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August 11, 2020 Dispatches

A Step Forward for Abortion Rights in Italy

Revised Medical Abortion Guidance Will Help Ensure Safe, Legal Care

Striscioni e poster di un sit-in di attiviste Pro-Choice, organizzato dalla Rete Italiana Contraccezione Aborto, presso il Ministero della Saluta a Roma il 2 luglio 2020. Le attiviste e le organizzazioni hanno chiesto una contraccezione gratuita e accessibile e la garanzia dell’accesso all’aborto.
August 11, 2020 Letter

Bangladesh: Joint Call for the Release of Journalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol

Journalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol was arrested on May 3, 2020, after being forcibly disappeared for 53 days.
August 11, 2020 Dispatches

End Inhuman Prison Conditions of Activists in Zimbabwe

Prison Authorities Should Uphold Rights of all Detainees

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August 11, 2020 News Release

Belarus: Violence, Abuse in Response to Election Protests

Thousands Detained; Beatings, Stun Grenades, Rubber Bullets

People argue with police during a rally after the Belarusian presidential election in Minsk, Belarus, late Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020.
August 11, 2020 Letter

Letter to Mexican Senators on the Open Parliament Process

Members of the Salud Mental con Derechos make recommendations for a truly participatory and inclusive Open Parliament process

August 11, 2020 Dispatches

Mexican Senate Should Engage in Meaningful Consultations on Mental Health Bill

Coalition urges the inclusion of persons with disabilities in the consultation process.

August 11, 2020 News Release

China/Hong Kong: Mass Arrests Under Security Law

Police Arrest Pro-Democracy Activists, Critics; Raid Prominent Independent Newspaper

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August 11, 2020 Commentary

The ICC’s Work in Congo Isn’t Done

A Congolese victim of ethnic violence rests inside a ward at the General Hospital in Bunia, Ituri province in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo June 25, 2019.
August 11, 2020 News Release

Iran: Protester Accused of Killing Soldier Executed

Lack of Due Process, Prisoners on Death Row

On December 30, 2017, a university student attends a protest inside Tehran University while a smoke grenade is thrown by anti-riot Iranian police, in Tehran, Iran.
August 10, 2020 News Release

Western Australia: End Prolonged Solitary Confinement

Abusive Practice Violates Prison Department’s Own Standards

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August 10, 2020 Letter

Public Comment Opposing Proposed Asylum Bars

Migrants seeking asylum wait in line with their case paperwork on October 5, 2019
August 10, 2020 Commentary

Those Who Value the Rule of Law Should Back Supreme Court’s Independence in Colombia

Former Colombian president Álvaro Uribe arrives at the Supreme Court for questioning in a case about his alleged involvement in witness tampering in Bogotá, Colombia, Tuesday, October 8, 2019.
August 10, 2020 Commentary

The U.N. Secretary-General Is Letting Powerful Countries Get Away With Killing Kids

Children attending class on the first day of school. An airstrike damaged the school during fighting between Saudi-led coalition-backed Yemeni government forces and Houthi forces, Taizz, Yemen, September 3, 2019.
August 10, 2020 News Release

Killer Robots: Growing Support for a Ban

Shared Concerns, Desire for Human Control Should Spur Regulation

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August 10, 2020 Commentary

The Murder of Three Russian Journalists Should Not Go Unsolved

Russian and Central African Authorities Have Put Little Effort Into Finding the Perpetrators

Flowers are placed by portraits of slain journalists Alexander Rastorguyev, Kirill Radchenko, and Orkhan Dzhemal, at the Russian Journalists’ Union building in Moscow on August 1, 2018.

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