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July 16, 2021 Dispatches

Poland Undermines Justice at Home and across Europe

Compromised Tribunal Rejects EU Rulings

A pro-EU protestor stands outside the Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw, Poland, on April 28, 2021 with posters that say Rule of Law and No Polexit!
July 15, 2021 Dispatches

Russian Authorities Strike at Investigative Reporting

Latest Attack in a Growing Crackdown on Free Expression

Roman Badanin, chief editor of Project, October 2016.
July 15, 2021 News Release

Australia: 8 Years of Abusive Offshore Asylum Processing

Governments Should Reject Costly, Harmful Policy for Refugees, Asylum Seekers

Asylum seekers and human rights activists protest against the detention of refugees amid the Covid-19 crisis in Brisbane.
July 15, 2021 Letter

Joint Letter on Prison Conditions

In this photo released by the Department of Corrections, COVID-19 prisoners sit inside a field hospital set up at the Medical Correctional Institution to treat COVID-19 inmates in Bangkok, Thailand on May 8, 2021.
July 15, 2021 News Release

Japan: Stop Real Estate Project in Myanmar

Commercial Dealings with Abusive Military Undermines Rights

Activists demonstrate in front of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo to cut off funding for Myanmar's national army on June 18, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. 
July 15, 2021 Dispatches

UK National Food Strategy Has Game-Changing Potential

Proposals to Tackle Inequality Can Help Advance Right to Food

Students eat lunch at Chertsey High School on March 09, 2021 in Chertsey, United Kingdom. 
July 15, 2021 Background Briefing

Technical Briefing Note: Cluster Munition Use in the Karabakh Conflict

Body of a LAR-160 series Israeli-made rocket
July 15, 2021 News Release

Belarus: Unprecedented Raids on Human Rights Defenders

Countrywide Searches, Detentions Also Target Journalists, Critics

Belarusian riot police block the road to stop demonstrators during an opposition rally to protest the official presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus on November 15, 2020.
July 15, 2021 UPR

UPR Submission

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July 15, 2021 Q & A

Q&A: Legal Framework and Environment for Nongovernmental Groups (NGOs) in Egypt

Prominent rights activist and journalist Hossam Baghat, center, leaves a courtroom at the Cairo Criminal Court on March 24, 2016. In recent years, Egyptian authorities have relentlessly prosecuted leading human rights and civil society activists for their
July 15, 2021 Statement

Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

July 14, 2021 Dispatches

North Korea Takes UN Hypocrisy to New Heights

Pyongyang Blames Problems on Everything but Own Abusive Policies

Visitors pay homage to the late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il ahead of the 27th anniversary of the death of Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang, North Korea, on July 7, 2021. 
July 14, 2021 News Release

Iran: Alleged Plot to Kidnap Prominent Dissident in US

Federal Court Indicts 4 Iranians for Targeting Journalist Masih Alinejad

Journalist and author Masih Alinejad speaks at a conference in New York City, on October 16, 2018.
July 14, 2021 Dispatches

Cuba Responds to Landmark Demonstrations with Brutal Repression

Internet Outages as Protesters Are Detained, Held Incommunicado

Plainclothes officers detain a protester during a protest in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, July 11, 2021. 
July 14, 2021 Dispatches

New Pledges to End Child Marriage in Francophone Africa

Governments Need to Match Commitments with Action

A girl holds the hand of a boy in Agadez, Niger on October 9, 2018.

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