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April 18, 2019 News Release

Sudan: Heed Calls for Justice

Al-Bashir, Other Rights Abusers Should be Held to Account

Omar al-Bashir greets his supporters at a rally in Khartoum, Sudan, on January 9, 2019. He was ousted on April 11.
April 18, 2019 News Release

Iraq: Torture Persists in Mosul Jail

No Apparent Action Months After Allegations

In its August 2018 report on Faisaliya detention facility, Human Rights Watch interviewed Mahmoud who said he was hung in the “bazoona” position at least six times while in detention, for hours. He said that at least four of those times, he lost conscious
April 17, 2019 News Release

Myanmar: Satire is Not a Crime

Drop Charges Against Peaceful Critics

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi, right, and first lady Cho Cho, left, smile as they take part in the first day of Myanmar traditional water festival, also known as Myanmar New Year, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar Saturday, April 13, 2019.
April 17, 2019 News Release

Guinea: Create Special Unit to Probe Protest Deaths

Impunity for 2018 Violence, Rising Political Tension Raise Concern

Anti-riot police clash with Guinean opposition supporters in Conakry on March 22, 2018. © 2018 CELLOU BINANI/AFP/Getty Images.
April 16, 2019 News Release

Israel: Human Rights Watch Official’s Deportation Reinstated

Court Ruling Centers on Reporting Business Ties to Settlements

A dossier compiled by Israel’s Strategic Affairs and Public Diplomacy Ministry on the activities of Omar Shakir, Human Rights Watch’s Israel and Palestine Director, which served as the basis for the government’s May 7, 2018 decision to revoke his work vis
April 16, 2019 News Release

South Africa: Activists in Mining Areas Harassed

Government, Companies Should Protect Environment Defenders

Activists from mining communities protesting at the Pietermaritzburg High Court on August 24, 2018, KwaZulu-Natal © 2018 Rob Symons
April 16, 2019 News Release

Bangladesh: Ensure Justice for Murdered Student

Young Woman Killed After Bringing Sexual Assault Complaint

Organizations hold a protest rally against the murder of Nusrat Jahan Rafi in Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 12, 2019.
April 15, 2019 News Release

Nigeria: 5 Years After Chibok, Children Still at Risk

Many Still Unaccounted For; Abductions Continue

One of the kidnapped Chibok girls celebrates with a family member following her release in Abuja, Nigeria, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016.
April 15, 2019 News Release

South Africa: Attacks on Foreign Nationals

Rise in Xenophobic Violence as Elections Near

Hundreds of foreign nationals displaced by xenophobic attacks in Durban on March 27, 2019  take refuge near the Sydenham Police Station. © 2019 RAJESH JANTILAL/AFP/Getty Images.
April 15, 2019 News Release

Saudi Arabia: 5 Years On, Activist Still Behind Bars

Waleed Abu al-Khair Serving 15 Years for Defending Rights

April 15, 2019 News Release

Russia: Drop Provisions to Punish Funding Protests

New Effort to Crack Down in Freedom of Expression, Assembly

State Duma, the lower house of parliament, in session in Moscow, Russia on April 19, 2016.
April 13, 2019 News Release

Brazil: Jail Term for Comedian Harms Free Speech

Brazil Should Repeal Criminal Defamation Law

Danilo Gentili
April 12, 2019 News Release

Nepal: Reform Transitional Justice Law

Fix Commissions’ Mandate Before Naming Members

Activists hold an event in memory of people who were disappeared during Nepal’s decade-long civil war, Kathmandu, August 30, 2017.
April 12, 2019 News Release

ICC: Judges Reject Afghanistan Investigation

Victims Denied Path to Justice; Decision Benefits Obstructionist States

The Permanent Premises of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands.
April 12, 2019 News Release

Morocco: Jailed Journalist Stuck in Abusive Solitary

Denied Contact With Inmates, Guards, for More Than a Year

Taoufik Bouachrine (Via Facebook)

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