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February 15, 2018 Letter

Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concerning the Central African Republic

63rd plenary session

February 15, 2018 Dispatches

Russian Court Says Foster Mother Unfit Because of ‘Male Behavior’

Discriminatory Ruling Breaks Up Family

“Sometime and somewhere there used to be summer,” Yulia Savinovskikh posted to Facebook in November 2017 after guardianship agency officials removed two foster children from her care.
February 10, 2018 Commentary

Cornered in the Shower and Assaulted: The Torment of a Prisoner With Disabilities

A prisoner lies in his solitary confinement cell in the safety unit at Lotus Glen Correctional Centre, northern Queensland.
February 9, 2018 Dispatches

People With Disabilities To Get Vote in France

65,000 people currently deprived of right to vote

France elections voting
February 6, 2018 News Release

Australia: Prisoners with Disabilities Neglected, Abused

Inquiry Urgently Needed into Use of Solitary Confinement

A prisoner lies in his bed in a solitary confinement cell in the safety unit at Lotus Glen Correctional Centre, northern Queensland.
February 6, 2018 Interview

Interview: The Horror of Australia’s Prisons

Prisoners with Disabilities Serving Time in Solitary, Face Physical, Sexual Abuse

A prisoner lies in his solitary confinement cell in the safety unit at Lotus Glen Correctional Centre, northern Queensland.
February 1, 2018 Letter

Submission to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities concerning South Africa

9th pre-sessional working group

January 18, 2018 News Release

Armenia: Uneven Record on Human Rights

Lack of Meaningful Accountability for Police Violence

Public debate on the law on violence in the family, passed in December 2017.
December 21, 2017 News Release

Greece: Urgent Need to Move Asylum Seekers from Islands

As Winter Begins, Accelerate Transfers, End Containment Policy

Ali, a 22-year-old Afghan asylum seeker with a disability, living in Moria camp, on the beach in Lesbos, Greece. He told Human Rights Watch he can’t access showers in the camp and sometimes tries to wash himself in the sea.
December 21, 2017 Interactive

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December 20, 2017 Letter

HRW Letter to President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbai Jeenbekov

December 7, 2017 News Release

EU Making Aid Efforts More Inclusive

Mandate to Consider Needs of People With Disabilities

Sara, a 13-year-old Syrian girl traveling with her older sister and mother, has a physical disability and diabetes. Separated from her family on the rubber boat from Turkey, she slumped into the water at the bottom of the dinghy and fell unconscious.
December 4, 2017 Dispatches

Children with Disabilities in South Africa Cannot Wait

Government Should Make Education Free for All

An estimated half-a-million children with disabilities have been shut out of South Africa’s education system, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today at a joint event with South Africa’s Human Rights Commission.
December 3, 2017 Witness

International Day of Persons with Disabilities: Voices From The Ground

The Stories From People With Disabilities Who Have Endured Humanitarian crises

Ali, a 22-year-old Afghan asylum seeker with a disability, living in Moria camp, on the beach in Lesbos, Greece. He told Human Rights Watch he can’t access showers in the camp and sometimes tries to wash himself in the sea.
November 30, 2017 Letter

Letter to Mexico Chair of the National Institute of Geography and Statistics

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