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May 18, 2017 News Release

Sri Lanka: Anti-Terror Bill Revives Concerns of Abuse

Draft Law Falls Far Short of Colombo’s Pledges to United Nations

Sri Lanka: Anti-Terror Bill Revives Concerns of Abuse PHOTO
April 28, 2017 News Release

Philippines: Release and Protect “Secret Jail” Detainees

Investigate and Shutter Unofficial Police Lock-Up Cells

Philippines: Release and Protect “Secret Jail” Detainees PHOTO
January 12, 2017 News Release

Vietnam: End Crackdown on Bloggers and Activists

Country’s New Leaders Fail to Ease Up on Repression

Farmers from Duong Noi village protest during the trial of Can Thi Theu, a farmer and land rights activist in Hanoi. The placards read "Can Thi Theu is innocent," "Justice for innocent Can Thi Theu" and "Make arrest - grabbing land is criminal," September
January 8, 2017 Commentary

Criminal Gangs Run Brazil’s Prisons

A relative of a prisoner holds a local newspaper, which shows a headline about a deadly prison riot, in front of Anisio Jobim prison in Manaus, Brazil, on January 3, 2017.
June 17, 2016 News Release

Bangladesh: Halt Mass Arbitrary Arrests

Carry Out Proper Investigations to Identify and Prosecute ‘Machete Attacks’

Police stand guard during a rally by activists demanding capital punishment for a group of bloggers in Dhaka, Bangladesh on April 12, 2013.
April 4, 2016 News Release

US: Releases Signal Progress on Guantanamo

Senegal Shows Leadership, Compassion in Accepting Libyan Detainees

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December 1, 2015 Interview

Interview: Torture and the CIA

Illustration of the scales of justice replaced by two people shackled by their wrists and dangling in the air.
November 23, 2015 News Release

China: Allow Independent Investigations Into Xinjiang Violence

Deadly Counterterror Raid Increases Excess Force Concerns

Xinjiang Soldiers
October 31, 2015 Commentary

Lessons for Brazil from US Prison Mistakes

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October 20, 2015 Commentary

Pernambuco’s Privatized Prisons

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October 19, 2015 News Release

Brazil: Where Inmates Run the Show

Among Brazil’s Overpacked Prisons, Pernambuco Tops the List

Penitenciária Agro-Industrial São João
October 1, 2015 Dispatches

Dispatches: Britain Backtracks on Justice for Yemen

Damaged buildings in Yemen's southern port city of Aden, May 8, 2015.
August 12, 2015 News Release

Brazil: Approve Critical Justice Reform

“Custody Hearings” Improve Due Process, Reduce Prison Overcrowding

A judge holds a custody hearing for a detainee in São Paulo on May 11, 2015, with the participation of a prosecutor and a public defender.
April 8, 2015 Report

Brazil: Prison Crisis Spurs Rights Reform

Custody Hearings Help Curb Overcrowding

February 12, 2015 Dispatches

Dispatches: Identifying Pakistan’s ‘Disappeared’

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