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May 18, 2017 News Release

Sri Lanka: Anti-Terror Bill Revives Concerns of Abuse

Draft Law Falls Far Short of Colombo’s Pledges to United Nations

Sri Lanka: Anti-Terror Bill Revives Concerns of Abuse PHOTO
May 18, 2017 News Release

US Congress: Reject Draconian Anti-Immigrant Bill

Would Criminalize Immigrants, Harm Families

Immigration/Deportation
May 18, 2017 News Release

Iraq: Families Who Fled Mosul Forced Back

Facing Danger, and Lacking Food, Water, Health Care

A camp resident talks to a member of the Iraqi forces after his arrival at Hammam al-Alil camp south of west Mosul, Iraq May 10, 2017.
May 17, 2017 News Release

US: Improve Civilian Protection in Afghanistan

With Casualties on Rise, Review Targeting, Tracking to Minimize Civilian Harm

US: Improve Civilian Protection in Afghanistan PHOTO
May 17, 2017 News Release

Japan: Don’t Fund Abusive Philippine Drug Rehab Services

Ensure Voluntary Community-Based Drug Treatment

DATE IMPORTED:August 11, 2016Japanese Foreign Affairs Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a joint news conference with his Philippine counterpart Perfecto Yasay (not pictured) in Davao city, southern Philippines August 11, 2016.
May 17, 2017 News Release

Guatemala: Thousands Face Needless End-of-Life Suffering

Pain Medicine Rule Change Urgently Needed

The palliative care services at the National Cancer Institute of Guatemala. Guatemala City, August 2015. © 2015 Human Rights Watch
May 17, 2017 News Release

G20 Labor Summit: Protect Rights in Supply Chains

Widespread Rights Abuses

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May 16, 2017 News Release

Ukraine: Revoke Ban on Dozens of Russian Web Companies

Protect Freedom of Expression and Media Pluralism

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May 16, 2017 News Release

Pakistan: Escalating Crackdown on Internet Dissent

Protect Critical Voices, Vulnerable Groups

Pakistan's Minister of the Interior, Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan, gestures at a press conference in Islamabad in 2014.
May 16, 2017 News Release

Tajikistan: Travel Ban on Rights Lawyer

Free Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyers

Fayzinisso Vohidova. © TajInfo
May 16, 2017 News Release

Kazakhstan: Trade Union Leader Jailed

End Crackdown on Labor Rights

Amin Yeleusinov.
May 15, 2017 News Release

China: Police DNA Database Threatens Privacy

40 Million Profiled Includes Dissidents, Migrants, Muslim Uyghurs

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May 15, 2017 News Release

Kazakhstan: Journalist Stabbed En Route to Brief Diplomats

Investigate, Bring Attackers to Justice

Ramazan Yesergepov.
May 15, 2017 News Release

Making Sense of Argentina’s Ruling on Dictatorship-Era Crimes

Demonstrators carry pictures of people who disappeared during Argentina's last military dictatorship at commemorations of the 41st anniversary of the coup that ushered in the dictatorship in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 24, 2017.
May 15, 2017 News Release

US/California: Thousands of Immigrant Parents Detained

Approve Key Measures to Protect Rights

An ICE detainee rests his hands on the window of his cell in the segregation wing at the Adelanto immigration detention center, which is run by the Geo Group Inc, in Adelanto, California, on April 13, 2017.

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