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September 21, 2017 News Release

Iraq: Missed Opportunity for Comprehensive Justice

UN Security Council’s ISIS Probe Omits Other Forces’ Abuse

Heads of state and their representatives take part in a meeting of the United Nations Security Council to address the situation in the Middle East during the General Assembly for the 71st session of the U.N. General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New Yo

September 21, 2017 Dispatches

Bangladesh Textile Mill Burns, Yet Again

Government Should Publish Reports on Factories it Inspects

In September 2016, another factory burned in the same district. Here, firefighters stand at the site of a fire at a packaging factory outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 10, 2016.

September 21, 2017 Statement

Indonesia should address longstanding human rights issues

Item 6 UPR adoption

Murni Amris, an Acehnese woman, is caned as part of her sentence in the courtyard of a mosque in Aceh Besar district, Indonesia's Aceh province October 1, 2010.

September 21, 2017 Statement

Morocco should implement past UPR recommendations

Item 6 UPR adoption

Moroccan police fires water cannon at protesters demonstrating in the Rif region town of Imzouren, Morocco, June 2, 2017.

September 21, 2017 Statement

Important steps taken, but human rights violations continue in Tunisia

Item 6 UPR adoption

A general view of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People in Tunis, Tunisia, May 2016.

September 21, 2017 Statement

Ecuador should address longstanding human rights problems

Item 6 UPR adoption

Demonstrators clash with a riot police officer during a protest in Quito, Ecuador, on December 3, 2015, as the Ecuadorean National Assembly attended the second debate about constitutional amendments.

September 21, 2017 Statement

Bahrain should not disregard substantive UPR recommendations

Item 6 UPR adoption

MENA Bahrain protesters Pearl roundabout February 2011

September 20, 2017 Letter

Human Rights Watch Letter to Inspector General of Police of Kenya

Photo: An aerial picture shows a section of the Hagadera camp in Dadaab near the Kenya-Somalia border, May 8, 2015.

September 20, 2017 Dispatches

The Long Arm of Ethiopia Reaches for Those Who Fled

Ethiopia’s Refugees Unsafe in Kenya and Elsewhere

Photo: An aerial picture shows a section of the Hagadera camp in Dadaab near the Kenya-Somalia border, May 8, 2015.

September 20, 2017 Dispatches

Ending China’s Retaliation Against Activists at the UN

New Secretary-General Report Details State Abuses

Cao Shunli

September 20, 2017 Letter

Coalition Letter on Cross-Border Data Deal

September 20, 2017 Dispatches

Brazil Judge’s Ruling Sparks Conversion Therapy Controversy

Global Medical Consensus Opposed to Practice

A man shows his rainbow flag during the Gay Pride parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 30, 2006.

September 20, 2017 Dispatches

Why Britain Should Back the Safe Schools Declaration

Malala’s Courage Should Prompt UK to Step Up

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai speaks during the first focus event on education at the donors Conference for Syria in London, Britain February 4, 2016.

September 20, 2017 Statement

UN Rights Body Must End Shameful Silence on Egypt

Item 4 General Debate

Sketch showing an Egyptian man being electrocuted.

September 20, 2017 News Release

Lebanon: Refugees in Border Zone at Risk

Arsal Conditions Pressure Them to Return to Syria

A general view shows Syrian refugee camps dotted in and around the Lebanese town of Arsal, near the border with Syria, Lebanon, September 21, 2016. © 2016 Reuters

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