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July 25, 2018 News Release

US: Bill Advances Bias in Adoption, Foster Care

Strip Anti-LGBT Amendment from Funding Package

Child welfare agencies could be allowed to discriminate under a recent amendment to legislation pending before Congress that would threaten the rights of children in care.
July 24, 2018 News Release

Tunisia: Pact for Equality, Individual Freedom

More Than 90 Groups Among the Signatories

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July 24, 2018 News Release

Guinea: Deaths, Criminality in Post-Election Violence

Credible Evidence Security Forces Implicated in Excessive Use of Force

Protesters clash with riot police during a February 6 demonstration against the results of Guinea’s February 4 local elections.
July 23, 2018 News Release

Australia: Don’t Prosecute for Exposure of Misconduct

Whistleblowing Former Spy, Lawyer Face Hearing for Revealing Bugging Operation

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July 23, 2018 News Release

Vietnam: Clean Up Abysmal Rights Record

Past UN Member Recommendations Ignored

Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang stands in front of a statue of late Vietnamese revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh while he waits for arrival of Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (not pictured) in Hanoi, Vietnam January 23, 2018. REUTERS/Kham
July 23, 2018 News Release

Zimbabwe Elections Blog Will Monitor Human Rights Environment

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July 23, 2018 News Release

US: LGBT People Face Healthcare Barriers

Trump Administration Set to Erode Existing Protections

Dr. Brittany Brooks meets with a patient at Open Arms Healthcare Center, a clinic in Jackson, MS, that focuses on alleviating healthcare disparities for underserved populations, with a particular focus on LGBT people.
July 22, 2018 News Release

Algeria: Jailed Blogger on Hunger Strike

Sentenced to 7 Years for Peaceful Speech

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July 21, 2018 News Release

Iran: Crackdown on Student Activists

Long Prison Sentences, Rights Violated

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July 20, 2018 News Release

Turkey: Normalizing the State of Emergency

Draft Law Permits Purging Judges; Prolonged Detention; Curbing Movement, Assembly

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July 20, 2018 News Release

Brazil: Pesticide Poisonings in Rural Areas

Ordinary Brazilians Suffer Health Effects, Retaliation for Speaking Out

Bernardo, a man in his 30s, was born in a quilombo (Afro-Brazilian) community of around 60, men, women, and children in Minas Gerais State, southeast Brazil. Bernardo told Human Rights Watch that he feels powerless against aerial spraying of pesticides. “
July 19, 2018 News Release

Cameroon: Killings, Destruction in Anglophone Regions

Government and Separatists Abuse Civilians

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July 19, 2018 News Release

Why Oregon Should Keep its Landmark Sanctuary Law

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July 19, 2018 News Release

Lebanon: Same-Sex Relations Not Illegal

Homosexuality Not an ‘Unnatural Offense,’ Appeals Court Rules

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July 18, 2018 News Release

Vietnam: US Citizen in Televised ‘Confession’

American on Trial Before Party-Controlled Court

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