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January 21, 2017 News Release

US: Reject Pompeo for CIA Director

Positions on Torture, Surveillance, Whistleblowers, Muslims Threaten Rights

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January 20, 2017 News Release

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January 20, 2017 News Release

Croatia: Asylum Seekers Forced Back to Serbia

Asylum Seekers Denied Access to Protection; Subject to Violence

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January 20, 2017 News Release

US: Dawn of Dangerous New Era

Officials, Congress, Public Should Firmly Oppose Policies that Threaten Rights

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January 19, 2017 News Release

Nigeria: Satellite Imagery Shows Strikes on Settlement

Impartially Investigate Airstrikes, Compensate Victims

A Nigerian fighter jet accidentally bombed a camp for displaced people on Tuesday while searching for Boko Haram militants.
January 19, 2017 News Release

Tunisia: Amend Draft Drug Law

End Prison Sentences for Users

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January 18, 2017 News Release

Gambia: State of Emergency No License for Repression

Soldiers Arbitrarily Detained as Political Crisis Deepens

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January 18, 2017 News Release

Ukraine: TV Channel Ordered Banned

Drop Ban, End Media Restrictions

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January 18, 2017 News Release

Turkey: President Bids for One-Man Rule

Parliament Should Reject Constitutional Changes

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January 16, 2017 News Release

Burma: Kachin Christians Feared ‘Disappeared’

Urgently Report on Whereabouts, Well-Being; Allow UN Expert Access

January 15, 2017 News Release

Iraq: ISIS Bombings Are Crimes Against Humanity

Compensate Civilian Victims

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January 15, 2017 News Release

China: Drop Charges Against Tibetan Education Activist

Shopkeeper Faces 15-Year Sentence for Promoting Minority Language

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January 13, 2017 News Release

Iran: Halt Imminent Executions

12 Alleged Drug Offenders at Risk of Death

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January 13, 2017 News Release

Chechnya: Leading Politician Threatens Editor

Authorities Target Independent Media Outlet

Gregory Shvedov, editor-in-chief of critical media outlet Caucasian Knot.
January 12, 2017 News Release

World Report 2017: Demagogues Threaten Human Rights

Trump, European Populists Foster Bigotry, Discrimination

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