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January 20, 2016 News Release

Amsterdam: Films, Debates on ‘The Power of One’

Human Rights Weekend in De Balie

January 19, 2016 News Release

India: Fortify Bill Protecting Transgender People

Ensure Law Meets Constitutional Guarantees, International Standards

January 19, 2016 News Release

Vietnam: Hold Elections for Country’s Leaders

Donors Should Call for Pluralism and End to One-Party Rule

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January 19, 2016 News Release

US/ASEAN: Make Rights Central to Summit

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January 19, 2016 News Release

Israel: Businesses Should End Settlement Activity

Settlement Business Links Foster Abuse

Barkan, located in the occupied West Bank, is an Israeli residential settlement and industrial zone that houses around 120 factories that export around 80 percent of their goods abroad. In the background is the Palestinian village of Qarawat Bani Hassan.
January 18, 2016 News Release

China: No End to Tibet Surveillance Program

21,000 Officials Stationed Indefinitely in Villages

Tibet Autonomous Region
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Morocco: Protests Violently Dispersed

Investigate Incidents, Avoid Excessive Force by Police

January 17, 2016 News Release

Burma: Growing Political Prisoner Population

Students, Land Rights Activists, and Journalists Face Bogus Charges

Student protesters look out from a prison vehicle as they are transported to a court in Letpadan on March 11, 2015.
January 16, 2016 News Release

Yemen: 3 Months Since Houthis ‘Disappear’ Protesters

Ex-Detainees Describe Mass Arrests, Torture in Ibb

January 16, 2016 News Release

Indonesia: Ahmadiyah Community Threatened

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A sign on an Ahmadiyah mosque in South Jakarta, Indonesia reads, "This building is sealed due to inappropriate usage." The mosque was closed by government authorities in July 2015.
January 16, 2016 News Release

Pakistan: Extend Afghan Refugee Status Through 2017

Stop-Gap Measures Create Climate Fostering Police Abuse

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January 16, 2016 News Release

Tunisia: LGBT Group Suspended

Dangerous Precedent for Freedom of Association

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January 15, 2016 News Release

US: Press Uzbekistan on Political Prisoners, Prison Death

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Thailand: End Impunity for Enforced Disappearances

Acquittal in Somchai Neelapijit Case Should Lead to Law Reform

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China: Subversion Charges Target Lawyers

Arrests Reflect Xi Jinping’s Broader Repression of Rights Activism

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