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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

UN Headquarters
January 26, 2022 News Release

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Rights Groups Intervene in Cases Before the European Court of Human Rights

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Promises Should Be Realized, and More

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Afghan Women’s Rights Activists Forcibly Disappeared

Unacknowledged Detentions Increase Risks of Harm

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January 20, 2022 Dispatches

Pakistan’s New Law Aims to Protect Women in Workplace

Enforcement Crucial, Broader Reforms Needed

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Threats, Assaults, and ‘Less-Lethal Weapons’ Against Peaceful Protesters

Women protesters demand justice and call for the Taliban to respect women’s rights in Kabul, Afghanistan
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Afghanistan: Taliban Deprive Women of Livelihoods, Identity

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January 17, 2022 Report

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States Should Urgently Adopt Laws to Enforce Child Rights Act

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January 13, 2022 News Release

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Human Rights Defenders and Ordinary Citizens Targeted, Harassed, Tortured

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January 13, 2022 News Release

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High-Level Pronouncements Marred by Systemic Racism, Abuse of Asylum Seekers

Hughes Van Ellis (left), a Tulsa Race Massacre survivor and World War II veteran, and Viola Fletcher (second right), oldest living survivor of the massacre, testify about the massacre’s ongoing impact before the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC, on May 19, 2021.
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December 20, 2021 Letter

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

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