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October 4, 2019 News Release

Iran: Stadium Seating Cap Endangers Women

FIFA Should Urgently Overturn Discriminatory Ticket Limit of 4,600 Women

Female Iranian spectators cheer as they wave their country's flag during a friendly soccer match between Iran and Bolivia, at the Azadi (Freedom) stadium, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018.
August 22, 2019 News Release

Saudi Arabia: Travel Restrictions on Saudi Women Lifted

Other Discriminatory Guardianship Rules Remain

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August 16, 2019 News Release

Iran: Women Detained, Accused of Flouting Stadium Ban

FIFA Should Enforce Nondiscrimination Rules, Secure Women’s Release

Supporters of Iran watch the Morocco vs Iran match in a fan zone in Moscow, Russa, on June 15, 2018.
May 2, 2019 Dispatches

Sri Lanka’s Face-Covering Ban a Wrongheaded Response to Easter Bombings

Emergency Measure Targets Muslim Women

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April 3, 2019 News Release

Brunei: New Penal Code Imposes Maiming, Stoning

Immediately Suspend Highly Abusive Law

The Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah listens during the first executive session of the CHOGM summit at Lancaster House in London, Thursday, April 19, 2018.
March 26, 2019 News Release

India: Parties Should Pledge to Protect Rights

Provide Roadmaps for Reform Ahead of Elections

Government officers distribute postal ballot papers to a election presiding officer ahead of the country's general elections in Gauhati, India, Tuesday, March 19, 2019.
March 4, 2019 News Release

China: Abolish Arbitrary Detention for Sex Workers

Legislative Agency Recommends Ending ‘Custody and Education’ System

Delegates from China's People's Liberation Army chat as they leave the Great Hall of the People after attending a meeting ahead of Tuesday's opening session of China's National People's Congress in Beijing, Monday, March 4, 2019.
February 7, 2019 News Release

Afghanistan: Prosecute Abuse of Women Football Players

Alleged Sexual Assault, Injustice Violate Rights, Deny Equal Access to Sport

Afghanistan women’s football team.
February 6, 2019 Witness

Witness: Supporting Women’s Rights in Poland Could End Your Career

Teachers Threatened After Taking a Photograph Supporting Equality Protests

Ewa Wnorowska and her colleagues pose for a photograph in support of women's rights in Poland
January 31, 2019 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on Kuwait 

64th Pre-Sessional Working Group

January 17, 2019 News Release

Qatar: Partial Reforms Risk Undermining Progress

Important Measures, but Fall Short of Promises, Obligations

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December 4, 2018 News Release

Tunisia: Parliament Should Back Gender Equality in Inheritance

Government-Approved Draft Law Sent to Chamber

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November 13, 2018 Commentary

Will Imran Khan Educate Pakistan’s Girls?

The UK Should Urge Him to Keep Promises on Girls’ Education

Two students at a free non-government school for poor children in the Lyari neighborhood of Karachi, Pakistan.
November 12, 2018 News Release

Pakistan: Girls Deprived of Education

Barriers Include Underinvestment, Fees, Discrimination

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November 12, 2018 Witness

Creating Neighborhood Schools in Pakistan

22 Million Children Out of School

Laiba, age eight, with Shazia, the founder of the lyari School.

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