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December 20, 2017 Letter

HRW Letter to President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbai Jeenbekov

December 16, 2017 Commentary

Rwanda Needs to Take Torture Seriously

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Undermines Justice for Victims

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December 4, 2017 Commentary

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November 28, 2017 Statement

Human Rights Watch's Testimony for North Carolina Commission of Inquiry on Torture

November 28, 2017 Dispatches

North Carolina Citizens’ Commission Examines US Torture

Holds Hearings on State’s Role in CIA Secret Renditions Program

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November 23, 2017 Commentary

Rwanda’s Torture Problem

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US Senate Fails to Confront Torture

Bradbury Confirmation Disregards Key Role in Detainee Abuse

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Lebanon: New Torture Law Positive, But Incomplete

Prosecutions Will be Key Test

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October 25, 2017 Report

Uzbekistan: A Year into New Presidency, Cautious Hope for Change

Government Needs to Secure Steps Taken to Support Rights

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Ukraine: Woman Detained, Held Incommunicado, Tortured

Ensure Due Process; Investigate Torture, Liberty Violations

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September 13, 2017 Dispatches

Italy Returns Ambassador to Egypt Despite Unresolved Regeni Case

Lack of Justice All Too Familiar for Victims of Torture in Egypt

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September 11, 2017 Commentary

Britain Should Be Championing Rights Not Repression in Egypt

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September 10, 2017 Commentary

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It’s Advice Doctors Are Giving Based Not on Science, But on Fear of Difference

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September 6, 2017 News Release

Egypt: Torture Epidemic May Be Crime Against Humanity

Beatings, Electric Shocks, Stress Positions Routinely Used Against Dissidents

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