
September 13, 2019 News Release

US: Rollback of Nursing Home Protections

Proposed Rules Would Expose Older People to Greater Risks

Lenora Cline, 88, has lived in a nursing home for years. She has Alzheimer’s disease.
September 13, 2019 News Release

South Africa: Punish Xenophobic Violence

At least 12 Dead, Thousands Displaced

Stones and bricks are seen on a street on the outskirts of Johannesburg, Monday Sept. 2, 2019. Police had earlier fired rubber bullets as they struggled to stop looters who targeted businesses as unrest broke out in several spots in and around the city.
September 12, 2019 News Release

US: How Abusive, Biased Policing Destroys Lives

Initial Reforms are a Start, But Fundamental Change Needed

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September 12, 2019 News Release

Belarus: Homophobic Attack on Filmmaker

Assailant Used Anti-Gay Slurs

Nikolai Kuprich after the attack.

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