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October 20, 2025 News Release

Iran: Three Prisoners Dead after Denied Medical Care

Urgent International Action Needed to Protect Scores of Prisoners at Risk

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October 19, 2025 Letter

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Regarding Follow-up on Human Rights CSO Meeting during UNGA 2025

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October 17, 2025 Statement

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October 17, 2025 Letter

Open Letter on the Myanmar Crisis

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October 17, 2025 Statement

Joint Statement: US Sanctions on Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Erodes International Law

October 17, 2025 Dispatches

Japan Should Defend the International Criminal Court

Diet Members, Civil Society Call for Leadership in Countering US Sanctions

Japanese Diet member Yasue Funayama speaks at a nongovernmental organization event to advocate for Japan to step up its efforts to defend the International Criminal Court, Tokyo, October 9, 2025.
October 17, 2025 Dispatches

Ceasefire or Not, EU Should Keep Pressure on Israel to End Abuses

Sanctions, Trade Measures Needed to Uphold International Law, End Apartheid

Israeli soldiers look on as Palestinian men and women carry their belongings on May 2, 2025 amid ongoing Israeli military operations and demolition of homes in Tulkarem refugee camp. Israeli forces had emptied the refugee camp of its inhabitants weeks prior.
October 16, 2025 Dispatches

For the US, a 180-Degree Turn on Refugees

Looming Reversal in Who and How Many Get Resettled

Some of the dozens of white South Africans who accepted an invitation from the Trump administration to come to the United States as refugees arrived at an air hangar near Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia on May 12, 2025.
October 16, 2025 News Release

Chad: Constitutional Change Threatens Rule of Law, Democracy

Abolition of Term Limits Risks Entrenching President, Further Endangering Rights

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October 16, 2025 Commentary

Sweden-China Relations Should Focus on Rights

Foreign Minister’s Beijing Visit Comes 10 Years Since Gui Minhai’s Abduction

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October 15, 2025 News Release

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Mexico’s Supreme Court Steps Forward but Falls Short

Disability Rights Hearing Announced Without Reasonable Time to Participate

Martha García and a group of representatives from organizations of people with disabilities meet in a Mexico Supreme Court chamber with Justice Hugo Aguilar Ortiz and Justices Lenia Batres and Yasmín Esquivel.
October 15, 2025 Commentary

From Burundi to Washington: Recognizing the Warning Signs

October 15, 2025 Statement

Yemen: Human Rights Lawyer Arrested

Release Human Rights Lawyer Abdulmajeed Sabra

Abdulmajeed Sabra.

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