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November 1, 2018 Q & A

A Letter to the Egyptian Government Regarding Its Response to Khaled Hassan’s Torture Allegations

Khaled Hassan
November 1, 2018 Dispatches

Egyptian Government Should Investigate Abuses, Not Attack the Messenger

Hundreds of Cases of ‘Disappearances’ and Torture Reported Under al-Sisi’s Government

Khaled Hassan
October 29, 2018 Statement

Submission to the UN Committee Against Torture: France

65th session of the Committee Against Torture

Demonstrators carrying banners and placards take part in the Women's March next to the Eiffel Tower on the Parvis des Droits de l'Homme on January 21, 2017 in Paris, France.
October 23, 2018 News Release

Palestine: Authorities Crush Dissent

Arbitrary Arrests, Torture Systematic

Palestinian riot police confront demonstrators protesting security coordination between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Israel, in the West Bank city of Ramallah on June 23, 2014.
October 11, 2018 Report

Egypt: An Account of Alleged Torture in Secret Detention

Egyptian-American Held for 4 Months Before Arrest Was Revealed

Khaled Hassan, an Egyptian-American citizen, claimed authorities disappeared him on January 8 and severely abused him.
September 25, 2018 Report

Yemen: Houthi Hostage-Taking

Arbitrary Detention, Torture, Enforced Disappearance Go Unpunished

Former detainees described Houthi officers beating them with iron rods, wooden sticks, and assault rifles. © 2018 John Holmes for Human Rights Watch
August 31, 2018 News Release

Russia, Turkey, and Iran Should Act on Syria Detainees

Use September 7 Meeting to Address Arbitrary Detentions, Disappearances, Abductions

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lock hands during a group photo in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, April 4, 2018. © 2018 Tolga Bozoglu/Pool Photo via AP
August 31, 2018 Letter

Joint Letter to the Astana Working Group on Detentions and Abductions in the Syrian Conflict

August 26, 2018 Statement

John McCain: In Memoriam

US Senator John McCain
August 21, 2018 News Release

Myanmar: Security Forces Torture Rohingya Returnees

Refugees Arrested, Mistreated as Accused Militants

Rohingya refugees gather behind a barbed-wire fence in the “no-man’s land” border zone between Myanmar and Bangladesh, April 25, 2018.
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 9, 2018 News Release

Turkmenistan: UN Blames Government for Activist’s Death

Carry out Ruling in Muradova Case

Ogulsapar Muradova in the mid-1990s
July 31, 2018 Report

Iraq: Judges Disregard Torture Allegations

Failure to Investigate, Punish Security Forces Implicated in Abuse

Risafa Central Criminal Court in Baghdad, where Human Rights Watch sat in on 18 felony trials in June and July, 2018.
July 30, 2018 Dispatches

Leaked Video Blows Lid off Torture in Russian Prisons

State Protection Required for Lawyer and Inmate who Exposed Torture in Yaroslavl Prison

Irina Biryukova, a lawyer with Public Verdict representing Evgeny Makarov, Moscow, 2018.
July 30, 2018 Commentary

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

cover syria report

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