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July 30, 2021 Dispatches

Arrest of Afghan Journalists Highlights Larger Concerns

Failure to Investigate Attacks on Press Undermines Media Freedom

Afghan journalists film at the site of a bombing attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, February 9, 2021.
July 30, 2021 Interview

The Latest on the Crisis in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region

Tigrayans who fled the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region stand on a hilltop overlooking Umm Rakouba refugee camp in Qadarif, eastern Sudan, November 26, 2020
July 30, 2021 News Release

Unchecked Spyware Industry Enables Abuses

Governments Should Halt Trade in Surveillance Technology

People march in Budapest, Hungary during a July 26, 2021 protest against the Hungarian government over reports that it has used Pegasus spyware.
July 29, 2021 News Release

Iran: Deadly Repression of Khuzestan Protests

Hundreds Arrested; At Least 9 Deaths, Including a Child

Map of Iran with Khuzestan Province Highlighted
July 29, 2021 Commentary

Kenya Needs an Inclusive Social Protection Policy

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July 29, 2021 News Release

Nepal: New Government Should Address Rights

Letter to Prime Minister Deuba Sets Out Major Concerns

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July 29, 2021 Report

South Sudan: Summary Executions in North

Investigate Officials and Security Forces; End Killings, Other Abuses in Warrap State

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July 29, 2021 News Release

Greece: Stop Denying Refugee Children an Education

Ensure All Asylum-Seeking Children Are Enrolled in Coming School Year

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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 28, 2021 News Release

India: Release Detained Myanmar Asylum Seekers

Ensure Prompt Access to UN Refugee Agency for Protection

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July 28, 2021 News Release

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Paves Way for Equatoguineans to Regain Stolen Resources

Teodorin Nguema, Equatorial Guinea's vice president and son of President Teodoro Obiang.
July 28, 2021 Dispatches

Global Education Summit Begins Amid Pandemic

Governments Should Pledge to Protect Public Education Budgets, Tackle Exclusion

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July 28, 2021 Commentary

The Trouble With the ‘LGBT Community’

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July 28, 2021 Commentary

The Age of Zombie Democracies

Why Autocrats Are Abandoning Even the Pretense of Democratic Rituals

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July 28, 2021 News Release

Nigeria: Covid-19 Impact Worsens Hunger in Lagos

Inadequate Support Highlights Need for Expanded Social Security System

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