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December 22, 2017 News Release

Mexico: Address Chiapas Displacement Crisis

Investigate Armed Attacks; Assist Displaced People

December 22, 2017 News Release

Brazil: Investigate Killings in Rio Raid

Army Should Cooperate Fully with Civilian Investigators

Armed Forces members patrol during an operation against the organized crime in Lins slum complex in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil August 5, 2017.
December 22, 2017 News Release

Egypt: Journalist Marks a Year in Detention

Arrested While Visiting Family on Dubious Charges

Egyptian journalist Mahmoud Hussein marks one year in pretrial detention without proper due process on December 22, 2017
December 22, 2017 Report

Syria/Russia: Airstrikes, Siege Killing Civilians

Allow Urgent Aid into Besieged Eastern Ghouta and End Indiscriminate Attacks

Children in the rubble of damaged buildings in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta, Syria.
December 21, 2017 Dispatches

Alabama Plans to Execute Terminally Ill Man

Death by Lethal Injection Would be Cruel for Hamm

Protesters calling for an end to the death penalty unfurl a banner before police arrest them outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington January 17, 2007.
December 21, 2017 News Release

Nepal: Publish Commission Report on Terai Violence

Victims Await Answers, Redress

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December 21, 2017 Dispatches

In a Tough Year, Some Good News for Children

Governments Renounce Child Marriage, Child Soldier Use, Attacks on Schools

Students and teachers from around the world call for schools and universities to be protected from military use.
December 21, 2017 Dispatches

A Rare Victory for Ethiopia’s Victims

Former Government Official Convicted in Dutch Court for 1970s Killings

A court sketch shows Dutch citizen and former Ethiopian government official Eshetu Alemu attending his trial for war crimes in The Hague, The Netherlands on October 31, 2017.
December 21, 2017 Dispatches

Burma Bars UN Rights Expert

Broadening Attempts to Conceal Atrocities

Yanghee Lee, UN special rapporteur on human rights in Burma, speaks at a news conference in Rangoon, July 1, 2016.
December 21, 2017 Commentary

Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa Government Should Address Barriers to Education

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa officiates at the swearing in ceremony for his cabinet at State House in Harare, Zimbabwe, December 4, 2017. © 2017 Reuters
December 21, 2017 Commentary

New Zealand, China, and Human Rights: Freedom’s a Lot to Lose

New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit leaders meetings in Danang, Vietnam, November 8, 2017.
December 21, 2017 Report

Kurdistan Region of Iraq: 350 Prisoners ‘Disappeared’

Families Seek Whereabouts After Iraqi Takeover of Kirkuk

Vehicles of Kurdish Peshmarga Forces are seen near Altun Kupri between Kirkuk and Erbil, Iraq October 20, 2017. REUTERS/Azad LashkariVehicles of Kurdistan Regional Government’s Peshmerga military forces on the road between Kirkuk and Erbil, Iraq October 2
December 21, 2017 News Release

Greece: Urgent Need to Move Asylum Seekers from Islands

As Winter Begins, Accelerate Transfers, End Containment Policy

Ali, a 22-year-old Afghan asylum seeker with a disability, living in Moria camp, on the beach in Lesbos, Greece. He told Human Rights Watch he can’t access showers in the camp and sometimes tries to wash himself in the sea.
December 21, 2017 Interactive

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December 21, 2017 Statement

Statement on Compliance, Mine Ban Treaty Sixteenth Meeting of States Parties

Delivered by Steve Goose, Director

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