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September 16, 2016 Report

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August 5, 2016 Report

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Authorities Round Up, Detain Protest Leaders

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August 4, 2016 Report

Saudi Arabia: Women Are 'Changing the Game'

As Olympics Open, Government Should Lower Hurdles to Sport

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Australia: Appalling Abuse, Neglect of Refugees on Nauru

Investigation on Remote Pacific Island Finds Deliberate Abuse Hidden Behind Wall of Secrecy

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Armenia: Excessive Police Force at Protest

Stun Grenades, Beatings; Protesters, Journalists Injured

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July 28, 2016 Report

Senegal: New Steps to Protect Talibés, Street Children

Sustain Momentum with Investigations, Prosecutions

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July 21, 2016 Report

Rwanda: Locking Up the Poor

New Findings of Arbitrary Detention, Ill-Treatment in “Transit Centers”

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July 11, 2016 Report

Turkey: State Blocks Probes of Southeast Killings

Allow UN to Investigate Cizre Abuses; Repeal New Law to Block Prosecutions

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Burundi: Intelligence Services Torture Suspected Opponents

Dismiss and Prosecute Officials Responsible

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June 20, 2016 Report

EU: Don’t Send Syrians Back to Turkey

Lack of Jobs, School, Health Care Spurs Poverty, Exploitation

A migrant child stands in a tent on the side of a highway near Edirne, Turkey where hundreds of mostly Syrian migrants have had to wait as Turkish police prevent their bid to cross the border with Greece.
June 13, 2016 Report

Côte d’Ivoire: Arbitrary Evictions in Protected Forests

Forestry Agency Implicated in Violence, Extortion

Children stand among houses burnt during an eviction operation in the protected forest of Goin-Débé, Côte d'Ivoire, in January 2016.

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