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August 16, 2016 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission on the Philippines to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

August 16, 2016 Commentary

The Forgotten Refugees: A Quarter Million Syrian Children Are Left Without an Education

Syrian refugee children on their way to school in Mount Lebanon.
August 16, 2016 News Release

Jordan: Further Expand Education Access for Syrian Refugees

At Least 80,000 Syrian Children Out of School

Syrian children attend class in a school in the Zaatari refugee camp in northern Jordan, October 20, 2015. The school taught Syrian girls in the morning and boys in the afternoon, but lacked electricity, heating, and running water.
August 15, 2016 Commentary

China’s Human Rights Crackdown Punishes Families, Too

Wang Yanfang holds a portrait of her husband, Chinese human rights lawyer Tang Jingling, during a protest calling for his release. Tang received five years in prison for promoting nonviolent civil disobedience in January 2016.
August 10, 2016 Commentary

Leaked Nauru Files Show Horrors of Australia’s Refugee Detention System

Canberra Should Close Operations on Nauru

Nauru kids in detention
August 10, 2016 News Release

Angola: Military Fatally Shoots Boy at Protest

Investigate, Punish Soldiers for Child’s Death

Some of the more than 600 houses demolished by the government in the Zango II area of Luanda, Angola since July 31, 2016.
August 9, 2016 Dispatches

Saving Iran’s Children From Death Row

Scores of Youths Likely Face Execution in Iran

Shadows of an Iranian policeman and a noose are seen on the ground before an execution in Pakdasht, south of Tehran, March 2005.
August 4, 2016 Dispatches

Canada Launches Historic Inquiry into Violence Against Indigenous Women

Inquiry Should Examine Police Misconduct, Accountability Gaps

Canada's Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett (L), Status of Women Minister Patricia Hajdu (2nd L) and Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould look on as Algonquin leader Claudette Commanda (R) says a prayer at the start of a news conference
August 2, 2016 Report

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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August 1, 2016 News Release

Morocco: New Law Advances Domestic Workers’ Rights

Key Protections, but Significant Gaps Remain

MENA Morocco Domestic worker
July 28, 2016 Statement

Joint Statement on the Upcoming UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants

July 28, 2016 Report

Senegal: New Steps to Protect Talibés, Street Children

Sustain Momentum with Investigations, Prosecutions

More than a dozen talibé boys between the ages of 6 and 14 were found shackled with iron bars in their Quranic school in Diourbel,Senegal
July 28, 2016 News Release

Children Detained in War Zones

Thousands Held Without Charge, Tortured

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July 26, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Italy Illegally Returning Migrant Children to Greece

Children Held Arbitrarily in Degrading Conditions

Trucks of the sort unaccompanied migrant children stow away on hoping to reach Italy, ready to be loaded onto ships at the Patras port. Children stow away between the axles, inside fuel tanks, or inside refrigerated containers.
July 26, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Torture of Australia’s Children

Abuse of Detained Teenagers Caught on Camera by ABC’s Four Corners Program

A still from the Australian Broadcasting Company’s program Four Corners, showing 17-year-old Dylan Voller strapped into a mechanical restraint chair in March 2015, Northern Territory, Australia.

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