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August 13, 2018 News Release

Cambodia: Free Jailed Land Rights Activist

Second Anniversary of Tep Vanny’s Imprisonment

Activist Tep Vanny takes part in a land rights protest in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on November 7, 2012.
August 13, 2018 News Release

US/EU: Press Tajikistan to Free Journalist

Government Should Respect Media Freedom

Khayrullo Mirsaidov, a well-respected independent journalist in Tajikistan, was arrested on December 5, 2017, after publicly appealing to Tajikistan’s president about alleged local authority corruption.
August 13, 2018 News Release

Egypt: No Justice for Rab’a Victims 5 Years on

Impunity for Officers; Unfair Mass Trials for Survivors

Rab'a square protest in Cairo, Egypt.
August 13, 2018 News Release

Georgia: Severe Toll of Abusive Drug Laws

Public Health Approaches Needed to Remedy Harmful Use of Drugs

A sign which reads “Care instead of Punishment” is held aloft at a protest rally calling for decriminalization of personal drug use.
August 10, 2018 News Release

Indonesia: Vice Presidential Candidate Has Anti-Rights Record

Amin’s Abusive Fatwas Put Burden on Jokowi to Defend Rights

Joko Widodo, Indonesia's president, left, stands for photographs with Ma'ruf Amin, top Islamic cleric and vice presidential candidate, after submitting their nomination papers to the General Election Commission in Jakarta, Indonesia.
August 10, 2018 News Release

South Sudan: No Amnesty for War Crimes

Don’t Ignore Victims’ Rights, International Obligations

President Salva Kiir of South Sudan, right, with the opposition leader, Riek Machar, left, as Mr. Machar was sworn in as vice president in Juba, capital of South Sudan, on April 26, 2016.
August 9, 2018 News Release

Iran: Activists’ Families Facing Harassment

Authorities Using State TV to Discredit Journalists, Dissenters

On July 27, IRIB, the state broadcaster in Iran known for broadcasting coerced statements, airs the interview with the sister of activist Masih Alinejad on its 20:30 program, in which she denounces her sister.
August 9, 2018 News Release

Turkmenistan: UN Blames Government for Activist’s Death

Carry out Ruling in Muradova Case

Ogulsapar Muradova in the mid-1990s
August 9, 2018 News Release

Papua New Guinea: Video Shows Police Brutality

Investigate and Prosecute Police Abuse

Video footage of a boy being beaten by police in Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.
August 9, 2018 News Release

South Sudan: Release Peace Activist

Arbitrary Detentions Underscore Need for Reforms

Peter Biar Ajak in Nairobi, May 2017
August 8, 2018 News Release

Argentina: Pass Law to Legalize Abortion

Senate Should End Harmful Policy

Demonstrators hold up green handkerchiefs, which symbolize the abortion rights movement, during a demonstration in favor of legalizing abortion outside the Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 31, 2018.
August 8, 2018 News Release

DR Congo: Zoé Kabila Responds to Human Rights Watch Research

Armed members of the security forces wear black and white skeleton masks, apparently to intimidate protesters, in Kinshasa, January 21, 2018.
August 7, 2018 News Release

Uganda: String of Burglaries of Rights Groups

Women’s Rights Group Is Latest Victim

Ugandan human rights activists hold a press conference on February 9 to condemn the violent break-in at Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF) and call on police to investigate. HURINET/2018
August 7, 2018 News Release

Tajikistan: Allow 10-Year-Old to Reunite with Mother

Authorities Block Activists’ Relatives from Leaving the Country

 Tajik authorities have placed 10-year-old Fatima Davlyatova, daughter of peaceful political activist, Shabnam Khudoydodova, on a watch list and prevented her from leaving to Europe to reunite with her mother.
August 7, 2018 News Release

Nicaragua: Doctors, Health Workers Arbitrarily Fired

Dismissals Compound Effort to Limit Protesters’ Access to Medical Care

Demonstration in support of doctors arbitrarily dismissed by the Nicaraguan Health Ministry authorities in apparent retaliation for participating in protests or otherwise disagreeing with government policy.

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