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December 4, 2024 News Release

India: Police Raid Rights Group in Delhi

Escalating Crackdown on Activists Contesting Hate Speech

Indian Dalit rights activists protest against the police raid and illegal arrest of human right activists under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) during a protest in New Delhi, August 29, 2018.

December 3, 2024 News Release

Canada: Abuse, Bias Against Immigration Detainees with Disabilities

Designated Representatives System Undermines Legal Capacity Rights

Illustration of a pupil looking at a red brick wall

December 3, 2024 News Release

Ugandan Disability Rights Mental Health Advocate Honored

Benon Kabale Receives Fifth Marca Bristo Fellowship at Human Rights Watch

December 2, 2024 News Release

Ethiopia: Authorities Suspend Three Rights Groups

End Shutdowns, Harassment of Organizations Defending Human Rights

Men in downtown Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, November 3, 2021.

December 2, 2024 News Release

ICC: Member States Should Act to Protect Justice

Annual Meeting Should Address Threats to International Criminal Court

Exterior view of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands.

November 29, 2024 News Release

Thailand: Cambodian Refugees Forcibly Returned

Political Opposition Activists at Risk of Bogus Prosecution in Cambodia

Detainees stand behind cell bars at the police immigration detention center in Bangkok, Thailand, January 21, 2019.

November 28, 2024 News Release

State of Mexico Congress Votes to Decriminalize Abortion

Authorities Should Ensure Access to Care, Wide Dissemination of Legal Protections

Green handkerchiefs bearing the slogan "Abortion for All of Mexico" in front of the State of Mexico Congress on September 19, 2024, in Toluca, Mexico.

November 28, 2024 News Release

Kazakhstan: Ensure Journalist Gets Fair Appeal

Revise Anti-Free Speech Laws, Uphold Media Freedoms

November 27, 2024 News Release

Myanmar: ICC Prosecutor Requests Arrest Warrant

Key Step Toward Justice for Rohingya

Rohingya refugees walk through rice fields after crossing the border from Myanmar into Palang Khali, Bangladesh, October 19, 2017.

November 25, 2024 News Release

Sri Lanka: New President Should Reset Course on Rights

Dissanayake Administration Needs to Address Longstanding Abuses, Impunity

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (right) and Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya during the swearing-in of the new cabinet members on November 18, 2024, in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

November 25, 2024 News Release

Lebanon: US Arms Used in Israeli Strike on Journalists

Three Killed, Four Injured in Apparent War Crime

Two destroyed vehicles and a demolished building where three journalists were killed in an Israeli airstrike at the Hasbaya Village Resort, in sourthern Lebanon on October 25, 2024.

November 25, 2024 News Release

Kenya: Justice Overdue for 2023 Protest Abuses

Adopt Fundamental Police Reforms, Reparations

Armed riot police officers run towards protesters

November 24, 2024 News Release

Mozambique: Security Force Crackdown Kills, Injures Children

Police Detain Hundreds Without Notifying Their Parents

A boy wears a “bullet-proof vest” made of cardboard while walking on the streets of Maputo, Mozambique, November 5, 2024.

November 22, 2024 News Release

SADC: Denounce Security Force Violence in Mozambique

Investigate Excessive Use of Force during Post-Election Protests

Police deploy amid opposition protests in Maputo, Mozambique

November 21, 2024 News Release

Palestine: ICC Warrants Revive Hope for Long-Delayed Justice

Governments Should Defend Court Amid Mounting Pressure

International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan gives an interview with Reuters about Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, The Hague, Netherlands, October 12, 2023.

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