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March 5, 2019 News Release

UN: Don’t Let Egypt Undermine Expert’s Role

Protect Human Rights in Counterterrorism Operations

Egyptian security forces have been involved in systematic abuses such as enforced disappearance and torture and have used abusive counterterrorism laws and measures to crush peaceful dissent. Egyptian security forces stand guard outside one of the entranc
February 25, 2019 Letter

Sri Lanka: Need for time-bound plan for implementation of commitments to the Human Rights Council

To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council

 A Sri Lankan Tamil man holds a placard during a protest in Colombo on August 21, 2018, demanding the release of lands still occupied by the military.
February 22, 2019 Letter

Renewal of the mandate of Special Rapporteur on promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism

Joint NGO letter to Members and Observers of the Human Rights Council

In this file photo, Egyptian security forces stand guard outside a court in Cairo, Egypt, January 3, 2018. © REUTERS
February 14, 2019 News Release

Egypt: Set Independent Torture Inquiry

Prosecutor’s Denial of Abuses Signifies Lack of Accountability

Egyptian policemen secure Egypt’s national police academy. © 2015 AP Photo/Amr Nabil
February 13, 2019 Letter

The Human Rights Council should fully renew the mandate of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan

To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council

Women line up for food rations at a distribution site in Bentiu, South Sudan, on December 8, 2018.
February 4, 2019 News Release

UN: Act to End China’s Mass Detentions in Xinjiang

International Fact-Finding Mission Crucial to Address Rights Crisis

Over 10,000 students and teachers in Hotan pledge loyalty to the “Motherland” in a mass ceremony.
February 1, 2019 News Release

Vietnam: Hanoi Misleads UN on Rights Record

Widespread Violations Ignored During Geneva Review

Twenty-five political prisoners currently locked up for exercising basic rights. (c) 2018 Private
January 14, 2019 Dispatches

Human Rights Council Membership Has Its Consequences

UN Rights Body Should Shine Spotlight on Members’ Violations

Overview of the United Nations Human Rights Council is seen in Geneva, Switzerland June 6, 2017.
December 16, 2018 UPR

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Yemen

31st session of the Universal Periodic Review; 3rd cycle

Yemen apartment destroyed by airstrike.
December 16, 2018 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Cambodia

31st session of the Universal Periodic Review; 3rd cycle

Cambodia: Free All Political Prisoners
December 16, 2018 UPR

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Eritrea

31st session of the Universal Periodic Review; 3rd cycle

Eritrean refugees hold placards during a protest against the Eritrean government outside their embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel May 11, 2015.
December 16, 2018 UPR

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Afghanistan

31st session of the Universal Periodic Review; 3rd cycle

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December 13, 2018 UPR

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of the Democratic Republic of Congo

October 2018

Police detain a protester during a peaceful march after Sunday Mass in front of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, February 25, 2018.
December 12, 2018 News Release

UN: Act on Reprisals by Egypt

Attacks on People Who Met with UN Expert

Egyptians shout slogans against the government while on a ferry during the funeral of Syed Tafshan, who died in clashes with residents of the Nile island of al-Warraq island, when security forces attempted to demolish illegal buildings, in the south of Ca
November 15, 2018 Dispatches

Glaring Omission in Security Council Plan to Visit China

One Million Uighurs in Detention Deserve World’s Attention

China: One Belt, One Road, Lots of Obligations PHOTO

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