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July 28, 2021 Statement

Sri Lanka: Free Rights Activist

Release Hejaaz Hizbullah and Others Denied Due Process under Abusive Law

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July 8, 2021 Dispatches

Revised UN Counterterrorism Strategy Has Stronger Rights Focus

Human Rights Monitoring Mechanism Still Urgently Needed

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July 5, 2021 News Release

Senegal: New Counterterror Laws Threaten Rights

Pass Amendments to Protect Peaceful Dissent

People flee teargas thrown by riot police during a protest against the proposed counterterrorism law and penal code reform at the Cheikh Anta Diop University campus in Dakar, Senegal, June 25, 2021.
June 30, 2021 Statement

UN Should Ensure Independent Oversight of UN Counter-Terrorism Architecture

Critical need for UN Member States and Secretary-General to use new UN Global Counter- Terrorism Strategy to develop an independent oversight mechanism to assess and mitigate harm from counterterrorism measures

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June 29, 2021 News Release

Sri Lanka: Pardons a Meager Response to Abusive Law

Repeal Prevention of Terrorism Act to Meet International Commitments

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's addresses parliament in Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 20, 2020.
June 17, 2021 Commentary

Foreign ISIS Suspects, Families: Why a Single “R” Word Matters at the UN

Children fly a kite at al-Hol camp in northeast Syria. 
May 26, 2021 News Release

Nordic Countries: Repatriate Nationals from Northeast Syria

Potential Complicity in Unlawful Detention of ISIS Suspects, Children

Children fly a kite at al-Hol camp in northeast Syria. 
March 25, 2021 Letter

Joint Letter to EU Parliament: Vote Against Proposed Terrorist Content Online Regulation

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March 15, 2021 Dispatches

Bittersweet Homecoming for Canadian Girl Rescued from Syria

All Countries Should Urgently Repatriate Citizens

A 4-year-old Canadian girl after her rescue from a detention camp
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
January 25, 2021 Commentary

Declassify the Post-9/11 Torture Program

December 11, 2020 News Release

Japan: End Assistance for Cambodia’s Abusive Police

Counterterrorism Support Will Link Tokyo to Future Violations

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, right, greets with Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, left, before a meeting at the Peace Palace, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Saturday, August 22, 2020. 
December 4, 2020 News Release

France: Dissolving Anti-Discrimination Group Threatens Rights

Government’s Misguided Move Part of Security Drift Endangering Liberties

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November 2, 2020 Dispatches

Multiple Knife Attacks in France

A Country Shocked and Mourning Needs a Just, Fair Response

People set flowers at a memorial in front of the Notre Dame church, in Nice, France, October 30, 2020.
November 1, 2020 Dispatches

Chinese Diplomats Try Using UN as Shield for Xinjiang Crimes

World Body Should Reject Beijing’s False Narrative

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