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August 23, 2022 News Release

Tajikistan: Autonomous Region Protesters Denied Fair Trials

Crackdown on Pamiri Minority Includes Forced Disappearances, Closed Trials Without Lawyers

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July 22, 2022 Commentary

Sri Lanka’s former president must be investigated for war crimes

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July 22, 2022 Report

Ukraine: Torture, Disappearances in Occupied South

Apparent War Crimes by Russian Forces in Kherson, Zaporizhzhia Regions

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July 14, 2022 Report

Russia: Forcible Disappearances of Ukrainian Civilians

Detainees Unlawfully Transferred to Russia, Possibly Held as Hostages

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April 25, 2022 News Release

Israel: Release Long Detained Gaza Aid Worker

6 Years After Arrest, Mohammad al-Halabi Has Not Been Convicted of a Crime

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April 20, 2022 News Release

Egypt: Release Autopsy Report, Investigate Suspicious Death

Economist Died in Custody After Enforced Disappearance

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February 7, 2022 News Release

Sri Lanka: Grave Abuses Under Discredited Law

European Union Should Press for Repeal of Prevention of Terrorism Act

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January 28, 2022 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee in Advance of its Review of Egypt

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January 17, 2022 Statement

Sri Lanka: Death Sentence for Prison Official

Anti-Death Penalty Group Condemns Sentence, Seeks Action on Prison Conditions

July 2, 2021 News Release

Myanmar: Security Forces Arrest Defense Lawyers

Wrongful Prosecutions Violate Rights to Counsel, Fair Trial of Accused

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June 22, 2021 Report

UAE: Arbitrary Targeting of Pakistani Shia Residents

Enforced Disappearances, Incommunicado Detention, Groundless Deportation

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June 14, 2021 News Release

Myanmar: Stop Holding Family, Friends Hostage

Detaining People to Coerce Others is Collective Punishment

This image from an April 18, 2021 news report by Myawaddy TV shows people who security forces detained in the Yankin township of Yangon, Myanmar.
June 8, 2021 Letter

Human Rights Watch Letter to the Heads of States and Governments ahead of the G7 Summit

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March 24, 2021 News Release

Egypt: Scholar Unjustly Detained

Vienna Academic Faces Abusive ‘Terrorism’ Charges

Ahmed Samir Santawy, an anthropology master’s student at Central European University (CEU) detained in February 2021.
March 12, 2021 News Release

Condemnation of Egypt’s Abuses at UN Rights Body

Overdue Action is a Step Forward

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