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September 11, 2017 News Release

Burma: Ensure Aid Reaches Rohingya

UN, Donors Should Increase Assistance to Refugees in Bangladesh

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September 8, 2017 Dispatches

European Union Court Endorses Collective Action to Help Refugees

Court ruling should encourage EU countries to relocate more asylum seekers

The entrance of the European Court of Justice is pictured in Luxembourg, January 26, 2017. Picture taken January 26, 2017.
September 2, 2017 News Release

Burma: Satellite Images Show Massive Fire Destruction

700 Buildings Destroyed in Single Muslim Village in Rakhine State

New satellite imagery obtained by Human Rights Watch shows the complete destruction of the village of Chein Khar Li
August 25, 2017 News Release

Italy: Police Beat Refugees During Eviction

Provide Adequate Housing for Homeless Refugees

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August 17, 2017 News Release

India: Don’t Forcibly Return Rohingya Refugees

Muslim Minority Group Faces Persecution, Abuse in Burma

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August 8, 2017 News Release

China: Protect 15 Detained North Koreans

Halt Forced Returns of North Koreans to Prison, Torture, and Forced Labor

North Korean soldiers in a border guard post are seen from the Chinese side in Tumen, China, January 7, 2016.
August 4, 2017 Dispatches

Leaked Transcript Exposes Australia’s Unlawful Refugee Policy

A Study in Hypocrisy and Cruelty

U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (R) meet ahead of an event commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea, aboard the USS Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York, U.S. May 4, 2017.
August 3, 2017 Commentary

Tear Gas or Pepper Spray, Abuse Is Abuse

After police halted an evening distribution of food and clothing, three officers stop and question a boy who had paused to change his shoes before returning to the wooded area where he and other migrants spend the night, May 2017. © 2017 Help Refugees
August 2, 2017 Commentary

No Way to Treat Children Fleeing Danger

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August 2, 2017 News Release

Russia: Journalist Faces Expulsion to Uzbekistan

Risk of Torture, Ill-Treatment

Ali Feruz at Basmanny district court in Moscow waiting for his hearing in the evening of August 1, 2017.
August 2, 2017 News Release

Greece: Huge Rise in Detention of Migrant Children

Move Unaccompanied Kids from Cells to Open Facilities

Unaccompanied children line up for an evening meal at a detention facility run by the Greek police.
August 1, 2017 News Release

Laos/Thailand: Investigate Abduction of Exiled Red Shirt Activist

Armed Men Kidnap Wuthipong Kachathamakul in Vientiane

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July 31, 2017 Report

Spain: Migrants Held in Poor Conditions

Automatic Detention, Obstacles to Seeking Asylum

A migrant rescued off the Spanish coast arriving at the port in Malaga, southern Spain, December 3, 2016.
July 26, 2017 News Release

France: Police Attacking Migrants in Calais

Government Ignores Widespread Reports of Ill-Treatment

French police detain two migrants, one a 14-year-old boy, before dispersing a late-night food distribution in Calais on June 29, 2017.
July 20, 2017 Report

Lebanon: Deaths, Alleged Torture of Syrians in Army Custody

Investigate, Publish Results, and Punish Anyone Found Responsible

A Lebanese soldier at an army post in the hills above the Lebanese town of Arsal

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