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August 20, 2019 Report

Cameroon: Detainees Tortured

Abuse, Incommunicado Detention at Yaoundé Prison; Enforced Disappearances

Satellite image showing the location of the State Defense Secretariat (Secrétariat d’État à la défense, SED) in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
August 15, 2019 Report

Ethiopians Abused on Gulf Migration Route

Trafficking, Exploitation, Torture, Abusive Prison Conditions

African migrants receive food and water inside a football stadium in the Red Sea port city of Aden in Yemen, on April 23, 2019. © AFP/Getty Images
August 5, 2019 Report

Cameroon: People With Disabilities Caught in Crisis

Funds Needed to Scale Up Humanitarian Response

Staff from the Coordinating Unit, a network supporting people with people with disabilities in the South-West region of Cameroon, April 2019.
July 29, 2019 Report

DR Congo: Massacre Trial Puts Focus on Justice

Survivors to Testify in Killing of 38 Burundian Asylum Seekers

The 39 Burundian asylum seekers killed in Kamanyola, Democratic Republic of Congo, in September 2017.
July 24, 2019 Report

Central African Republic: New Court Should Step Up Effort

Donors, Government Should Increase Support

International Special Prosecutor Toussaint Muntazini (left) and former Central African Republic prime minister Mathieu Simplice Sarandji (right).
July 24, 2019 Report

Egypt: New NGO Law Renews Draconian Restrictions

Disproportionately Huge Fines; Ban on Links with Foreign Groups

Prominent rights activist and journalist Hossam Baghat, center, leaves a courtroom at the Cairo Criminal Court on March 24, 2016. In recent years, Egyptian authorities have relentlessly prosecuted leading human rights and civil society activists for their
July 23, 2019 Report

Syria: Dire Conditions for ISIS Suspects’ Families

Countries Should Support Citizens’ Returns, Increase Aid

A girl stands in the annex of al-Hol camp in northeast Syria, where more than 11,000 women and children from nearly 50 nationalities are confined as family members of Islamic State (also known as ISIS) suspects. The Kurdish-led coalition controlling north
July 18, 2019 Report

Central African Republic: Armed Group Kills 46 Civilians

Group’s Leader an Adviser to Prime Minister

Top row, from left to right: Augustin Vote (Killed in Koundjili); Raphael Haoumi (Killed in Lemouna); Zachée Gong-Pou (Killed in Lemouna); Sosthène Kobaikera (Killed in Lemouna); Evariste Ngororo (Killed in Bohong) Bottom row, from left to right: Olivier
July 17, 2019 Report

Kazakhstan: Children in Institutions Isolated, Abused

End Institutionalization, Provide Community-Based Support

Sixteen beds fill a room with barred windows in a closed institution for children with disabilities.
July 12, 2019 Report

Crimean Tatars Face Unfounded Terrorism Charges

Raids, Arbitrary Arrests, Torture of Activists

Crimean Tatar activists protest politically motivated arrests of terrorism charges in Moscow’s Red Square on July 10, 2019.
July 11, 2019 Report

US: Family Separation Harming Children, Families

5-Year-Olds Held Without Adult Caregivers

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July 9, 2019 Report

Syria: US Coalition Should Address Civilian Harm

First Public ‘Condolence’ Payment Provides Way Forward

Destroyed house from US-led coalition strike that killed 13 civilians in Tal al-Jayer, Syria in July 2017.
July 5, 2019 Report

Lebanon: Syrian Refugee Shelters Demolished

Coercive Measures Intensify Pressures to Return to Syria

Men work to dismantle the walls of a shelter in a Syrian refugee camp in Arsal, Lebanon.
July 3, 2019 Report

Sri Lanka: Muslims Face Threats, Attacks

Authorities Should Act Against Incitement by Buddhist Nationalists

Sri Lankan security officers inspect vandalized shops owned by Muslims in Minuwangoda, a suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, May 14, 2019.
July 2, 2019 Report

Kenya: Nairobi Police Executing Suspects

Dozens Killed in Low-Income Areas

Protesters carry photos of taxi driver Joseph Muiruri, who was killed extrajudicially alongside human rights lawyer Willie Kimani and his client, in Nairobi, Kenya, on July 4, 2016.

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