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January 17, 2019 News Release

Qatar: Partial Reforms Risk Undermining Progress

Important Measures, but Fall Short of Promises, Obligations

A picture taken on December 4, 2018, shows workers at the Al-Bayt Stadium in Al-Khor, a city in northeastern Qatar. © 2018 David Harding/AFP
November 20, 2018 News Release

France: Press UAE Crown Prince on Abuses in Yemen

French Arms Sales to Coalition Raise Complicity Concerns

Saudi-led coalition aircraft struck three apartment buildings in Faj Attan, a densely populated neighborhood in Sanaa, on August 25, 2017. Two of the buildings were completely destroyed and the third suffered extensive damage. Saudi-led coalition aircraft
August 17, 2018 Statement

Joint Statement on Thai Fishing Industry

Ratify the ILO Work in Fishing Convention

A trawler comes into port in Ratsada, Phuket, May 22, 2016.
July 12, 2018 Dispatches

Thai Court Acquits Migrant Workers of Defamation

Government Should Better Protect Victims of Labor Abuses

A worker tends to chickens at a farm in Thailand.
June 6, 2018 Letter

Joint Letter from Human Rights Watch and NGOs to Kim Jong-Un

May 25, 2018 News Release

Qatar Joins Core Human Rights Treaties

But Rejects Major Protections for Women, Migrant Workers

© 2018 United Nations
April 13, 2018 News Release

Thailand: Turn Words Into Action on Fishing Industry

Paper Reforms Not Enough to End Forced Labor; Implementation Lagging

Migrant workers prepare to unload their catch at a port in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand, January 22, 2018.
February 7, 2018 News Release

Thailand: Burmese Workers on Trial for Reporting Abuses

14 Migrants Face Year in Prison for Alleged Defamation

A worker tends to chickens at a farm in Thailand.
January 23, 2018 News Release

Thailand: Forced Labor, Trafficking Persist in Fishing Fleets

Reforms Fall Short of Addressing EU, US Concerns

A fisher at the prow of a boat, mooring rope in hand, as the vessel arrives in port in Pattani, August 12, 2016.
October 27, 2017 News Release

Qatar: Implementation Will Be Key for Labor Reforms

Measures Could Be Pathbreaking for Region but Fall Short of Full Kafala Repeal

Migrant laborers work at a construction site at Aspire Zone in Doha, March 26, 2016.
October 18, 2017 Dispatches

World Bank Presses Uzbekistan to End Forced Labor

Some Students, Teachers, Medical Workers Released

September 27, 2017 Report

Qatar: Take Urgent Action to Protect Construction Workers

FIFA, National Associations Should Press Qatar on Heat Risks, Preventable Deaths

Migrant laborers work at a construction site at Aspire Zone in Doha, March 26, 2016.
September 24, 2017 Dispatches

India Can’t Mistreat Refugees By Not Signing Refugee Convention

Customary International Law Prohibits Returning Rohingya to Burma

A group of Rohingya refugees cross a canal after travelling over the Bangladesh-Burma border in Teknaf, Bangladesh, September 1, 2017.
April 28, 2017 Report

Spain: LGBT Asylum Seekers Abused in North African Enclave

Transfer Sexual Minorities from Ceuta to Mainland

Double-layer fence around Spain’s north Africa enclave Ceuta, January 2017.
January 5, 2017 News Release

North Korea: Celebrations Hide Human Rights Violations

Demand Accountability on Occasion of Kim Jong-Un’s Birthday

Kim Jong-Un Korean Central News Agency

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