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February 16, 2017 News Release

UAE: Academic Facing Speech Charges

Nasser bin Ghaith Has Spent 18 months in Pre-Trial Detention

Nasser bin Ghaith at his home in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on November 30, 2011.
February 16, 2017 News Release

Yemen: Saudi-Led Coalition Airstrike Near School

2 Students, Administrator Killed; 3 Children Wounded

The informal gas station in Bani Mea’asar village after it was hit by a Saudi-led coalition airstrike on January 10, 2017. The attack killed two students and a school administrator and wounded three children. Mwatana, a leading Yemeni human rights organiz
February 16, 2017 News Release

Uzbekistan: ILO Report Confirms Forced Labor

But Government Role Undermined Research

February 15, 2017 News Release

Bangladesh: Stop Persecuting Unions, Garment Workers

Brands Should Make Binding Commitments to Protect Freedom of Association

Bangladesh police stand guard in front of garment factories in Ashulia on December 26, 2016, when factories re-opened after a five-day shut down in response to garment workers’ wage strikes.
February 14, 2017 News Release

US: In New York, Children as Young as 14 Can Marry

End Child Marriage in New York State

Sonia Ossorio of NOW-NYC addresses the crowd at a protest against US laws allowing child marriage.
February 14, 2017 News Release

Tanzania: 1.5 Million Adolescents Not in School

Government Policies Undermine Move for Free Secondary Education

More than 120 Form II students prepare to sit their mock exams in a secondary school in Mwanza, northwestern Tanzania.
February 14, 2017 News Release

Oman: Activist’s Family Barred from Traveling Abroad

Repeated Harassment of Peaceful Rights Defenders

Mohammed al-Fazari
February 14, 2017 News Release

Ethiopia: Dams, Plantations a Threat to Kenyans

Lake Turkana Water Levels down, further drop expected

Boys fishing in Lake Turkana. The population of Turkana County is predominantly Turkana people, who rely on fishing in Lake Turkana for their livelihood.
February 14, 2017 News Release

Lebanon: New Refugee Policy a Step Forward

Open the Door to Legal Status for All Syrian Refugees

A General Security officer stands by as a Syrian bus driver carries the passports and departure cards of Syrians arriving in Lebanon.
February 13, 2017 News Release

North Korea: End Rampant Forced Child Labor

Submission to UN Children’s Committee Highlights Exploitation, Abuse

Kim Jong-un attends a performance of school children to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Korean Children's Union (KCU) in Pyongyang in June 2016.
February 13, 2017 News Release

Pakistan: Mass Forced Returns of Afghan Refugees

UN Refugee Agency Complicit in Government Coercion

An Afghan refugee family forced out of Pakistan stands by a hired truck laden with their possessions after an overnight journey, October 2016
February 9, 2017 News Release

Ukraine: Activists ‘Disappeared’ in Separatist Territory

Acknowledge Detention, Ensure Due Process

Grey Violet, LGBT activist feared disappeared in eastern Ukraine. Facebook.
February 9, 2017 News Release

US: Don’t Suspend Conflict Minerals Rule

Reversing Dodd-Frank Rule Could Enrich Abusive Armed Groups

A child digs for gold in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ituri District
February 9, 2017 News Release

Egypt: Workers Charged over Protests

Drop Charges; Change Laws that Restrict Right to Organize, Strike

Workers holding a banner shout slogans against the government during a protest near Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt on April 29, 2013.
February 8, 2017 News Release

Bangladesh: Reject Rohingya Refugee Relocation Plan

Provide Protection, Not Isolation on Flooded Island

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