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February 9, 2021 Dispatches

UN Finds Torture, Forced Labor Still Rampant in North Korean Prisons

UN Human Rights Council Should Press for Accountability

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February 9, 2021 News Release

Human Rights Council: Countries Should Take Bold Action on Egypt

Monitoring, Tough Message on Dire Rights Situation Long Overdue

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 5, 2021 Dispatches

Time to Call China’s Bluff on Myanmar at UN

Security Council Should Impose Arms Embargo, Blacklist Military

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February 5, 2021 News Release

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Documentary Alleges Links Between General Aziz and Security Force Abuses

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February 5, 2021 Commentary

Canada’s Leadership on Sri Lanka Urgently Needed Once Again at the UN

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Still No Safeguards to Stop Torture in Afghanistan

Failure to Prosecute Abusers Fuels ‘Vicious Cycle’

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Sri Lanka’s UN Efforts to Stave Off Justice for War Crimes

February 1, 2021 News Release

UN: Countries Call Out Rwanda’s Rights Record

Follow Up Universal Periodic Review with Concrete Action

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January 29, 2021 News Release

Sri Lanka: UN Rights Chief Decries Mounting Abuses

Report Highlights Need for Strong Human Rights Council Resolution

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January 22, 2021 Dispatches

Deadly Darfur Attack Just Days After Last Peacekeepers Leave

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January 22, 2021 Dispatches

Sri Lanka Seeks Diversion, Not Justice, Over Wartime Abuses

Announced Domestic Inquiry Seeks to Deflect UN Human Rights Council

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January 21, 2021 News Release

UN: Eastern Caribbean States Called Out Over Anti-LGBT Bias

Human Rights Review of St. Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis

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January 21, 2021 UPR

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Saint Lucia

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January 21, 2021 UPR

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Saint Kitts and Nevis

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January 20, 2021 News Release

Australia: Address Abuses Raised at UN Review

Countries Criticize Failures on Refugees, Children, Indigenous Rights

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