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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

Remnants of Uragan cluster munition rockets collected by rebel fighters after attacks on Starobesheve on February 6 and 7.
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

Humberto de la Calle, chief negotiator of Colombia’s government, shakes hands with Iván Márquez
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

Macedonia: New Move to Lock up Asylum Seekers

Detained Without Proper Safeguards

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December 21, 2015 News Release

Afghanistan: US Should Conduct Criminal Inquiry in MSF Attack

Investigation Needed Outside Chain of Command

MSF Hospital Ruins
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

Increasing Penalties for Speech Crimes

December 18, 2015 News Release

Ethiopia: Lethal Force Against Protesters

Military Deployment, Terrorism Rhetoric Risk Escalating Violence

Protesters in Oromia region, Ethiopia.
December 18, 2015 News Release

Thailand: Worker Charged for Insulting King’s Dog

End Arbitrary Use of Draconian ‘Insulting the Monarchy’ Laws

Thanakorn Siripaiboon.
December 17, 2015 News Release

North Korea: UN Condemns Systemic Rights Abuses

Security Council Should Refer to International Criminal Court

Screenshot of the UN General Assembly vote on the resolution on North Korea on December 17, 2015.
December 17, 2015 News Release

Dispatches: China’s School Construction Doesn’t Equal Inclusion

A wheelchair stands outside a classroom in the Beichuan Middle School in China's Sichuan province May 10, 2011.
December 17, 2015 News Release

Cambodia: Revise Union Law to Protect Worker Rights

Donors and Brands/Companies Should Push for Improvements to Labor Bill

Cambodia
December 16, 2015 News Release

Slovenia: Marriage Equality Under Threat

Referendum to Decide LGBT People’s Rights

Slovenia's parliamentary hall is pictured during a session in Ljubljana, May 24, 2013.

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