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May 23, 2016 News Release

Syria: Spate of Bombings Appear to Target Civilians

ISIS Claims Responsibility for Attacks on Latakia Bus Stations, Hospital

People inspect the damage after explosions hit the Syrian city of Tartous, in this handout picture provided by the Syrian Arab News Agency on May 23, 2016.
May 23, 2016 News Release

Tunisia: UN Panel Condemns Forced Anal Exams

Government Should Ban Abusive “Homosexuality” Tests

Poster by Shams, a Tunisian activist group, condemning the use of forced anal exams.
May 23, 2016 News Release

Kazakhstan: Crackdown on Peaceful Protest

Hundreds Detained, Journalists, Activists Rounded Up

Riot police officer gestures during protests in Almaty, Kazakhstan on May 21, 2016.
May 22, 2016 News Release

Indonesia: Protect Mass Graves of 1965-66 Massacres

Forensic Experts Needed to Identify Remains, Secure Evidence

Security minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan in central Jakarta, Indonesia on January 14, 2016.
May 22, 2016 News Release

China: Repression Expands Under ‘Stability Maintenance’ in Tibetan Areas

Dataset of Nearly 500 Cases Shows Diminishing Tolerance of Peaceful Dissent

A paramilitary police officer stands guard in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China on November 17, 2015.
May 20, 2016 News Release

UN: Press Turkey to Open Border

Summit Should Tackle Responsibility for Refugees

A border guard manning Turkey’s closed border with Syria patrols near the Turkish village of Guvecci, February 7, 2016.
May 20, 2016 News Release

Tajikistan: Release Government Critic

Businessman Detained, Beaten After Speaking Out About Corruption

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May 19, 2016 News Release

People with Disabilities at Risk in Conflict, Disaster

Endorse Global Guidelines for Inclusive Humanitarian Response

Screenshot taken from video footage of an Afghan woman with her 15-year-old daughter who has multiple disabilities on the ground outside the Moria registration camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. October 5, 2015.
May 19, 2016 News Release

Thailand: Investigate Alleged Torture of Bombing Suspect

End Military Detention of Civilians

Thailand
May 19, 2016 News Release

Vietnam: Obama’s Visit Should Advance Human Rights

Visit Coincides with Staged Elections and Crackdown on Peaceful Protests

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May 19, 2016 News Release

Venezuela: Revoke Emergency Decree

President Targets National Assembly, Independent Groups

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro gestures while he speaks during a news conference at Miraflores Palace in Caracas on May 17, 2016. © 2016 Reuters
May 19, 2016 News Release

US: Raped in Military – Then Punished

Unjust Discharges Cause Lasting Harm

Gary Noling holding dogtags belonging to his daughter, Carri Goodwin, a rape victim who died of acute alcohol intoxication less than a week after receiving an Other Than Honorable discharge from the Marines.
May 19, 2016 News Release

EU: Use National Courts To Fight Impunity

EU Day Against Impunity Highlights Progress, Challenges

May 19, 2016 News Release

Russia: Rights Activist Interrogated

First Criminal Inquiry in a ‘Foreign Agents’ case

May 18, 2016 News Release

Vietnam: Crackdown on Peaceful Environmental Protesters

Respect Rights to Demonstrate and Freedom of Expression

Plainclothes security forces drag away blogger Huynh Ngoc Chenh.

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