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December 13, 2021 News Release

Bahrain: Free Leading Opposition Activists

Extend Pardons to Political Prisoners Ahead of National Day

Bahraini political opposition leaders, activists, bloggers, and human rights defenders imprisoned for their roles in the 2011 pro-democracy protests.
December 13, 2021 News Release

Vietnam: Free Prominent Blogger

Drop Politically Motivated Charges Against Pham Doan Trang

Pham Doan Trang with two books that she co-authored, 2019.
December 13, 2021 Statement

US Congressional Briefing Statement

Human Rights Situation in Sudan

December 13, 2021 Statement

General Statement to the Convention on Conventional Weapons Sixth Review Conference

Delivered by Gerry Simpson, Associate Director, Crisis and Conflict Division

The Broken Chair, a statue in support of the bans on landmines and cluster munitions, stands outside the United Nations in Geneva.
December 13, 2021 Statement

Joint Civil Society Statement on Protocol III to the Convention on Conventional Weapons Sixth Review Conference

Written by Bonnie Docherty, Senior Researcher. Delivered by Lode Dewaegheneire, Mines Action Canada

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December 13, 2021 Report

Myanmar: Junta Blocks Lifesaving Aid

Donors Should Channel Assistance Via Local and Cross-Border Efforts

A man sits at a makeshift displacement site in Demoso township, Karenni State, June 17, 2021.
December 10, 2021 Commentary

Women’s Tennis Association shows global business how to deal with Beijing

By suspending tournaments in China over treatment of Peng Shuai, the WTA placed rights over profits. How will the International Olympic Committee react?

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December 10, 2021 Dispatches

Killing of Journalist, Criminal Libel in the Philippines

Assault on Media Shouldn’t Dim Maria Ressa’s Nobel Triumph

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December 10, 2021 Commentary

Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week

The shallow grave of an unidentified person killed during fighting in the village of Chenna, in the Amhara region of Ethiopia. Residents said it was dug in early September 2021 after Tigrayan fighters left the area. © 2021 Tom Gardner
December 10, 2021 Dispatches

US Supreme Court Delivers Blow to Women’s Rights

Allowing Texas Abortion Law to Stand an Alarming Signal

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December 10, 2021 Statement

Russian authorities should stop the persecution of key civil society organisation, Memorial

Directional sign "'Memorial' museum, archive, library," Moscow.
December 10, 2021 Dispatches

The Misguided US Approach to Drug Overdose Deaths

Federal Lawmakers Should Pursue Public Health Solutions Grounded in Rights

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December 10, 2021 News Release

Kazakhstan: Protect Women’s Rights

Criminalize Domestic Violence; Allow Women’s Day Rally

International Women’s Day march in Almaty, Kazakhstan, March 8, 2021.
December 10, 2021 News Release

Blue Lights for Human Rights Across Germany

St. Paul's Church in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, is lit blue to celebrate Human Rights Day on December 10, 2019.
December 9, 2021 Report

Ethiopia: Tigray Forces Summarily Execute Civilians

UN Rights Body Should Create International Inquiry into War Crimes

The shallow grave of an unidentified person killed during fighting in the village of Chenna, in the Amhara region of Ethiopia. Residents said it was dug in early September 2021 after Tigrayan fighters left the area. © 2021 Tom Gardner

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