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December 13, 2017 News Release

China: Minority Region Collects DNA from Millions

Private Information Gathered by Police, Under Guise of Public Health Program

201712asia_china_xinjiang A mural in Xinjiang reads "Stability is a blessing, Instability is a calamity," Yarkand, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China on September 20, 2012.
December 13, 2017 News Release

West Africa: G5 Sahel Force Should Prioritize Rights

Rule of Law, Governance Crucial to Counterterrorism Strategy

Malian soldiers, part of the five-nation G5 Sahel military force, patrol in central Mali in November 2017.  The 5,000-member force will comprise two battalions each from Mali and Niger and one each from Burkina Faso, Chad and Mauritania.
December 13, 2017 News Release

Burundi: Rights Defender Detained

Stop Intimidating Activists

Rumonge prison, Burundi.
December 12, 2017 News Release

Thailand: Politician Faces Baseless Sedition Charges

Pheu Thai Spokeswoman Targeted for Criticizing Junta Leader

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December 12, 2017 News Release

Gambia: Truth Commission to Uncover Jammeh Abuses

Bill Should Ban Amnesties for Most Serious Crimes

Protesters march in Banjul on April 16, 2016 following the death in custody of opposition activist Solo Sandeng.
December 12, 2017 News Release

Brazil: Reject Abortion Ban

Constitutional Amendment Would Endanger Women, Girls; Violate Rights

People participate in the SlutWalk protest on Copacabana Beach, here pope Francis will celebrate mass at night, in Rio de Janeiro, July, 2013. The sign reads "No more criminalization of women, abortion is a right". ©  REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
December 11, 2017 News Release

Tajikistan: Independent Journalist Detained

Politically Motivated Charges for Corruption Report

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.
December 11, 2017 News Release

Honduras: Guarantee Credibility of Elections, Protect Free Expression

Supporters of Salvador Nasralla, presidential candidate for the Opposition Alliance Against the Dictatorship, take part during a march over a contested presidential election in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, December 10, 2017
December 11, 2017 News Release

Burma: Rohingya Return Deal Bad for Refugees

Burma, Bangladesh Need to Redraft Agreement, Involve UN

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) stand guard on the bank of Naf River near the Bangladesh-Myanmar border to preventRohingya refugees from illegal border crossing, in Teknaf near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, November 22, 2016.
December 9, 2017 News Release

Iran: Imprisoned Foreign Student Threatened

US Citizen Arrested for Historical Research Serving 10-Year Term

Xiyue Wang, a Princeton Ph.D. student and US citizen, was arrested in Iran on August 8, 2016, while researching Persian history for his doctoral thesis, July 18, 2017.  © 2017 Reuters
December 7, 2017 News Release

Turkmenistan: Animal Rights Activist Detained

Galina Kucherenko’s Whereabouts Unknown; Free Her Immediately

Galina Kucherenko and her daughter, Valeria, in an undated photograph posted to Kucherenko’s Odnoklassniki account in August 2015.
December 7, 2017 News Release

Mexico: Reject Internal Security Law

Better Policing Needed, Not More Militarized Law Enforcement

A soldier walking in Almoloya de Juarez, on the outskirts of Mexico City, January 10, 2016
December 7, 2017 News Release

EU Making Aid Efforts More Inclusive

Mandate to Consider Needs of People With Disabilities

Sara, a 13-year-old Syrian girl traveling with her older sister and mother, has a physical disability and diabetes. Separated from her family on the rubber boat from Turkey, she slumped into the water at the bottom of the dinghy and fell unconscious.
December 7, 2017 News Release

DR Congo: New ‘Kivu Security Tracker’ Maps Eastern Violence

Over 500 Killed, 1,000 Abducted in Kivu Provinces in Past 6 Months

The Kivu Security Tracker maps violence by armed groups and Congolese security forces in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern Kivu provinces.
December 7, 2017 News Release

Libya: New Wave of Attacks Against Sufi Sites

Killings, Destruction Amid Impunity

3.	Destruction of Al-Andalousi mosque by unidentified armed groups, Tajora, March 2013. © Nader Elgadi

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