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December 18, 2020 Dispatches

Tanzanian Activist Still Jailed One Year On

Tito Magoti and His Friend Arbitrarily Detained

Tito Magoti and Theodory Giyani attend a court hearing in Dar es Salaam on December 24, 2019.
December 17, 2020 Commentary

Russia Is Cracking Down on Political Performance Art. It Should Listen, Not Lash Out.

Pussy Riot’s “Caution: Fragile” performance, Moscow. November 28, 2020.
December 17, 2020 Commentary

Why Are Russians Paying for Bombing Schools in Syria?

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December 17, 2020 Dispatches

Kazakhstan Adopts Long-Promised Amendments to Trade Union Law

Authorities Should Register Shuttered Trade Unions, Confederation

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December 17, 2020 Dispatches

Romanian Court Slams Law Banning Discussion of Gender in Education

Law Curtailed Rights to Freedom of Expression, Health, Non-discrimination

The Constitutional Court of Romania, July 2020. 
December 17, 2020 News Release

France: Law for Responsible Asset Return Urgently Needed

ICJ Rejects Challenge to Confiscating “Ill-Gotten” Mansion

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December 17, 2020 Report

Peru: Serious Police Abuses Against Protesters

Ensure Accountability; Prevent Future Abuses

A woman lights a candle at a memorial for protesters who were injured or killed in Lima in November 2020, outside of Peru’s Congress building.
December 17, 2020 News Release

Egypt: Collective Punishment in Scorpion Prison

New Restrictions on Ventilation, Electricity Follow Suspicious Killings

A satellite photograph of Scorpion Prison taken in September 2016. Inmates suffer abuses in secret and are denied most access to the outside world. Satellite imagery
December 17, 2020 News Release

South Asia: Justice, Services Can Curb Sexual Violence

Death Penalty Push Ignores Real Solutions to Regional Failings

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December 17, 2020 Dispatches

Hungary’s Family Minister Undermines Equality for Women

Government Should Act to Redress Domestic Violence and Pay Gaps

Hungarian minister with responsibility for families, Katalin Novak, in a December 2020 video lecturing Hungarian women about how they can achieve success.
December 16, 2020 News Release

Saudi: Terrorism Court Rushes Activist’s Unfair Trial

Charges Relate Solely to Peaceful Women’s Rights Activism

Prominent women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul had been on hunger strike for six days before Saudi authorities finally allowed her parents to visit on August 31, according to family members. Al-Hathloul had spent almost three months before that in incommunicado detention.
December 16, 2020 Dispatches

Combating Domestic Violence is Dangerous Work in Russia

Another Women’s Rights Group Could Be Labeled a “Foreign Agent”

The staff of Nasiliu.net center, an awareness-raising group that provides assistance to domestic violence survivors.  
December 16, 2020 Dispatches

DR Congo’s Yumbi Massacre Survivors Desperate for Justice

Two Years On, No Accountability for 535 Killed

A burned house in Bongende village, Yumbi territory, on the banks of the Congo River, Democratic Republic of Congo, January 27, 2019.
December 16, 2020 News Release

Azerbaijan: Attack on Church Possible War Crime

Investigate and Hold Those Responsible to Account

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December 16, 2020 News Release

UAE: Imprisoned Activist’s Health at Risk

Ahmed Mansoor Held in Indefinite Solitary Confinement; Denied Necessities, Medication

Human rights activist Ahmed Mansoor smiles while speaking to Associated Press journalists in Ajman, United Arab Emirates, on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016.

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