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January 13, 2022 News Release

Nepal: The Authorities are Failing to Protect Citizens

Response to Covid-19 Chaotic and Inadequate, While Impunity Undermines Rule of Law

Nepalese women’s rights activists rallying in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, on February 12, 2021, to call for an end to violence and discrimination against women and the scrapping of a proposed law that would restrict travel for many women.
January 13, 2022 News Release

India: Dangerous Backsliding on Rights

Activists, Critics Targeted; Growing Attacks on Muslims, Groups at Risk

Women farmers attend a gathering to mark the first anniversary of their protests against controversial farm reforms at Haryana's Bahadurgarh, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, November 26, 2021.
January 13, 2022 News Release

Sri Lanka: Minorities, Activists Targeted

Actions Contradict Pledges of Legal Reform

Sri Lankan police enforce all-island travel restrictions amid Covid 19 pandemic in Sri Lanka, May 14, 2021.
December 20, 2021 Letter

Joint Letter to South Korea's National Assembly Calling For the Immediate Passage of a Comprehensive Anti-Discrimination Law

December 20, 2021 Report

US: Failure to Pass Build Back Better Act Imperils Rights

Can Advance Economic Justice, Fix Broken Safety Net, But More Needed

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December 15, 2021 Letter

Germany Should Transfer Technology for Covid-19 Vaccines

Letter from Human Rights Watch and the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights

December 15, 2021 Letter

US Should Transfer Technology for Covid-19 Vaccines

Letter from Human Rights Watch and Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) USA

December 13, 2021 News Release

Kenya: Vaccine Requirements Violate Rights

Global Support, Holistic Approach Urgent to Drive Up Vaccine Access

A nurse prepares a dose of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, March 5, 2021
December 9, 2021 Statement

States should ensure universal and equitable access to vaccines, support TRIPS waiver

HRW Statement - HRC Full-day intersessional seminar on good practices, key challenges and new developments relevant to access to medicines and vaccines

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December 8, 2021 Commentary

The Internet, Islamism and Repressive Regulations Pressure Indonesian Media

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December 6, 2021 Commentary

Omicron Latest Reminder That Global Vaccine Equity Is Critical

No one is protected from COVID-19 until everyone is protected

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December 2, 2021 Commentary

Rich Countries Must Stop Blocking the Covid Vaccine Patent Waiver

Access to Covid-19 Vaccines and Therapeutics Is Part of the Human Right to Health

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November 24, 2021 Report

South Africa: Broken Promises to Aid Gender-Based Violence Survivors

Improve Shelter Funding; Increase Access for Sex Workers, LGBT, Undocumented Survivors

General view during the Gender-Based Violence (GBV) protest march organized by the Office of The Premier in collaboration with Phepha Foundation on April 26, 2021 in Durban, South Africa.
November 16, 2021 Dispatches

Singapore Death Row Inmate Saved by Covid-19 – For Now

Execution of Man with Disability Delayed During Recovery

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November 4, 2021 News Release

China: Release Gravely Ill Activist

Urgently Provide Zhang Zhan Access to Adequate Medical Care, Family

A photo shared by the brother of Zhang Zhan, an activist who criticized the Chinese government's handling of the COVID-19 crisis and is being held in a Shanghai prison.

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