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January 4, 2016 News Release

Saudi Arabia: Mass Execution Largest Since 1980

Prominent Shia Cleric Among 47 Executed

A girl carries a picture of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, who was executed along with 46 others in Saudi Arabia, during a protest against the execution in front of the United Nation's building in Beirut, Lebanon.
December 23, 2015 News Release

Burma: Brazen Bid for Presidential Immunity

Draft Law Removes Accountability for Crimes in Office

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December 23, 2015 News Release

DR Congo: ICC Convict Faces Domestic Charges

Ensure Fair, Speedy Trials for Germain Katanga, 3 Co-accused

Germain Katanga, a Congolese national, sits in the courtroom of the ICC during the closing statements in the trial against Katanga and Ngudjolo Chui in The Hague May 15, 2012.
December 23, 2015 News Release

Rwanda: International Tribunal Closing Its Doors

Governments Should Bring Remaining Genocide Suspects to Justice

December 23, 2015 News Release

Central African Republic: Progress on Special Court

More Efforts Needed to Get It Operating

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December 23, 2015 News Release

Cluster Munitions: A Year of Contradictions

Growing Support for Ban Despite New Use in Syria, Yemen

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December 22, 2015 News Release

Nigeria: Army Attack on Shia Unjustified

Independent, Impartial Probes Essential

Members of Islamic Movement of Nigeria, a Shia group, demand the release of the group’s leader, Sheik Ibrahim Zakzaky, who was arrested on December 14, 2015.
December 22, 2015 News Release

Colombia: Agreeing to Impunity

Government, FARC Deal Sacrifices Victims’ Right to Justice

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December 22, 2015 News Release

Gulf Countries: Bid to Protect Migrant Workers

Construction Firms Should Adopt New Guidelines

Drawn by the promise of jobs, thousands of men from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal are working on Saadiyat Island in the United Arab Emirates.
December 22, 2015 News Release

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December 21, 2015 News Release

Afghanistan: US Should Conduct Criminal Inquiry in MSF Attack

Investigation Needed Outside Chain of Command

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December 21, 2015 News Release

Malawi: Moratorium on Anti-Gay Arrests Reaffirmed

Signs of Opening to LGBT Rights in Southern Africa

December 21, 2015 News Release

Yemen: Coalition Bombs Homes in Capital

Saudi-led Forces, US Fail to Investigate Alleged Unlawful Attacks

The home of Muhammad Munfarih, which was destroyed in a fourth airstrike on the residential neighborhood of al-Hassaba in Sanaa, the capital, on September 21, 2015. The airstrike killed Munfarih and 17 other members of his family.
December 19, 2015 News Release

Jordan: 2-Year Sentence for Facebook Post

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December 18, 2015 News Release

Ethiopia: Lethal Force Against Protesters

Military Deployment, Terrorism Rhetoric Risk Escalating Violence

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