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June 11, 2022 Letter

Public Letter to UK Home Secretary on Expulsions to Rwanda

June 10, 2022 Dispatches

Egypt’s Response to Torture: Punish the Victims

Trial of Alleged Torture Victims Displays Ingrained Impunity

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June 10, 2022 News Release

Afghanistan: Taliban Torture Civilians in Panjshir

Collective Punishment Over Armed Group’s Actions Is Unlawful

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June 8, 2022 News Release

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Senior Officials Implicated Should Be Investigated, Fairly Prosecuted

Photos of victims at a memorial commemorating those killed during the mass executions in the 1980s, Khavaran cemetery in Tehran, Iran, 2020.
June 7, 2022 News Release

Myanmar: Junta Vows to Enforce Death Sentences

Free All Wrongfully Imprisoned; End Capital Punishment

Kyaw Min Yu (left) and Phyo Zeya Thaw (right)
May 18, 2022 Report

Ukraine: Executions, Torture During Russian Occupation

Apparent War Crimes in Kyiv, Chernihiv Regions

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May 18, 2022 Report

Burundi: Suspected Opponents Killed, Detained, Tortured

Security Force Abuses Deepen Insecurity

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April 21, 2022 Commentary

Why China's 'diplomatic assurances' are not to be trusted

The Supreme Court of New Zealand in downtown Wellington, November 28, 2017.
April 20, 2022 News Release

Egypt: Release Autopsy Report, Investigate Suspicious Death

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Ayman Hadhoud
April 7, 2022 Statement

Submission to the Committee Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Punishment Ahead of the Review of the Republic of Iraq

73rd Session: March 2022

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March 31, 2022 News Release

Ukraine: Apparent POW Abuse Would Be War Crime

Video Appears to Show Fighters Shooting Russian POWs

March 30, 2022 UPR

Universal Periodic Review Submission on Tunisia

Fourth Cycle of the Universal Periodic Review, 41st Session

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March 30, 2022 News Release

Bangladesh: Indigenous Activist Dies in Military Custody

Need for Transparent, Independent Inquiry into Abuses in Chittagong Hill Tracts

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March 4, 2022 News Release

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February 11, 2022 Commentary

Parliament to Consider New Anti-Torture Legislation

Robust Changes Urgently Needed After Revelations of Wide-Scale Torture

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