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July 24, 2018 Report

Iraq: Security Forces Fire on Protesters

Investigate Use of Excessive, Lethal Force in Basra

An Iraqi security officer grabs a protester during a demonstration at al-Burjisiya oil field near Basra City, Iraq, July 17, 2018. © 2018 Essam al-Sudani/Reuters
July 22, 2018 Report

Iraq: Intelligence Agency Admits Holding Hundreds Despite Previous Denials

Ex-Detainee Describes Degrading Conditions

A blank NSS arrest warrant provided to Human Rights Watch. © 2018 Private
July 15, 2018 Report

Egypt: Intensifying Crackdown Under Counterterrorism Guise

Emergency Courts Used to Prosecute Activists, Journalists, Bloggers

In this file photo, Egyptian security forces stand guard outside a court in Cairo, Egypt, January 3, 2018. © REUTERS
June 29, 2018 Report

DR Congo: Repression Persists as Election Deadline Nears

President Kabila Should Ensure Credible Vote, Abide by Constitution

Armed members of the security forces wear black and white skeleton masks, apparently to intimidate protesters, in Kinshasa, January 21, 2018.
June 28, 2018 Report

Pakistan: Ensure Ahmadi Voting Rights

Repeal Discriminatory Laws Against Religious Community

Women walk out of a community center of the Ahmadiyya community in Rabwah, Pakistan, October 19, 2017.
June 28, 2018 Report

Russia: Sweeping Arrests of Jehovah’s Witnesses

Religious Persecution, Other Abuses

Since 2007, dozens of pieces of Jehovah’s Witnesses’ literature have been banned and placed on the federal registry of banned extremist materials. Picture here, stacks of booklets distributed by a local leader of a Jehovah's Witnesses congregation in the
June 28, 2018 Report

Algeria: Inhumane Treatment of Migrants

Pregnant Women, Children, Asylum Seekers Among Thousand Expelled to Desert

•	فتاة مهاجرة أفريقية تنظر حولها بينما تقف على جسر شُيِّد تحته مخيم مستحدث على الطريق السريع في ضواحي الجزائر العاصمة، الجزائر، 28 يونيو/حزيران 2017. © 2017 رويترز/زهرة بن سمرا
June 21, 2018 Report

Iraq: Change Approach to Foreign Women, Children in ISIS-Linked Trials

Rushed Proceedings, Lack of Due Process, Disproportionate Sentences

Russian women, sentenced to life in prison on grounds of joining ISIS, sit with children in a hallway of Baghdad's Central Criminal Court, April 29, 2018. © 2018 Ammar Karim/AFP/Getty Images
June 19, 2018 Report

Mozambique: Armed Groups Burn Villages

39 Dead, More Than 1,000 Displaced in Recent Attacks

Residents of Naunde, in Macomia, Cabo Delgado, flee their village following an attack on June 5, 2018. ©2018 Human Rights Watch
June 15, 2018 Report

Yemen: Key Concerns for Hodeida Battle

Poor Record of Coalition and Houthi Indiscriminate Attacks and Aid Restrictions

Imports sit destroyed in a damaged warehouse at the port in Hodeida city, Yemen. © November 2016 Kristine Beckerle / Human Rights Watch
June 14, 2018 Report

Syria: Turkey-Backed Groups Seizing Property

Compensate Displaced Residents for Use, Damage

Camel in front of the Hussein’s studio which was turned into a butcher shop. © 2018 Private
June 13, 2018 Report

Israel: Apparent War Crimes in Gaza

Accountability Needed for Officials Who Authorized Lethal Force

Tear gas fired by Israeli forces fall near Palestinian protesters on May 14 east of Jabalya in the Gaza Strip.
June 7, 2018 Report

Greece: Asylum-Seeking Women Detained with Men

Urgently End Dangerous Detention Conditions

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May 23, 2018 Report

Tunisia: Truth Commission Sends Uprising Case to Trial

Special Courts Provide New Hope for Justice

Instance de Vérité et Dignité
May 22, 2018 Report

Egypt: Army Intensifies Sinai Home Demolitions

Destroys Homes, Farmland Around ‘Buffer Zones’

A house that the Egyptian army demolished in March 2018 in al-Arish as “retaliation” against suspects. © 2018 Private

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