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April 27, 2016 News Release

Egypt: Fearing Protests, Police Arrest Hundreds

Journalists, Lawyers Among Those Apprehended

Journalists and activists protest against the restriction of press freedom and to demand the release of detained journalists, in front of the Press Syndicate in Cairo, Egypt on April 26, 2016.
April 26, 2016 News Release

Burma: Drop Charges Against Former Activist Monk

U Gambira Faces 5 Years in Prison on Political Prosecution

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April 26, 2016 News Release

Bangladesh: Investigate LGBT murders

Protect Activists From Attack

April 25, 2016 News Release

Israel/Palestine: Hamas Bus Bombing Targets Civilians

Jerusalem Attack Violates Basic Norms

April 25, 2016 News Release

US: 20 Years of Immigrant Abuses

Under 1996 Laws, Arbitrary Detention, Fast-Track Deportation, Family Separation

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April 24, 2016 News Release

Iraq: Protecting Civilians Key to Mosul Battle

ISIS, Iraqi Government Forces Have Record of Laws of War Violations

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April 22, 2016 News Release

Iraqi Kurdistan: Christian Demonstration Blocked

Sought to Protest Kurdish Land “Encroachment”

April 21, 2016 News Release

Uganda: 5 Years On, No Justice for ‘Walk to Work’ Killings

Ongoing Abuses in Response to Protests

A picture of a child, who was killed during Uganda's 2011 Walk to Work protests.
April 21, 2016 News Release

Kyrgyzstan: UN Calls for Activist’s Release

Free Azimjon Askarov; Quash Conviction

April 21, 2016 News Release

Mexico: Response to Torture Video Falls Short

Defense Minister Undercuts Apology by Downplaying Problem

Imagen de un video de YouTube de enero de 2015 que muestra a policías federales y soldados mexicanos torturando a una mujer en el estado de Guerrero a través de colocarle una bolsa de plástico sobre su cabeza en repetidas oportunidades para asfixiarla.
April 21, 2016 News Release

Bangladesh: Garment Workers’ Union Rights Bleak

Ease Rigid Union Laws, Punish Union-Busting

Fatema holds a picture of her son Nurul Karim, one year after both he and her daughter Arifa died in the April 24, 2013 Rana Plaza collapse.
April 21, 2016 News Release

Iran: Imprisoned Physicist’s Cancer Care in Jeopardy

Lack of Adequate Treatment Increases Political Prisoners’ Suffering

April 21, 2016 News Release

Afghanistan: Put Words Into Action on Justice

Cooperate With International Criminal Court Inquiry

President Ashraf Ghani attends Afghan Independence Day celebrations in Kabul on August 19, 2015.
April 21, 2016 News Release

Israel: Quarry Shutdown Harms Palestinians

Hundreds of Jobs Threatened

Quarry in Beit Fajar stands empty after soldiers shut it down on March 21.
April 20, 2016 News Release

Turkey: Open Border to Displaced Syrians Shelled by Government

No Escape for Thousands Fleeing Attacks on Border Camps

Khirmash displaced persons camp in Syria on Turkey’s border, sheltering about 2,000 people as of mid-April 2016.

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