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March 2, 2024 News Release

Australia: Youth Thought Dead May Be Held in Northeast Syria

Confirm Yusuf Zahab’s Identity; Urgently Bring Home All Detained Australians

A youth reportedly held in northeast Syria who identified himself on February 25, 2024 as the missing Australian Yusuf Zahab.

March 1, 2024 News Release

Chad: Prominent Opposition Leader Killed

Investigate Yaya Dillo's Death During Crackdown by Security Forces

Political opposition leader Yaya Dillo gives a press conference on April 30, 2021, in N’Djamena, Chad. Dillo was killed on February 28, 2024, by security forces at his party’s headquarters in the capital.

February 29, 2024 News Release

India: Protect Farmers’ Right to Peaceful Protest

Authorities Use Threats, Excessive Force, Online Restrictions to Block Marches in Delhi

Protesting farmers flee exploding tear gas shells.

February 29, 2024 News Release

Saudi Arabia: Migrant Workers’ Long Overdue Wages at Risk

Gaps in Repayment Program; Wage Theft Still Rampant

Foreign laborers work on the construction of new luxury houses in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, April 2019.

February 29, 2024 News Release

Syria: Abuses, Impunity in Turkish-Occupied Territories

Türkiye Bears Responsibility for Turkish and Proxy Forces’ Actions

An unidentifiable soldier holds a Turkish flag

February 28, 2024 News Release

Indonesia: End Hijab-Linked Bullying in Schools

Fully Enforce National Regulation Permitting Clothing Choice

A schoolgirl walking near her state high school in Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia. The mandatory school uniform includes a hijab, a long-sleeve shirt, and a long skirt.

February 28, 2024 News Release

Cambodia: Carbon Offsetting Project Violates Indigenous Group’s Rights

For Indigenous People, Inadequate Consultation, Forced Eviction, Livelihood Loss

Two women harvesting rice in a rural rice field

February 28, 2024 News Release

Australia: Spotlight Rights at Summit with ASEAN

Albanese, Southeast Asian Leaders Should Address Myanmar, Other Regional Crises

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stands alongside Foreign Minister Penny Wong (right) and Special Envoy to Southeast Asia Nicholas Moore in Jakarta, Indonesia to launch Australia’s Southeast Asia Economic Strategy, September 6, 2023.

February 28, 2024 News Release

China: Free Detained Tibetan Demonstrators

Hundreds of Monks, Villagers Arrested for Peacefully Protesting Dam Construction

Tibetans protest the Chinese government’s construction of a hydropower dam on the Drichu River

February 27, 2024 News Release

Russia: Court Convicts Human Rights Leader in Sham Trial

Nobel Laureate Oleg Orlov Sentenced to Two and a Half Years in Prison

Oleg Orlov in court in Moscow, Russia, October 11, 2023.

February 27, 2024 News Release

Burkina Faso: Abductions Used to Crack Down on Dissent

Locate ‘Disappeared’; Investigate Abusive Conscription; Hold Abusers to Account

Ablassé Ouedraogo, a former foreign minister and chair of the opposition party Le Faso Autrement, speaking here in November 2014, was abducted from his home in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on December 24, 2023, by assailants claiming to be members of the national police.

February 26, 2024 News Release

Russia: Sham Trial of Human Rights Leader Draws to a Close

Oleg Orlov Invokes Navalny in Closing Statement

Oleg Orlov reading Franz Kafka’s The Trial in a Moscow courtroom during his trial, February 2024.

February 26, 2024 News Release

Israel Not Complying with World Court Order in Genocide Case

Failing to Ensure Basic Services, Aid

The International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, August 27, 2018.

February 26, 2024 News Release

Egypt: Rights Group and its Director Threatened and Smeared

Reprisals Follow Reports on Gaza Border Activity

Ahmed Salem, director of the Sinai Foundation for Human Rights.

February 25, 2024 News Release

Kazakhstan: Arrest of Karakalpak Activist at Uzbekistan’s Behest

Protect, Don’t Extradite Rights Defender to Uzbekistan

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