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September 12, 2024 News Release

Vietnam: Drop Charges, Release Democracy Campaigner

Phan Van Bach Prosecuted for Criticizing Government

Phan Van Bach carries a sign supporting political prisoner Tran Huynh Duy Thuc.

September 11, 2024 News Release

Thailand: Human Rights Agenda for New Government

End Political Persecution, Enforced Disappearance, Forcible Refugee Returns

Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra speaks during a press conference at the Pheu Thai party headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, August 18, 2024.

September 11, 2024 News Release

Mozambique: Abuses Against Media, Activists Before Elections

Police Commit Widespread Harassment, Assaults, Arbitrary Detention

Mozambique police stationed at the Technical Secretariat of Electoral Administration building

September 11, 2024 News Release

Ecuador: Government Should End Criminalization of Abortion

Amicus Brief Stresses International Obligations to Ensure Access

Women from different organizations that are part of the Justa Libertad movement raise green scarves outside the Constitutional Court of Ecuador in Quito, March 19, 2024.

September 11, 2024 News Release

Hungary: Ukrainian Refugees Losing Housing

EU Action Needed to Address Move That Leaves Thousands Homeless

A Ukrainian woman of Roma ethnicity sits on a chair on the street, after losing access to subsidized accommodation in Komárom-Esztergom county, Hungary, August 21, 2024.

September 11, 2024 News Release

Americas: Limited Protection for People Fleeing Venezuela, Haiti

Limited Access to Asylum, Integration Pushes People to the Darién Gap

SENAFRONT officers coordinate the departure of “piraguas,” wooden canoes made from hollowed-out tree trunks

September 10, 2024 News Release

China: Free Taiwanese Political Activist

First ‘Separatism’ Charge a New Form of Long-Arm Intimidation

Chen Binhua, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, speaks at a press conference in Beijing, China, September 13, 2023.

September 10, 2024 News Release

Iran: Arrests of Family Members of Protesters

Relatives Reportedly Sought Accountability for Executions, Killings, Arrests

A display of photos that includes protesters executed by the Iranian government at a candlelight vigil honoring Mahsa Zhina Amini and the demonstrators, in Washington DC, September 16, 2023.

September 10, 2024 News Release

Angola: President Signs Laws Curtailing Speech, Association

New Legislation Poses Threats to Media, Critics of Government

Angolan President João Lourenço in Lisbon, Portugal on April 26, 2024.

September 10, 2024 News Release

Libya: Slow Flood Recovery Failing Displaced Survivors

Ensure Accountability, Equitable Access to Relief

Rescuers and relatives of victims set up tents in front of collapsed buildings in Derna, Libya, September 18, 2023.

September 10, 2024 News Release

Gaza: Israeli Military’s Digital Tools Risk Civilian Harm

New Technologies Raise Grave Laws-of-War, Privacy, Personal Data Concerns

Smoke billows after an Israeli strike as flares are also dropped over north Gaza, November 22, 2023.

September 9, 2024 News Release

South Sudan: Parliament Approves Transitional Justice Laws

Work with African Union to Establish Hybrid Court

Women stand outside a UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) site in Yei

September 9, 2024 News Release

Cluster Munitions: New Use, Transfers Test International Ban

Global Report Tracks Civilian Harm from Prohibited Weapon

Stockpiled cluster munitions and their submunitions being prepared for destruction.

September 9, 2024 News Release

WHO: Pandemic Pact Risks Repeating Covid-19 Failures

Countries Should Revise Draft to Fully Align with Human Rights Obligations

World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.

September 9, 2024 News Release

UN Rights Council: Advance Accountability for Abuses in Afghanistan

New Body Needed to Investigate Past, Ongoing International Crimes

UN HRC

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