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January 14, 2021 Letter

HRW Letter to the Biden Transition Team

Regarding Ensuring Humanitarian Border Reception

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January 13, 2021 News Release

UAE: Reality of Abuses Contradicts Tolerance Rhetoric

Human Rights Violations at Home, Abroad

Workers clean the exterior of the Museum of the Future, currently under construction, in Dubai on November 19, 2020.
January 13, 2021 News Release

Libya: Road to Peace Can’t Bypass Justice

Calamitous Year for Human Rights

Fighters of Libya's UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) during clashes at the Ain Zara frontline, in the southern suburbs of capital Tripoli, with the forces of the Libyan National Army (LNA).
January 13, 2021 News Release

Yemen: International Justice Efforts Needed

Pandemic, Obstruction of Aid Expose Devastated Healthcare System

Women and children are pictured at a camp for people recently displaced by fighting in Yemen's northern province of al-Jawf between government forces and Houthis, in Marib, Yemen March 8, 2020.
January 7, 2021 Dispatches

Rohingya Arrested in Myanmar Just for Traveling

Oppressed Ethnic Group Denied Right to Freedom of Movement

Police officers wearing facemasks stand on a street in Yangon, Myanmar, November 3, 2020. 
January 6, 2021 News Release

US: ‘Remain in Mexico’ Harms Children, Families

Two Years into Program, Thousands Face Violence, Trauma, Uncertainty

A Honduran migrant mother and child wait in line for a dinner provided by volunteers at a makeshift encampment occupied by asylum seekers sent back to Mexico from the US in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, October 27, 2019.  
December 10, 2020 Commentary

“No Justice, No Truth” for Canada’s Immigration Detainees

People wait in a temporary detention center in Blackpool, Quebec, August 5, 2017.
December 3, 2020 News Release

Bangladesh: Halt Rohingya Relocations to Remote Island

Transfers Need Independent Assessment, Refugees’ Informed Consent

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November 30, 2020 Statement

Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on Oman

88th Pre-Session

November 25, 2020 Statement

Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child’s Review of Germany

88th pre-session

November 25, 2020 Dispatches

Paris Police Continue To Harass Homeless Migrants

Stop and Punish Abuse, Provide Accommodation

500 tents to shelter migrants were set up on Place de la République in Paris on November 23, 2020, before being violently dismantled by police forces
November 24, 2020 Statement

Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child’s review of the United Kingdom

88th pre-session

November 23, 2020 News Release

Italy: Strengthen Immigration Law Protections

Parliamentary Committee Should Endorse Key Amendments

Men aboard the Sea-Watch 4, a nongovernmental rescue ship, rejoice on September 1, 2020, as they learn that they have permission to disembark in Palermo, Sicily, the next day.
November 20, 2020 News Release

Malaysia: End Abusive Immigration Detention

Release Children; Allow UN Refugee Agency Access to Detained Migrants

Police officers detain an immigrant from an apartment under enhanced lockdown in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 1, 2020. © 2020 REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng
November 19, 2020 Dispatches

Greece Commits to End “Protective” Child Detention

European Support Needed for Unaccompanied Children

Unaccompanied children line up for an evening meal at a detention facility run by the Greek police.

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