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December 6, 2019 News Release

Algeria: Crackdown as Election Looms

Prison Sentences for Protesters

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November 12, 2019 News Release

Cambodia: Drop Case Against Opposition Leader

EU Should Demand Restoration of Kem Sokha’s Political Rights

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.
November 11, 2019 News Release

Sri Lanka: Next President Faces Major Rights Challenges

Provide Justice for Past Crimes, Prevent Future Abuses

Sri Lanka's elections chief Mahinda Deshapriya displays ballot boxes that will be used in the upcoming presidential election in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019. The voting is scheduled to be held on Nov. 16.
November 11, 2019 News Release

Papua New Guinea: Video Shows Police Abuse

Investigate and Prosecute Police Brutality

Screenshot of Papua New Guinean police officers violently beating three men on a street in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea shared on social media on November 4, 2019.
November 7, 2019 News Release

Cambodia: Let Opposition Leaders Return

End Arbitrary Arrests, Detention of Party Activists and Supporters

Police officers paint on barricades at the park near the residence of Cambodian's Prime Minister Hun Sen in the preparation for Saturday's Independent Day event, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019.
October 10, 2019 News Release

Indonesia: Investigate Environmental Lawyer’s Death

Golfrid Siregar Helped to Protect Sumatra’s Rainforests, Villagers

Golfrid Siregar (left),  an environmental lawyer, died on October 6, 2019 three days after his unconscious body was found in Medan, North Sumatra.
September 16, 2019 News Release

India: Free Kashmiris Arbitrarily Detained

Thousands Held More Than a Month Without Charge

A paramilitary trooper stands guard during shutdown in Srinagar, Kashmir.
September 11, 2019 Commentary

Justice, Delayed in Libya

Armed forces allied to internationally recognized government fight with armed group in Tripoli, Libya September 22, 2018. © 2018 Hani Amara/Reuters
September 7, 2019 News Release

Bangladesh: Clampdown on Rohingya Refugees

End Restrictions on Movement, Internet; Investigate Killings of 4

Rohingya refugees gather in the open field at kutupalong refugee camp to commemorate the second anniversary of the 2017 crisis when they were forced to flee from their northern Rakhine state homes in Myanmar escaping a brutal military crackdown. According
September 4, 2019 News Release

Thailand: ‘Disappeared’ Activist’s Remains Found

Justice for ‘Billy’ Hindered by Cover-Up, Legal Loopholes

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August 6, 2019 News Release

India: Basic Freedoms at Risk in Kashmir

Free Political Leaders, Restore Communications, Exercise Restraint

Tourists walk past Indian security forces during curfew like restrictions in Jammu, India, Monday, Aug. 5, 2019.
August 3, 2019 Dispatches

The End of Thailand’s Human Rights Commission?

Urgent Revamp Needed to Ensure Credibility, Independence

Jose L. Cuisia Jr., chairperson of Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation, presents the 2019 Ramon Magsaysay awardee Angkhana Neelapaijit from Thailand during an event in Manila, Philippines, Friday Aug. 2, 2019.
August 1, 2019 News Release

Sri Lanka: No Progress in Prosecuting Aid Worker Massacre

Reinvigorate Commitment to Justice for Civil War Atrocities

Candles are burned at the memorial for slain humanitarian workers from Action Contre La Faim in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka, August 11, 2006.
July 30, 2019 Dispatches

Killings Escalate in Central Philippines

Government, Rebel Forces in Negros Should End Unlawful Attacks

Supporters shout slogans as they hold paper crosses bearing names of killed people from Negros Oriental province during a rally in metropolitan Manila, Philippines on Monday, April 8, 2019.
July 25, 2019 Dispatches

Former Hitmen Implicate Ex-Gambia Dictator

Truth Commission Hears Testimony Against Yahya Jammeh

TRRC lead counsel Essa Faal questioning Staff Sgt. Amadou Badjie at Gambia Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission, July 25, 2019

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