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June 22, 2016 News Release

Bahrain: Senior Cleric Faces Deportation

Jail Conditions Jeopardize Health of Rights Activist

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June 21, 2016 News Release

Moldova: Reject ‘Gay Propaganda’ Law

Bill to ‘Protect’ Children Would Violate Their Rights

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June 21, 2016 News Release

Australia: Where Parties Stand on Human Rights

Responses to Questions Before July 2 Federal Elections

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June 21, 2016 News Release

Thailand: Junta Bans Referendum Monitoring

Generals Gag Criticism of Draft Constitution

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June 20, 2016 News Release

Kenya: Police Killings During Protests

Investigate Use of Excessive Force in Western Region

Protestors carry an injured man after he was shot by police in the western city of Kisumu, Kenya, during demonstrations by opposition supporters on June 6, 2016.
June 20, 2016 News Release

Turkey: Rights Defenders, Journalists Jailed

New Crackdown Targets Activists for ‘Terrorism’

Ahmet Nesin, Şebnem Korur Fincancı and Erol Önderoğlu at the court house in Istanbul hours before being jailed pending investigation into spurious allegations of “making terrorist propaganda.”
June 20, 2016 News Release

Sweden: Restrictive Asylum Bill

Rolls Back Refugee Rights; Could Harm Children

Nour T., a 16-year-old Syrian girl, at a group home in Gothenburg, Sweden.
June 19, 2016 News Release

US, Russia: Investigate Deadly New Attacks in Aleppo, Syria

Civilians Killed on Both Sides of the City

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, US Secretary of State John Kerry, and UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura attend a news conference in Munich, Germany on February 12, 2016.
June 17, 2016 News Release

China: Drop Cases Against Rights Lawyers

Xia Lin, Zhou Shifeng Face Politically Motivated Prosecutions

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June 17, 2016 News Release

Bangladesh: Halt Mass Arbitrary Arrests

Carry Out Proper Investigations to Identify and Prosecute ‘Machete Attacks’

Police stand guard during a rally by activists demanding capital punishment for a group of bloggers in Dhaka, Bangladesh on April 12, 2013.
June 16, 2016 News Release

Kenya: Court Upholds Forced Anal Exams

Government Should Abandon Abusive ‘Homosexuality Test’

"Adam," arrested in Kenya in February 2015 on homosexuality charges and subjected to a forced anal exam, sorts through police documents on his case. © 2015 Zoe Flood
June 16, 2016 News Release

US: CIA Torture Revelations

Newly Released Documents Show Need for Accountability

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) (L) discusses a newly released Intelligence Committee report on the CIA's anti-terrorism tactics.
June 16, 2016 News Release

Bahrain: Order to Dissolve Key Opposition Group

Leading Activist Detained

MENA 2015 Bahrain Nabeel Rajab
June 15, 2016 News Release

Ethiopia: Protest Crackdown Killed Hundreds

Free Wrongfully Held Detainees, Independent Inquiry Needed

Mersen Chala holds a photo of his brother Dinka, who was killed by Ethiopian security forces a day earlier, in Yubdo village, Oromia region, about 100 kilometers from Addis Ababa, December 2015.
June 14, 2016 News Release

Pakistan: Prosecute Rampant ‘Honor’ Killings

Revise and Enforce Laws to End Barbaric Practice

Members of civil society hold placards during a protest in Islamabad, Pakistan against a recent "honor" killing on May 29, 2014.

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