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March 22, 2019 News Release

Lebanon: Anti-Torture Body Named

Allocate Sufficient Budget; Investigate Allegations

Ziad Itani, a Lebanese actor, who was exonerated of spying for Israel, is carried after he was released by Lebanese authorities. Itani has accused security officials of torturing him and has called on authorities to investigate.
March 22, 2019 News Release

DR Congo: Investigate Ex-Intelligence Officials

Dismissed Agency Heads Should Face Justice

Kalev Mutond, Director of the National Intelligence Agency (ANR) in the Democratic Republic of Congo, sits to the right of First Lady Marie Olive Lembe and President Joseph Kabila during the country’s independence anniversary celebration in Kindu, capital
March 21, 2019 News Release

China: Government Threats to Academic Freedom Abroad

New 12-Point Code of Conduct to Help Educational Institutions Respond

Then Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping makes a speech at the opening of Australia's first Chinese Medicine Confucius Institute, at the RMIT University in Melbourne on June 20, 2010.
March 21, 2019 News Release

Saudi Arabia: Abusive Charges Against Women Activists

‘Criminal’ Contacts with Journalists, Diplomats, Rights Groups

(Left to right) Prominent women's rights activists Loujain al-Hathloul, Eman al-Nafjan, and Aziza al-Youssef were all detained in May 2018, seemingly in retaliation for their peaceful activities. Al-Hathloul remains in detention.
March 21, 2019 News Release

Myanmar: Women, Girls Trafficked as ‘Brides’ to China

Government Inaction, Conflict, China’s ‘Gender Gap’ Fuel Sexual Slavery

A young woman who was trafficked at age 17 by a friend’s mother who promised her a well-paid child care job and then sold her to a family in China as a “bride.” Once purchased, she was confined and subjected to sexual slavery, but managed to escape after
March 20, 2019 News Release

Cambodia: Investigate Land Activist’s ‘Disappearance’

Preah Vihear Authorities Should Urgently Produce Sum Moeun

Image of Sum Moeun (left) and Moeun Mean (right).
March 20, 2019 News Release

Iran: Harsh Sentence for Rights Lawyer Threatens Activism

Lengthy Prison Terms Shows Effort to Deter Rights Advocacy

Nasrin Sotoudeh
March 20, 2019 News Release

Tajikistan: Release Gravely Ill Activist

Political Prisoner Says Guards Beat Him, Refused Him Medicine

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March 19, 2019 News Release

Thailand: Structural Flaws Subvert Election

Stacked Senate, Media Restrictions, Repressive Laws Undermine Right to Vote

Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha speaks during a press conference about government's achievements at Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Feb. 1, 2019.
March 19, 2019 News Release

Japan: Compelled Sterilization of Transgender People

Reform Legal Procedure for Gender Recognition

Fumino Sugiyama, a transgender man, holds his Japanese ID card, which reads “female,” at his home in Tokyo.
March 19, 2019 News Release

Argentina: Inquiry Threatens Judicial Independence

Withdraw Request to Investigate Judge

Mauricio Macri
March 19, 2019 News Release

Egypt: Uncover Missing Politician’s Whereabouts

Authorities Responsible for Protecting Mostafa al-Nagar

Mostafa al-Nagar, well-known politician, was convicted for statements he gave criticizing the judiciary system. He went missing on September 27, 2018.
March 18, 2019 News Release

Russia: Rights Defender Sentenced to Four-Year Prison Term

Political Prosecution of Memorial’s Oyub Titiev Draws to an End

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March 15, 2019 News Release

US Threatens International Criminal Court

Visa Bans on ICC Staff

ICC permanent premises
March 15, 2019 News Release

Systemic abuses and mass detentions in China demand Human Rights Council action

UPR Adoption – China

Security Council members cast their votes in favor of the adoption of the agenda on human rights abuses in New York on December 10, 2015.

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