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August 27, 2024 News Release

China: UN Needs to Address Crimes Against Humanity

Uyghurs Endure Injustice 2 Years after Landmark UN Rights Report

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk speaks at the UN in Geneva, Switzerland, November 16, 2023.

August 27, 2024 News Release

Ukraine Moves to Join ICC

But Limits in Ratification Law Compromise Hopes for Justice

Ukrainian Parliament during a session in Kyiv, Ukraine, August 21, 2024.

August 27, 2024 News Release

Kazakhstan: Unjustified ‘Financing Terrorism’ Restrictions

Revise Extremism, Terrorism Laws; End Arbitrary Financial Punishments

Protesters hold placards during an opposition rally

August 27, 2024 News Release

Cameroon: ‘Disappeared’ Activist Resurfaces with Marks of Torture

Release Cotta, Ensure Access to Medical Care, Investigate Abuse Allegations

Ramon Cotta (right) and his lawyer Hippolyte Tiakouang Meli

August 26, 2024 News Release

Bangladesh: Back UN Investigation into Grave Abuses

Interim Government Should Seek Support at Upcoming Human Rights Council Session

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, right, takes the oath of office as the head of Bangladesh's interim government in Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 8, 2024.

August 26, 2024 News Release

Killer Robots: New UN Report Urges Treaty by 2026

States Need to Open Negotiations in New Forum to Meet Deadline

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres

August 26, 2024 News Release

Gaza: Israeli Aid Obstruction Inflaming Polio Outbreak

Immediate Humanitarian Access Needed to Vaccinate Hundreds of Thousands of Children

Palestinians displaced by the Israeli air and ground offensive walk next to sewage flowing into the streets of the southern town of Khan Younis in Gaza, July 4, 2024.

August 22, 2024 News Release

Myanmar: New Atrocities Against Rohingya

Escalating Fighting Amid 7 Years of Desperation

Rohingya refugees heading toward a camp at Teknaf, Bangladesh, September 13, 2017.

August 22, 2024 News Release

DR Congo: 2 Who Criticized ‘State of Siege’ Arrested

Uphold Rights to Free Expression, Opinion; Don’t Abuse Martial Law

Police car driving through Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo

August 22, 2024 News Release

New Ai Weiwei Rights-Inspired Limited Edition Lithographs

Portion of Sale of Dissident Artist’s Lithographs released by JRP|Editions to Benefit Human Rights Watch

Artist Ai Wei Wei signs a lithograph print

August 21, 2024 News Release

Burkina Faso: Conscription Used to Punish Prosecutors, Judges

Revoke Unlawful Orders; Comply with Court Rulings

Burkina Faso coup leader Capt. Ibrahim Traore

August 21, 2024 News Release

US/Oregon: Wildfires Threaten Pregnancies

Socially Excluded Communities Especially at Risk

A helicopter flies over a wildfire in a forest

August 20, 2024 News Release

Iran: Alarming Surge in Executions

87 Executions Reported after June Elections, including 29 in One Day

Shadows of an Iranian policeman and a noose are seen on the ground before an execution in Tehran, Iran.

August 20, 2024 News Release

Nepal: New Transitional Justice Law a Flawed Step Forward

Address Serious Shortcomings; Robust Implementation is Key

A man looks at a wall of portrait photos

August 20, 2024 News Release

Tunisia: Prospective Presidential Candidates Barred

Potential Contenders Excluded, Convicted, Imprisoned

The Chairman of the Independent High Electoral Body (ISIE) Farouk Bouasker, (3-R) at a press conference to announce just three preliminary candidates for the presidential election to be held in Tunis on August 10, 2024.

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