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April 6, 2020 News Release

Afghanistan: Prosecute Head of ISIS-linked Group

Ensure Due Process, Victim Role in War Crimes Trial

The Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS) released this image of Abdullah Orakzai, also known as Aslam Farooqi, the leader of an ISIS affiliate. © 2020 National Directorate of Security
March 27, 2020 News Release

Sri Lanka: Justice Undone for Massacre Victims

Presidential Pardon Shows Rajapaksa’s Indifference to Army Atrocities

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, center, sings the national anthem during an event to mark the anniversary of country's independence from British colonial rule in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
March 23, 2020 News Release

Australia: Hold Special Forces to Account

ABC Investigation Exposes Alleged 2012 War Crimes in Afghanistan

Australian SAS search operation in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, in May 2012. Screenshot from ABC News, Four Corners, March 16, 2020.
March 17, 2020 News Release

Algeria: Prominent Journalist Facing Charges

Arrested While Covering Hirak Protests

Journalist Khaled Drareni filming street protests in Algiers, December 2019.
February 28, 2020 Report

Tunisia: Unfinished Rights Business

New Government Should Suspend Abusive Laws

A general view of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People in Tunis, Tunisia, May 2016.
February 22, 2020 News Release

Thailand: Court Dissolves Opposition Party

Disbanding Future Forward Party, Banning Leaders a Blow to Democracy

Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit arrives for a press conference at the party's headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, March 25, 2019.
February 17, 2020 News Release

Australia: Enact New Law to Sanction Rights Abusers

Targeting Violators Abroad Promotes Accountability

 In this Feb. 13, 2019, file photo Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison addresses media at Parliament House in Canberra.
February 16, 2020 News Release

Sri Lanka: Families of ‘Disappeared’ Threatened

Rajapaksa Government Should Uphold Commitments to UN Rights Council

A woman holds a picture of a missing relative at a protest calling for investigations into enforced disappearances, Colombo, Sri Lanka, February 14, 2020.
January 28, 2020 News Release

Algeria: Post Election Repression

Free Anyone Detained for Peaceful Protest, Criticizing Authorities

On July 5 2019, thousands of people protested for a twentieth consecutive week in Algeria's capital, defying a major police presence just days before the mandate of interim president Bensalah expires. © AFP/Getty Images
January 25, 2020 News Release

Nepal: Recent Steps Undermine Transitional Justice

Victim Concerns Ignored Yet Again

In this photograph taken on February 2, 2017, Nepalese war victim Pabitra Sunakhari shows a photograph of her son as she speaks during an interview with AFP in Birendranagar, Surkhet District, some 520kms west of Kathmandu
January 14, 2020 News Release

China: Backlash Against Increasing Repression

President Xi Faces Protests in Hong Kong, Global Outcry over Xinjiang

Protesters march on a street during a rally against the extradition law proposal on June 9, 2019 in Hong Kong.
January 14, 2020 News Release

Philippines: No Letup in ‘Drug War’ Killings

Upsurge in Attacks on Activists, Environmentalists

Veiled protesters, mostly relatives of victims of alleged extra-judicial killings, display placards during a protest outside the Philippine military and police camps
December 18, 2019 News Release

Philippines: 80 Massacre Suspects Remain At Large

Manila Court to Issue Verdicts in 2009 Maguindanao Killings

People commemorate the 10th anniversary of the gruesome Ampatuan Massacre in Manila, Philippines on November 23, 2019.
December 13, 2019 Statement

Civil society groups urge Laos, Thailand to investigate enforced disappearances

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December 9, 2019 News Release

Cambodia: Drop Charges Against Opposition Leader

EU Should Press for Dismissal of Kem Sokha Case

Cambodia National Rescue Party's President Kem Sokha greets media after a meeting with French Ambassador to Cambodia Eva Nguyen Binh at his house in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Nov. 11, 2019.

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