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July 26, 2016 News Release

Singapore: Obama Should Spotlight Rights Restrictions

Premier’s Visit is Chance to Address Censorship, LGBT Protections

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and US President Barack Obama deliver remarks in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on November 22, 2015.
July 26, 2016 News Release

Turkey: Rights Protections Missing From Emergency Decree

Orders to Purge Civil Servants, Judges; Close Groups Down

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July 24, 2016 News Release

Bahrain: Journalist Faces Prosecution, Travel Ban

Stop Licensing Reporters for Foreign Media

Bahraini journalist Nazeeha Saeed conducts an interview in Manama, Bahrain, August 26, 2014. © 2014 EPA
July 22, 2016 News Release

Syria: Civilians at Risk as Aleppo Siege Tightens

Government Should Urgently Allow Aid into Opposition-Held Areas

Smoke rises after airstrikes on Aleppo's Castello road, Syria on June 2, 2016.
July 22, 2016 News Release

France: Prolonged Emergency State Threatens Rights

Increase Oversight to Reduce Risk of Misuse

French policemen attend a drill at the Marseille railway station in France on May 4, 2016.
July 21, 2016 News Release

World Bank: Human Rights All But Absent in New Policy

Bank’s Management a Key Obstacle

A detainee in a government-run drug detention center in Vietnam. The World Bank provided funding for various HIV-related services in Vietnamese drug detention centers through a project that concluded in 2012.
July 21, 2016 News Release

Ukraine: Torture, Disappearances in East

Civilians Detained, Abused on Both Sides of Conflict Line

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July 20, 2016 News Release

Venezuela: Recall Supporters Fired

Apparent Purge of Government Opponents Violates Rights

Two public sector employees who supported the recall referendum display letters firing them from their jobs in Venezuela on June 27, 2016.
July 20, 2016 News Release

Ukraine: Journalist Killed in Kiev Car Explosion

Immediate, Effective Investigation Needed

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July 20, 2016 News Release

Kenya: Disappearances, Deaths in Northeast

Government Should Investigate, Ensure Justice

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July 19, 2016 News Release

Malaysia: Don’t Undercut Independence of the Bar

Withdraw Proposed Amendments to Legal Profession Act

Then-President of the Bar Council of Malaysia Christopher Leong speaks at a rally calling for the repeal of the Sedition Act in Kuala Lumpur on October 16, 2014.
July 19, 2016 News Release

Greece: Migrant Children in Police Cells

Dreadful Conditions; Transfer Them to Open Facilities

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July 19, 2016 News Release

Lebanon: 250,000 Syrian Children Out of School

Residency Rules, Child Labor Among Barriers for Refugees

Bara’a, 10, originally from Ghouta, Syria, leaves for school from her informal refugee camp in Mount Lebanon.
July 18, 2016 News Release

Turkey: Protect Rights, Law After Coup Attempt

Mass Arrests, Website Shutdowns Raise Grave Concerns

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July 17, 2016 News Release

China: End Abuse of Hunger-Striking Activist

Allow Guo Feixiong Access to Adequate Medical Care, Lawyers, Family

Guo Feixiong on the Great Wall of China, July 2012.

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