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September 18, 2023 News Release

Algeria: Freedom of Association, Assembly Under Attack

UN Expert’s Visit an Opportunity to Press for Urgent Reforms, End Arbitrary Detentions

An Algerian demonstrator holds the Algerian national flag as he stage a protest against the government in Algiers, Algeria, Friday, Nov.29, 2019.

September 18, 2023 News Release

Uganda: Carry Out Treaty to Protect Everyone at Work

Ratification Sets Stage to Tackle Harassment, Violence at Work

Grace Twisimire, 25, sits in her shop selling clothes and plastic shoes in Kampala, Uganda, June 20, 2020.

September 18, 2023 News Release

Colombia: Ensure Justice for Army Killings

Human Rights Watch Submits Brief to High Court

Un miembro de la comunidad de Puerto Leguizamo

September 18, 2023 News Release

EU: Harmful ‘Prostitution’ Resolution Passes

Most Parliament Members Reject or Abstain From EU-Wide Criminalization

Sex workers wear masks while asking for the clubs where they work not to close, during an event on International Women's Day in Madrid, Spain, March 8, 2023.

September 18, 2023 News Release

Sri Lanka: Abuses Undercut Proposed ‘Truth Commission’

Donors, Governments Shouldn’t Endorse Initiative Rejected by Victims

A woman holds a framed photo in front of a wall of other photos

September 15, 2023 News Release

Egypt: US to Provide Security Assistance Despite Repression

Biden Administration Waives Rights Conditions; Only Small Fraction of Aid Withheld

US President Joe Biden speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, February 24, 2022.

September 15, 2023 News Release

Iran: Crackdown on Dissent Ahead of Protest Anniversary

Year After Mahsa Jina Amini’s Death, Ramped-Up Repression

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

September 14, 2023 News Release

UN: World Leaders Should Spotlight Global Crises

Annual General Assembly Debate a Stage for Issues Both Existential and Neglected

September 14, 2023 News Release

Cluster Munitions: Gains in Stockpile Destruction, Clearance

Treaty Parties Condemn New Use of Widely Banned Weapon

A land art painting called "All of us!" by the artist Saype in front of the United Nations headquarters in Geneva installed during a meeting of the Convention on Cluster Munitions, September 11, 2023.

September 14, 2023 News Release

Bangladesh: Quash Conviction and Release Rights Defenders

Leaders of Prominent Rights Group Convicted on Trumped-Up Charges

Adilur Rahman Khan arrested in Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 2023.

September 14, 2023 News Release

Algeria: Halt Assault on Fundamental Freedoms

UN Expert’s Visit Amid Unrelenting Crackdown on Dissent

September 14, 2023 News Release

UK: Children and Families Seeking Asylum Face Dire Conditions

Serious Impacts on Physical, Mental Health, Education Access

A mother watches her two children in a hotel room

September 13, 2023 News Release

Kenya: Ban Use of Highly Hazardous Pesticides

Most Pesticides in Kenya are Harmful to Health, Environment, Study Finds

A man sprays pesticides at a maize farm in Nakuru, Kenya, April 28, 2020. © 2020 Sipa via AP Images

September 13, 2023 News Release

Bhutan: Freed Political Prisoner Describes Dire Conditions

Foreign Governments Should Urge Release of Dozens Held for Decades

Madhukar Monger at Beldangi refugee camp, Nepal, August 2023.

September 13, 2023 News Release

Saudi Arabia: Investment Fund Linked to Abuses

Human Rights Watch Testifies Before Senate Subcommittee on Investigations

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