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November 16, 2017 News Release

Russia: Reject ‘Foreign Agents’ Media Bill

Tramples on Free Press

An interior view of the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, in Moscow, Russia, January 20, 2017.

November 16, 2017 News Release

Burma: Widespread Rape of Rohingya Women, Girls

Soldiers Commit Gang Rape, Murder Children

Rohingya women refugees who crossed the Naf River from Burma into Bangladesh continue inland toward refugee camps.

November 15, 2017 News Release

Burma: Withdraw Protest Ban in Yangon

Military-Controlled Ministry Issues Unnecessary, Overbroad Directive

201711Asia_Burma_Protest Students attend a protest, to mark the 55rd anniversary of the military's suppression of student protests in 1962 at Yangon University, Yangon, Burma on July 7, 2017.

November 15, 2017 News Release

Cambodia: Democracy Faces Death

Diplomats and Donors Need to Act if Court Dissolves Opposition Party

201711Asia_Cambodia_HunSen Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen attends a meeting with garment workers, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia on November 8, 2017.

November 15, 2017 News Release

Sri Lanka: Adopt Timeline for Action

Promises to UN Human Rights Council Go Unmet

Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, UN high commissioner for human rights, speaks at the 36th Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, September 11, 2017.

November 15, 2017 News Release

Australia: ‘Yes’ Vote to Marriage Equality

Parliament Should Adopt a Marriage Equality Bill Without Delay

Marchers hold signs and banners as they participate in a marriage equality march in central Sydney, Australia on October 21, 2017.

November 15, 2017 News Release

Syria: Civilians Stranded in ISIS Area

Provide Safe Passage from Deir al-Zor

A road sign welcomes people to the town of Deir al-Zor in Syria, September 20, 2017. © 2017 Reuters

November 14, 2017 News Release

China: End Conversion Therapy in Medical Settings

Beijing Should Enact, Enforce Protection Against Abuses of LGBT People

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November 14, 2017 News Release

US Senate Disregards Bradbury Role in Torture

Devices instruments the CIA used at "black sites"

November 14, 2017 News Release

Colombia: Don’t Promote Officers Linked to Killings

Defense Ministry Conceals Key Information

Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos, Colombia's Defense Minister Luis Carlos Villegas and Colombian armed forces chief Gen. Juan Pablo Rodriguez

November 14, 2017 News Release

Zimbabwe: End Clampdown on Media

Latest Arrest Shows Need to Investigate Police Abuse of Journalists

U.S. citizen Martha O'Donovan is led into a remand truck outside court in Harare, Zimbabwe, November 4, 2017. © 2017 Reuters

November 14, 2017 News Release

Tanzania: Migrant Domestic Workers in Oman, UAE Abused

Women Describe Beatings, Exploitation, Harassment

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November 14, 2017 News Release

Burma: Army Report Whitewashes Ethnic Cleansing

International Inquiry, Accountability Needed for Justice for Rohingya

201711Asia_Burma_ShotMohammed Taher, 50, a Rohingya refugee holds his son Mohammed Shoaib, 7, outside a medical center at Kutupalong refugee camp near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, on November 5, 2017. His son was shot in the chest before crossing the border f

November 13, 2017 News Release

US: Grant ISIS Suspect Access to Lawyer

Unnamed US Detainee Held 2 Months in Iraq

The American flag flies next to a statue of the scales of justice at United States Court House, February 6, 2002.

November 12, 2017 News Release

Guatemala: Courts Jeopardizing Fight Against Impunity

Efforts to Prosecute Abuse, Corruption at Risk

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