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January 18, 2018 News Release

Australia: Gains on Marriage Equality, Child Rights

Reverse Refugee Policy that Mars Global Reputation

Supporters of the 'Yes' vote for marriage equality celebrate after it was announced the majority of Australians support same-sex marriage in a national survey, paving the way for legislation to make the country the 26th nation to formalise the unions by t

January 18, 2018 News Release

Thailand: Unending Rights Crisis

Repression Continues Under Military Dictatorship

January 18, 2018 News Release

Philippines: Duterte’s ‘Drug War’ Claims 12,000+ Lives

Government Harassment, Threats Against Rights Defenders

January 18, 2018 News Release

North Korea: Bring Justice for Rights Crimes

Repression Intensifies as Crimes Against Humanity Continue

201801wr_northkorea_human_rights North Korean leader Kim Jong-un participates in the opening of the 5th Conference of Cell Chairpersons of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) in Pyongyang, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central New

January 18, 2018 News Release

Malaysia: Rising Intolerance Threatens Rights

Rights Activists, Religious Freedom Under Attack

201801wr_malaysia_human_rights People attend an anti-kleptocracy rally in Petaling Jaya, near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia October 14, 2017.

January 18, 2018 News Release

Indonesia: Failure to Confront Intolerance

Vulnerable Communities Face Worsening Risk

201801wr_indonesia_human_rights Two homosexual men were sentenced to 82 whips by the Shariah Court in Banda Aceh, Indonesia on May 23, 2017. They violated Islamic law in Qanun number 6, year 2014 Article 63, paragraph 1 regarding the Law of Liwath. Aceh i

January 18, 2018 News Release

Singapore: New Restrictions Limit Critical Voices

Rights Record on Free Expression, Assembly Worsens

201801wr_singapore_human_rights A woman wrapped in the rainbow flag is seen at the Pink Dot rally, Singapore's annual gay pride rally, at a park in Singapore July 1, 2017.

January 14, 2018 News Release

Somalia: Al-Shabab Demanding Children

Residents Threatened to Hand Over Boys, Girls

Children learning to read the Quran at the Gaabow Islamic school in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, August 2013. Parents and teachers told Human Rights Watch that Al-Shabab militants threatened and on occasion abducted teachers and children from schools in

January 14, 2018 News Release

Vietnam: Drop Charges Against Nguyen Van Oai

Intensive Crackdown on Rights Campaigners

201801asia_vietnam_nguyenvanoai Nguyen Van Oai

January 14, 2018 News Release

Human Rights Weekend Amsterdam: ‘Where Do I Stand?’

February 2-4, De Balie, Amsterdam

January 13, 2018 News Release

India: Identification Project Threatens Rights

Ensure Access to Essential Services, Investigate Data Breach Claims

Village women stand in a queue to get themselves enrolled for the Unique Identification (UID) database system at Merta district in the desert Indian state of Rajasthan February 22, 2013.

January 12, 2018 News Release

Burma: Privacy Law Used to Prosecute Critics

Amend Provision Violating Free Expression Rights

201801asia_burma_privacylaw Burma's President Htin Kyaw arrives for a dinner reception in Naypyitaw, Burma on March 30, 2016.

January 12, 2018 News Release

Mozambique: No Justice for Abuses Before Ceasefire

Prosecuting Security Force, Renamo Crimes Key for Enduring Peace

Mozambican army vehicles patrol roads in the Gorongosa area in central Mozambique, May 2016.

January 10, 2018 News Release

Russia: Rights Defender Arbitrarily Arrested in Chechnya

Free Oyub Titiev, Drop All Charges

Oyub Titiev stands in front of a portrait of his murdered colleague, Natalia Estemirova, in Memorial's Grozny office, Grozny, Chechnya, Russia.

January 9, 2018 News Release

US: Secret Evidence Erodes Fair Trial Rights

Government Hides Investigative Methods from Accused

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