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March 27, 2017 News Release

Pakistan: Attacks on Schools Devastate Education

Prosecute Militant Group Violence Against Students, Teachers

Pakistani students in Lahore return to school under high alert security after the December 16, 2014 attack by the Pakistani Taliban on the Army Public School in Peshawar, January 1, 2015.
March 27, 2017 News Release

Lebanon: Activist Charged for Facebook Post Criticizing Politicians

Repeal Criminal Sanctions for Defamation, Criticizing Officials

Lebanese security forces block a street leading to the parliament building in downtown Beirut, Lebanon September 9, 2015.
March 26, 2017 News Release

France: Press Indonesia on Key Rights Concerns

Hollande Should Defend Persecuted Minorities, Oppose Death Penalty

French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault and Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi hold a media briefing in Jakarta on February 28, 2017.
March 26, 2017 News Release

Yemen: Attack on Refugee Boat Likely War Crime

Failed Investigations into Abuses as War Turns 2

Body of a Somali refugee, killed in an attack by a helicopter while travelling in a vessel off the coast of Yemen, is carried at the Red Sea port of Hodeidah, Yemen, March 17, 2017.
March 24, 2017 News Release

Burma: UN Takes Key Step for Justice

Human Rights Council Orders International Fact-Finding Mission

Yanghee Lee, special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on March 13, 2017.
March 24, 2017 News Release

UN: New Move on North Korea Crimes

Human Rights Council Opens Door to Prosecution Strategies

Tomás Ojea Quintana, special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in North Korea, at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on March 13, 2017.
March 24, 2017 News Release

Japan: Anti-Bullying Policy to Protect LGBT Students

Efforts Boost Regional, Global Role on Gay Rights

manga drawing by Taiji Utagawa of a transgender man with head down in the dark with three white spots leading into the distance
March 24, 2017 News Release

Egypt: Aya Hijazi's Trial a Travesty

Postponed Verdict Caps Extensive Fair Trial Violations

Aya Hegazy and her husband Mohamed Hassanein, founders of a nongovernmental organization that looks after street children, sit on the ground talking inside a holding cell as they face trial on charges of human trafficking, sexual exploitation of minors, a
March 23, 2017 News Release

Cambodia: Continue to Investigate Kem Ley Killing

Significant Questions Remain After Guilty Verdict

A police officer stands guard in front of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court during the trial of Chuop Somlap, who is accused of murdering the political commentator and prominent government critic Kem Ley, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Samra
March 23, 2017 News Release

Kenya: Protect Somalis Facing Conflict, Abuses, Drought

Make Concrete Commitments During Summit

Photo of Somali refugees getting on buses to leave Dadaab refugee camp.
March 23, 2017 News Release

Central African Republic: Armed Groups Using Schools

Preventing Children from Getting an Education

UPC fighters outside a kindergarten in Ngadja, Ouaka province. The fighters have used the building as a base since October 2014.
March 22, 2017 News Release

Libya: War Crimes as Benghazi Residents Flee

Summary Executions, Attacks on Civilians, Desecration of Corpses

A member of the Libyan National Army, the armed forces allied with the Interim Government in al-Bayda, stands next to a hole on a wall during clashes with the Benghazi Revolutionaries Shura Council, an Islamist militia alliance, in Benghazi, Libya.
March 21, 2017 News Release

Bangladesh: Immediately Suspend Imminent Executions

Issue Moratoriums on Death Sentences as Inhumane Punishments

March 21, 2017 News Release

Focus on Justice, Protecting Civilians in ISIS Fight

Recommendations for Global Coalition Summit

March 21, 2017 News Release

Tunisia: Jailed for ‘Defamation’

Police Union Leader Criticized Officials

A general view of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People in Tunis, Tunisia, May 2016.

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