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September 23, 2025 News Release

China: Free Student Advocate for Tibetan Rights

Drop Charges Against Zhang Yadi, Ensure Access to Counsel

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September 23, 2025 News Release

US/Africa: Expulsion Deals Flout Rights

African Governments Should Terminate Agreements and Refuse New Ones

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September 23, 2025 News Release

Syria: March Atrocities Demand Senior Level Accountability

Government Inquiry Lacks Transparency on Role of Top Officials

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September 22, 2025 News Release

Ethiopia: Surge in Arrests of Journalists, Media Workers

Clampdown Stifles Independent Voices Ahead of Anticipated National Elections

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September 19, 2025 News Release

Kyrgyzstan: Media Workers Sentenced to Prison in Flawed Trial

Reverse Decision, Release Journalists, Allow Continued Independent Reporting

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September 18, 2025 News Release

UK: Ombudsman Finds Flaws in Windrush Compensation Scheme

Authorities Should Compensate Private Pension Losses; Grant Free Legal Representation

Thomas Tobierre, 69, who applied to the Home Office’s Windrush Compensation Scheme as a primary applicant, says he realized that the scheme was set up to deny claimants their right to an effective remedy.
September 18, 2025 News Release

US: Maritime Strikes Amount to Extrajudicial Killings

Attacks on Alleged Drug-Smuggling Vessels Violate International Human Rights Law

A combination image shows two screen captures from a footage posted on the X account of The White House on September 15, 2025, of what US President Donald Trump said was a military strike on a Venezuelan drug cartel vessel, the second such strike carried out against an alleged drug boat in recent weeks.
September 18, 2025 News Release

El Salvador: Baseless Charges Against Rights Defenders

Activists Should be Immediately Released

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September 17, 2025 News Release

Brazil Passes Landmark Law to Protect Children Online

New Safeguards Will Require Online Service Providers to Ensure Young Users’ Data Privacy

The Brazilian Senate in Brasilia, February 1, 2021.
September 17, 2025 News Release

UN: World Leaders Should Commit to Human Rights, International Justice

Demand Action to End Escalating Israeli Crimes against Palestinians

The United Nations General Assembly Hall in New York City, New York, US, April 21, 2025.
September 16, 2025 News Release

Lebanon: Ensure Draft Media Law Upholds Free Expression

Recently Proposed Amendments Would Restrict Rights

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September 16, 2025 News Release

Qatar: Quash Baseless Conviction against Baha’i Dignitary

Domestic Repression of Religious Minority Escalates

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September 16, 2025 News Release

North Korea: ‘Lost Decade’ of Rights Abuses

UN Documents Increased Repression, Exploitation, Fear

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September 16, 2025 News Release

Iran: Impunity Reigns 3 Years After Crackdown on Protests

Foreign Governments Should Seek Ways to Bring Those Responsible to Account

Iranians protests the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after she was detained by the morality police, in Tehran, October 1, 2022.

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