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January 27, 2026 News Release

US: New, Sweeping Foreign Aid Rules Undermine Global Rights

Target Trans People, Reproductive Rights, DEI Efforts

Trans and non-binary activists march in the streets of Mexico City, Mexico, on March 31, 2025 to mark the International Transgender Day of Visibility.

January 27, 2026 News Release

Italy: Shipwreck Trial Opportunity For Justice

6 Italian Officers Face Charges for 94 Deaths

Relatives of a person who went missing after a migrant boat sank on February 26 on the beach near where the shipwreck took place off the coast of Steccato di Cutro, near Crotone, in Calabria in southern Italy. March 7, 2023.

January 27, 2026 News Release

US: Second Unjustified Killing by Federal Agents in Minneapolis

Independent Investigation, Congressional Oversight Urgently Needed

January 25, 2026 News Release

Syria: Civilian Protection Lacking in Northeast Escalation

Respect Rights, Allow Aid, Investigate Alleged Abuses

Syrian security forces take control of al-Hol camp in the desert region of al-Hasakah Province, Syria, on January 21, 2026, following the withdrawal of Kurdish forces the previous day.

January 23, 2026 News Release

Georgia: Police Arbitrarily Detain Peaceful Protesters

Stop Undue Interference with Right to Assembly

Demonstrators march in Tblisi, Georgia, on January 10,2026.

January 22, 2026 News Release

Donor Nation Cuts to Global Health Financing Affect Millions

Cuts Threaten to Reverse Years of Progress on HIV/AIDs, Malaria, Tuberculosis

A supporter lights candles in commemoration of HIV/AIDS victims in the Philippines at a ceremony in Quezon City, Metro Manila, May 14, 2016.

January 20, 2026 News Release

DR Congo: Civilians in South Kivu City at Serious Risk

Authorities, UN Mission Should Act to Halt Abuses After M23 Withdrawal From Uvira

M23 forces patrol the streets of Uvira, Democratic Republic of Congo, on December 13, 2025.

January 19, 2026 News Release

Mozambique: Police Linked to Killings of Artisanal Miners

Ensure Immediate Impartial Investigations in Nampula Province

Artisanal miners excavate gold on the outskirts of Montepuez, Mozambique

January 18, 2026 News Release

Sri Lanka: Proposed Counterterrorism Law Risks More Abuses

Uphold Reform Commitments, Not Draconian Powers

A police anti-riot unit in Colombo, Sri Lanka, January 30, 2024.

January 15, 2026 News Release

Vietnam: Arrests Escalate Ahead of Party Congress

Authorities Target Independent Bloggers, Democracy Activists

Hoang Thi Hong Thai outside the police interrogation room in Hanoi, April 2025.

January 15, 2026 News Release

Uganda: Blanket Internet Shutdown Violates Rights

Authorities Should Immediately Restore Full Internet Access; Uphold Election Integrity

A member of the Ugandan police force gives instructions to supporters of Uganda's incumbent president and National Resistance Movement (NRM) presidential candidate Yoweri Museveni entering the rally grounds ahead of the party's closing campaign rally ahead of the 2026 Ugandan general elections, in Kampala on January 13, 2026.

January 15, 2026 News Release

Kazakhstan/China: Drop Charges against Activists for Xinjiang Protests

Unprecedented Mass Prosecution of Xinjiang Protesters

Family members and neighbor (far right) of Alimnur Turganbay, a Kazakhstan citizen detained in China, outside their house in Uzynagash village, located outside Almaty, Kazakhstan on August 4, 2025.

January 14, 2026 News Release

Sri Lanka: UN Finds Systemic Sexual Violence During Civil War

Impunity Prevails for Abuses Against Women, Men; Survivors Suffer for Years

Families mourn victims of Sri Lanka’s 1983-2009 civil war on the beach at Mullivaikal where the final battle took place, May 17, 2024.

January 13, 2026 News Release

Saudi Arabia: Record Number of Executions in 2025

356 Executions Break Prior Record Second Year in a Row

Al-Safat Square, a location where public executions used to take place, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, August 18, 2022.

January 12, 2026 News Release

Lebanon: Year Since Poet Unlawfully Extradited to UAE

Al-Qaradawi Arbitrarily Detained in Near Incommunicado Conditions

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