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January 13, 2016 News Release

Yemen: Houthis Endangered School for Blind

Coalition Airstrike Shows Added Risks for People With Disabilities

A corridor in the the al-Noor Center for the Blind sustained damage from a Saudi-coalition airstrike in Sanaa, Yemen on January 5, 2016. © 2016 Abdullah Qaid/Human Rights Watch
January 13, 2016 News Release

Pakistan: Raid on Journalist Latest Act of Intimidation

January 13, 2016 News Release

China: Persecution of Labor Activists Escalates

Authorities Should Engage With Workers’ Advocates, Not Jail Them

Map of China and Tibet
January 13, 2016 News Release

Greece: Limit ‘Stop-and-Search’

Broad Reform of Police Powers Needed

January 13, 2016 News Release

Iraq: Ethnic Fighting Endangers Civilians

Kurds, Turkmen, Arabs Clash in Northern District

January 12, 2016 News Release

Afghanistan: Set Out Concrete Plan to Involve Women

Donors Should Press Kabul on Plan for Women in Peace Process

Members of the Loya Jirga, grand council, attend during the last day of the Loya Jirga, in Kabul on November 24, 2013.
January 12, 2016 News Release

Saudi Arabia: Prominent Rights Defender Detained

Samar Badawi Held Over Activism, Suspected Twitter Activity

January 12, 2016 News Release

Uganda: Suspend ‘Crime Preventers’

Massive Unregulated Force Threatens Election Security

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January 12, 2016 News Release

Trans-Pacific Partnership: Serious Rights Concerns

Q&A Addresses Labor, Health and Online Expression

TPP Leaders
January 12, 2016 News Release

Lebanon: Residency Rules Put Syrians at Risk

Year After Adoption, Requirements Heighten Exploitation, Abuse

Syrian women hang clothing on their balconies inside a compound for Syrian Refugees in Sidon, south Lebanon April 17, 2015.
January 12, 2016 News Release

Egypt: New Parliament Should Fix Abusive Laws

Revoke Worst Decrees Issued Since 2013

Tawfik Okasha, right, looks on at a vote to choose the head of the Egypt's Parliament late in Sunday's procedural and opening session at the main headquarters of Parliament in Cairo, Egypt, January 10, 2016.
January 11, 2016 News Release

Lebanon: Stop Forcible Returns to Syria

Assess Risk of Harm Facing Those Sent Back

Caption and copyright: A general view of Beirut's international airport, Beirut, Lebanon on November 21, 2015.
January 11, 2016 News Release

Saudi Arabia: Sustained Assault on Free Expression

Crackdown on Poets, Activists, Dissidents in King Salman’s First Year

January 10, 2016 News Release

Uganda: Intimidation of Media, Civic Groups

Free Expression, Association Crucial to Free, Fair Election

Employees of the Daily Monitor newspaper with their mouths taped shut, sing slogans during a protest against the closure of their premises by the Uganda government, outside their offices in the capital Kampala May 20, 2013.
January 10, 2016 News Release

Yemen: Arbitrarily Held by the Houthis

Campaign of Arrests to Silence Peaceful Critics in Capital

A Houthi fighter checks a van at a checkpoint on a street in Yemen's capital Sanaa October 21, 2015.

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