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December 20, 2016 Commentary

India’s Answer to Custodial Killings: Cash and Not Justice

Police Are Rarely Held Accountable for Custodial Deaths, As the Case of 22-Year-Old Altaf Shaikh Shows

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December 19, 2016 Commentary

When a Father Handed Over His Son to the Police in Mumbai and He Never Came Back

How the Police Disregard the Laws Designed to Prevent Torture and Mistreatment in Custody

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December 19, 2016 News Release

India: Killings in Police Custody Go Unpunished

Enforce Laws to End Torture, Deaths of Detainees

Police officers in New Delhi, India in January 2016. Police in India are often accused of protecting colleagues from accountability for abuses.
December 15, 2016 News Release

Afghanistan: Torturer’s Deportation from UK Poses Threat to Witnesses

UK Should Assist in Relocating Those at Risk

A undated picture released on July 18, 2005, by London's Scotland Yard shows former Afghan warlord Faryadi Sarwar Zardad.
December 9, 2016 News Release

Uzbekistan: Human Rights Agenda for the New President

Urgent Need for Reform as Mirziyoyev Takes Office

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December 9, 2016 Letter

HRW Letter to Uzbekistan President-Elect Shavkat Mirziyoyev

December 6, 2016 News Release

China: Secretive Detention System Mars Anti-Corruption Campaign

End Party-Run ‘Shuanggui’ Measures Relying on Solitary Confinement, Torture

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November 28, 2016 News Release

Uzbekistan: Investigate Death in Custody, Torture

Brothers Opposed Extortion, Threatened to Expose Corruption

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November 23, 2016 Letter

Letter to President-elect Trump

November 20, 2016 News Release

Iraq: Militias Held, Beat Villagers

Recruited Children as Fighters From Camp for Displaced People

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November 18, 2016 News Release

US: Trump’s National Security Choice Won’t Rule Out Torture

Michael Flynn Unwilling to Reject Trump’s Call for Waterboarding

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October 28, 2016 News Release

Lebanon: New Law a Step to End Torture

Ensure New Investigations Unit Can Start Work Quickly

October 25, 2016 News Release

Turkey: Emergency Decrees Facilitate Torture

Reinstate Safeguards to Curb Abuse by Police

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October 3, 2016 Q & A

Interview: New CIA Torture Claims

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October 3, 2016 Report

US: Ex-Detainees Describe Unreported CIA Torture

Electric Chair Threats, Baton Beatings, Various Water Tortures

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