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August 26, 2024 Report

Israel: Palestinian Healthcare Workers Tortured

ICC Prosecutor Should Investigate Attacks on Health Care, Detainee Abuses

A leaked photograph of the detention facility at the Sde Teiman military base shows a blindfolded man with his arms above his head. Interviewed healthcare workers described this image as punishment imposed by Israeli soldiers on Palestinian detainees if they speak or move.
July 23, 2024 News Release

Israel: Detainees Face Inhumane Treatment

Degrading Photos Circulated; Acts Amount to War Crimes

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July 15, 2024 UPR

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Egypt

48th Session of the United Nations Universal Periodic Review; 4th cycle

July 15, 2024 UPR

Human Rights Watch's Universal Periodic Review Submission on Iraq

48th Session of the UPR Review Working Group, 4th Cycle

June 26, 2024 Report

Yemen: Houthis Disappear Dozens of UN, Civil Society Staff

Release Detainees; End Arbitrary Arrests and Enforced Disappearances

The UN special envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, meets with local officials in Taizz, Yemen, February 12, 2024.
April 29, 2024 Report

UAE: Unfair Trial of Rights Defenders

Authorities Should End Prolonged Solitary Confinement, Drop Charges

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April 25, 2024 News Release

Lebanon: Stepped-Up Repression of Syrians

Unlawful Deportations, Detention, Mistreatment

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April 22, 2024 Report

Iran: Security Forces Rape, Torture, Detainees

Kurdish, Baluch, Azeri, and Other Ethnic Communities Apparently Targeted

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April 15, 2024 News Release

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April 3, 2024 Statement

Joint Statement Marking Human Rights Defender's 1,000-Day Hunger Strike

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March 29, 2024 News Release

Russia: Shameful Pride in Torture of Terrorism Suspects

Authorities Should Condemn, Punish Not Condone Ill-Treatment

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February 29, 2024 News Release

Syria: Abuses, Impunity in Turkish-Occupied Territories

Türkiye Bears Responsibility for Turkish and Proxy Forces’ Actions

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January 24, 2024 News Release

Iraq: Unlawful Mass Executions Resume

Adopt Death Penalty Moratorium, Judicial System Reforms

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January 23, 2024 News Release

Iran: 2 Detainees Executed, 11 Await Imminent Execution

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