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October 15, 2018 News Release

UK: Amend Flawed Counterterrorism Bill

Fifteen Years for One Click on Terrorist-Related Content

An armed police officer stands guard outside the Houses of Parliament in London, April 2017.
September 27, 2018 Commentary

Kyrgyzstan’s Crackdown on Extremist Material: Further Reforms Needed

Counterterrorism police carry out a search in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on October 16, 2015.
September 17, 2018 News Release

Kyrgyzstan: Abusive Crackdowns on 'Extremist' Material

Mandatory Prison for Possessing Banned Pamphlets, Videos

Counterterrorism police carry out a search in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on October 16, 2015.
September 17, 2018 Interview

Interview: How Not to Fight Terrorism in Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan’s Crackdown on ‘Extremist Material’

An airplane trace is seen behind a Kyrgyzstan national flag fluttering in a central square in Bishkek March 11, 2013.
September 17, 2018 News Release

Nigeria: Flawed Trials of Boko Haram Suspects

Ensure Due Process, Victim Participation

Police officers outline handcuffed suspected Boko Haram militants in Maiduguri, northest Nigeria, on July 18, 2018.
September 12, 2018 Report

Iraq: Officials Threatening, Arresting Lawyers

Blocks Services for ISIS Suspects and Their Families

Mosul’s Civil Status Directorate. © 2018 Belkis Wille/Human Rights Watch
August 25, 2018 News Release

Syria: ISIS Holding Children Hostage

27 People Kidnapped During Attack on Village Still Held

Syrians inspect the site of a suicide attack in Sweida, Syria on Wednesday, July 25, 2018. © 2018 SANA via AP
August 19, 2018 Report

Iraq: Chilling Accounts of Torture, Deaths

Investigate Abuse During Interrogations in Mosul

Mahmoud said he was hung in the “bazoona” position at least six times while in detention, for hours. He said that at least four of those times, he lost consciousness before being taken down. Sometimes officers threw water at him before beating his back wi
August 14, 2018 Commentary

Will Russia Bring Home Children Who Lived Under ISIS/the Islamic State?

Zagidat Abakarova, 33, and her one-year-old daughter Mariam, returned to Dagestan, Russia, from northern Syria in October 2018
August 3, 2018 News Release

US Sent ISIS Detainees to Possible Abuse

Transfer from Northern Syria to Lebanon Raises Torture, Fair Trial Concerns

A Lebanese soldier at an army post in the hills above the Lebanese town of Arsal
July 30, 2018 Commentary

Syria’s Bureaucracy of Death and the Fate of the Disappeared

cover syria report
July 26, 2018 Commentary

The Latest ISIS Casualty? UK’s Principled Opposition to the Death Penalty

Home Secretary Sajid Javid walks out of the Home Office on April 30, 2018 in London, England.
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
July 10, 2018 Letter

Global Group of NGOs Deplore Lack of Attention to Human Rights in Latest Review of UN’s Global Counterterrorism Strategy by UN Member States

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