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January 11, 2024 News Release

Horn of Africa: Impunity Fueling Abuses

Civilians Bear Brunt of Global Inaction on Wartime Atrocities, Humanitarian Crises

Smoke plumes billow from a fire at a lumber warehouse in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, amid fighting on June 7, 2023. The fighting, eight weeks in at the time, have pitted Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan against his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo who commands the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

January 11, 2024 News Release

Iran: Chokehold on Dissent

Violent Repression of Protests; Detaining Critics and Victims’ Families

Women walk on the streets of Tehran as Iran’s “morality police” resume hijab patrols, July 18, 2023.

January 11, 2024 News Release

South Korea: Bias at Home Harms Regional Rights Efforts

Address Discrimination Against Women, LGBT People, People with Disabilities

A rainbow banner is held aloft during the Seoul Queer Culture Festival in Seoul, South Korea, July 1, 2023.

January 11, 2024 News Release

Maldives: New President Should Embrace Rights Reforms

Environmental Laws Ignored, Media Freedom Threatened

January 11, 2024 News Release

Lebanon: Rights Under Threat Amid Crisis

Increasing Restrictions on Criticism; Threats to LGBT People, Refugees

A demonstrator holds a Lebanese flag as he stands near smoke rising from tear gas during a protest over the deteriorating economic situation, at Riad al-Solh square in Beirut, Lebanon.

January 11, 2024 News Release

Libya: Rights Violations Unchecked as Divisions Persist

Civic Space Under Attack

People search for flood victims in Derna, Libya, September 15, 2023.

January 11, 2024 News Release

Iraq: Reforms Needed to Entrench Stability

Free Expression Under Threat, Continued Impunity for Rights Violations

Supporters of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr pull down a concrete barrier during a protest against corruption, in Baghdad, Iraq, July 30, 2022.

January 11, 2024 News Release

Jordan: New Threats to Civic Space

Bolster Social Protection System to Counter Economic Challenges

People protest near the Israeli Embassy in Amman on October 18, 2023, as they demonstrate against the killing of hundreds of Palestinians following a strike on a hospital in the Gaza Strip.

January 11, 2024 News Release

Tunisia: Authoritarian Drift Erodes Rights

Escalated Crackdown on Freedom of Expression, Peaceful Activism

Migrants hold placards reading "Black Lives Matter", left in French, during a gathering in Sfax, Tunisia's eastern coast, on July 7, 2023.

January 11, 2024 News Release

Syria: Abuses Persist Amid Economic Crisis

Efforts for International Accountability Advance

A destroyed tent can be seen as a result of a missile attack targeted a camp for displaced people on the outskirts of Idlib city by the Syrian government. © 2023 Anas Alkharboutli/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images

January 11, 2024 News Release

US: Little Progress on Persistent Rights Challenges

Racial, Economic Inequities Slow Systemic Improvements

A migrant embraces his son after finishing the long journey to the US from Venezuela, in Eagle Pass, Texas, September 25, 2023. © 2023 Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

January 11, 2024 News Release

UAE: Hosting COP28 Amid Longstanding Repression

‘Greenwashing’ Abuses; Fossil Fuel Expansion

The Al Wasl Dome at Expo City during the COP28 UN Climate Summit, December 2, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

January 11, 2024 News Release

Afghanistan: Worsening Taliban Repression Erodes Rights

Economic Crisis Puts Millions at Risk

Afghan refugees return to Afghanistan from Pakistan, in Torkham, Afghanistan, November 3, 2023

January 10, 2024 News Release

World Court to hear Genocide Case Against Israel

South Africa Seeks Urgent Measures to Halt Abuses in Gaza

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

January 5, 2024 News Release

Switzerland/Gambia: Jammeh-Era Crimes on Trial

Gambian Ex-Minister Sonko Faces Crimes Against Humanity Charges

A group of people standing on steps hold a sign

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