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March 3, 2017 News Release

Sri Lanka: UN Official Calls Progress ‘Worryingly Slow’

Human Rights Council Should Monitor Undertakings, Justice Efforts

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein speaks during a news conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka on February 9, 2016.
March 2, 2017 News Release

US: Immigration Memos Will Wreak Havoc on Rights

New Analysis Assesses Impact

DB US immigration
March 2, 2017 News Release

US: Curb Executive Branch Surveillance Powers

Free Expression, Privacy, Fair Trial Rights at Stake

March 2, 2017 News Release

Azerbaijan: No Progress On Key Reforms

Transparency Group Should Suspend Country’s Membership

An Azerbaijan state flag flutters in the wind on an oil platform in the Caspian Sea east of Baku, January 22, 2013.
March 2, 2017 News Release

Bangladesh: Man Released From Long Secret Detention

Two Others Held Incommunicado Should Be Released or Charged

Police officers stand guard in front of the central jail in Dhaka on December 12, 2013.
March 2, 2017 News Release

Philippines: Police Deceit in ‘Drug War’ Killings

Duterte, Senior Officials Behind Evident Crimes against Humanity

Duterte's War on Drugs in the Philippines
March 1, 2017 News Release

Gaza: ‘Unlawful Combatants Law’ Violates Rights

Administrative Detention with Minimal Judicial Oversight

A blindfolded Palestinian, detained during an Israeli military operation in Gaza, sits on the ground at a crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip on November 7, 2007.
March 1, 2017 News Release

Angola: Police Beat, Set Dogs on Peaceful Protesters

Investigate Unnecessary, Excessive Use of Force

“Samussuku” Chiconda required stitches on his forehead after police officers beat him with batons, Luanda, February 24, 2017.
February 28, 2017 News Release

Governments Step Up for Reproductive Rights

‘She Decides’ Summit to Counter Trump’s ‘Global Gag Rule’

Women and girls wait with their children outside a doctor’s office in Chitwan, Nepal.
February 28, 2017 News Release

Olympics: Host City Contract Requires Human Rights

New Provisions Could Prevent Abuses That Marred Rio, Sochi, Beijing Games

February 27, 2017 News Release

Thailand: Academics Face Discipline for Criticizing Junta

Drop Bogus Investigation and Ensure Free Speech, Academic Freedom

Thailand: Mahidol 20170227
February 27, 2017 News Release

Russia: Don’t Veto Sanctions for Syria Chemical Attacks

UN Security Council Vote Expected

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February 27, 2017 News Release

Russia: Peaceful Protester Alleges Torture

Ildar Dadin in Prison for One-Person Protests

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February 26, 2017 News Release

Iraq/Kurdistan Region: Men, Boys Who Fled ISIS Detained

After Passing Security Screening, Taken from Displaced People’s Camps

The Khazir camp in northern Iraq housing thousands of people internally displaced by the fight against ISIS. Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) forces have detained over 900 displaced men and boys from five camps and the urban area of Erbil between 2014,
February 24, 2017 News Release

Philippines: Arrest of Duterte Critic Widens ‘Drug War’

Senator Leila de Lima Detained on Politically Motivated Drug Charges

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