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February 21, 2018 News Release

Afghanistan: Alleged Summary Executions by Special Forces

Investigate Civilian Deaths in Kandahar Village Raids

An Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS) police stands guard next to an Afghanistan flag at a guard post of a police camp in Now Zad district in Helmand province, southwestern Afghanistan November 6, 2012.
February 21, 2018 News Release

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February 21, 2018 News Release

Somalia: Detained Children Face Abuse

Emphasize Rehabilitation, Develop Child-Specific Procedures

A prison warden at a prison in Garowe, Puntland state, in northeastern Somalia, December 2016.
February 21, 2018 News Release

Kuwait/Philippines: Protect Filipino Migrant Workers

Migration Ban Increases Abuse Risk

February 20, 2018 News Release

Tajikistan: Activist Forcibly Returned From Turkey

Faces Torture, Politically Motivated Prosecution

IRPT activist Namunjon Sharipov in Istanbul, Turkey.
February 20, 2018 News Release

US: Private Probation Harming the Poor

Programs Shift Costs to Offenders

Court money bhr private probation report
February 19, 2018 News Release

United States: State Laws Threaten LGBT Equality

‘License to Discriminate’ Bills Imperil Access to Services

In response to the state’s “license to discriminate” bill, Steve Long displays a sticker welcoming LGBT customers to his restaurant in Jackson, MS, on October 2, 2017.
February 17, 2018 News Release

Hungary: Bills Seek to Block Migrant Support

Withdraw ‘Stop Soros’ Measures; Halt Curbs on Rights Groups

People protest in Heroes’ square against a new law that would undermine Central European University, a liberal graduate school of social sciences founded by U.S. financier George Soros in Budapest, Hungary, April 12, 2017.
February 16, 2018 News Release

Dutch Postcode Lottery Increases Grant

Additional €1.35 Million for Human Rights Watch Work

Dutch Postcode Lottery’s Ambassador Quinty Trustfull with Human Rights Watch’s Executive Director Kenneth Roth
February 16, 2018 News Release

Turkey: Convicted for Critical Ideas

Sentences for Journalists, Writers Emblematic of Media Crackdown

Writers and journalists Ahmet Altan, Mehmet Altan, and Nazli Ilicak
February 16, 2018 News Release

Libya: Residents Barred from Returning Home

ICC Should Investigate Forced Displacement of Tawerghans

Make-shift tent camp in Qararet al-Qatef for forcibly displaced residents of Tawergha who are blocked from returning to their hometown by militias from Misrata, Qararet al-Qatef, Libya, February 10, 2018. © 2018 Emad Ergeha
February 15, 2018 News Release

Kazakhstan: Businessman Alleges Torture

Provide Medical Treatment, Ensure Justice for Abuse

Parents of detained businessman Iskander Erimbetov hold press conference with Bakhytzhan Toregozhina, human rights activist, to discuss allegations that Erimbetov has been tortured in custody, Almaty, Kazakhstan, December 7, 2017.
February 15, 2018 News Release

Thailand: Drop Cases Against Torture Victim

Military Targets Outspoken Activist and Media for Defamation

Ismae Teh, a prominent human rights activist, faces defamation charges for speaking out publicly about being torture by the Thai military.
February 15, 2018 News Release

Australia: Electoral Bill Will Stifle Public Debate

Nonpartisan Groups Should Not Be Registered as ‘Political Campaigners’

Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull attends the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Danang, Vietnam on November 11, 2017.
February 15, 2018 News Release

China: Release Human Rights Lawyers

Restore Licenses Revoked for Criticizing Government

Relatives of lawyers and activists detained in the “709” crackdown protest in front of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate in Beijing, China, July 7, 2017.

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