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March 6, 2023 News Release

Use Global Meeting to Highlight Bahrain’s Abuses

Joint Letter to Delegates to the Inter-Parliamentary Union

© 2017 Human Rights Watch
March 6, 2023 Statement

Joint Statement: Bahrain's 146th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly

Bahraini anti-government protesters raise signs with images of jailed human rights activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja Friday, April 6, 2012, in Jidhafs, Bahrain.
February 28, 2023 News Release

Egypt: Release Prison Population Figures

Lack of Transparency, Whitewashing Efforts as Abuse Continues

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January 17, 2023 Statement

Rwanda: Submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

72nd Pre-Session

January 12, 2023 News Release

Egypt: A Year of Whitewashing Despite Dire Crisis

Abuses Affect Wide Segments of Society

Sanaa Seif, sister of jailed Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah, who went on a full hunger and water strike with the start of COP27 protesting his unjust imprisonment, takes part in the COP27 Coalition march during the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference COP27.
November 1, 2022 News Release

Bahrain: Pope Francis Should Condemn Bahrain Rights Record

Call for End to Death Penalty, Release of Those Unjustly Detained

© 2017 Human Rights Watch
October 24, 2022 News Release

Malaysia: Surge in Summary Deportations to Myanmar

Grant UN Refugee Agency Access to Immigration Detention Sites

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October 20, 2022 News Release

Afghanistan: Women Protesters Detail Taliban Abuse

Ex-Detainees Describe Torture, Mistreatment of Their Families

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October 10, 2022 News Release

Bahrain: Death Sentences Follow Torture, Sham Trials

Court Records Show Pervasive Rights Violations

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September 28, 2022 Commentary

Free Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja

Danish Government Should Publicly Push for Release

Bahraini anti-government protesters raise signs with images of jailed human rights activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja Friday, April 6, 2012, in Jidhafs, Bahrain.
September 13, 2022 Report

Myanmar: Death of Activists in Custody

Six Cases Highlight Alleged Torture, Junta’s Failure to Investigate

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September 8, 2022 Commentary

A UN Report Implicates the Chinese Government in Crimes Against Humanity. What Comes Next?

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August 16, 2022 News Release

Israel: Free French-Palestinian Rights Worker

Facing Deportation, Salah Hamouri in Prolonged Administrative Detention

Salah Hamouri
August 13, 2022 News Release

Bahrain: Free Ailing Academic

Activist Serving a Life Sentence for Peaceful Protests

Dr. Abduljalil al-Singace
August 13, 2022 Statement

Joint Letter: Free Abduljalil al-Singace

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