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January 19, 2022 Commentary

The Symbol of US Abuse in the Global War on Terror

Why President Biden should fulfill his pledge to close the prison at Guantánamo Bay

The first foreign Muslim men imprisoned by the US military at the detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, in the so-called “global war on terror.” Since January 2002, the US has held nearly 800 men and boys at Guantánamo. Of the 39 who currently remain, 27 have never been charged. © 2002 Shane McCoy/Greg Mathieson/Mai/Getty Images
January 19, 2022 Dispatches

New Language Requirement Raises Concerns in Ukraine

The Law Needs Safeguards to Protect Minorities’ Language Rights

A man reads a newspaper at a metro station, in Kiev, Ukraine, February 12, 2015.
January 19, 2022 Letter

Letter to South African Authorities Regarding LGBTI Murders and Assaults

January 19, 2022 News Release

Syria: German Trial for Wartime Atrocities Opens

Role of Military Doctor in State Torture at Issue

Entrance of the Frankfurt Higher Regional Court.
January 19, 2022 Dispatches

Investigating a Massacre, Iraq Should Address Root Causes

Security Force Raid That Killed 20 Blamed on False Information

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January 19, 2022 Dispatches

Retaliating against Rights Groups Means Retaliating against People in Need

Belarusian Authorities Continue the Crackdown on Civil Society

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January 18, 2022 Dispatches

New Year’s Resolutions for Sport: Protect Children

Protect Child Athletes, Ensure Justice for Abuse

Residents of the Centre Technique National in Croix-des-Bouquets play in a match on May 12, 2020. Earlier this year, survivors and family members accused Haitian Football Federation president, Yves Jean-Bart, of raping young female players at the center and subjecting them to other abuses. 
January 18, 2022 Dispatches

Taliban Use Harsh Tactics to Crush Afghan Women’s Rights Protest

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
January 18, 2022 News Release

India Should Stop Using Abusive Foreign Funding Law

End Harassment Against People’s Watch, Other Rights Groups

The People’s Watch’s building in Madurai, India.
January 18, 2022 Report

Greece: New Biometrics Policing Program Undermines Rights

Risk of Illegal Racial Profiling and Other Abuses

Police officers check the documents and permissions of people in the streets of Athens, Greece, March 23, 2020. 
January 18, 2022 Report

Afghanistan: Taliban Deprive Women of Livelihoods, Identity

Severe Restrictions, Harassment, Fear in Ghazni Province

Burqa-clad women walk on a street in Ghazni City, in Ghazni province, Afghanistan.
January 17, 2022 Statement

Sri Lanka: Death Sentence for Prison Official

Anti-Death Penalty Group Condemns Sentence, Seeks Action on Prison Conditions

January 17, 2022 News Release

Philippines: End Deadly ‘Red-Tagging’ of Activists

UN, Influential Governments Should Press President Duterte to Stop Practice

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January 17, 2022 News Release

UK: Temporary Accommodation Violates Children’s Rights

Government is Failing to Ensure Adequate Housing for Families

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January 17, 2022 Commentary

A Bus Ticket for Venezuelan Walkers in Colombia

Colombia has welcomed Venezuelan refugees like no other country has. But now it needs to take an extra step

Venezuelan walkers waiting on the side of the road in Colombia, November 2021. 

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