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August 23, 2019 News Release

Sudan: Prioritize Justice, Accountability

New Transitional Government Needs Benchmarks, Monitoring

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August 22, 2019 Dispatches

Pakistan Should Not Again Fail ‘Honor Killing’ Victim

End Impunity of Family Murders of Women

Members of civil society hold placards during a protest in Islamabad, Pakistan against a recent "honor" killing on May 29, 2014.
August 22, 2019 News Release

Myanmar: Crimes Against Rohingya Go Unpunished

Address Causes of Crisis, Cooperate With UN

Rohingya refugees gather behind a barbed-wire fence in the “no-man’s land” border zone between Myanmar and Bangladesh, April 25, 2018.
August 22, 2019 News Release

Australia: Retain Emergency Medical Care for Refugees

Bill Threatens Their Health

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August 22, 2019 Commentary

Favela Children Speak the Truth About Abusive Policing

Carta enviada por criança da favela da Maré, no Rio, ao TJ, sobre operações policiais no local
August 22, 2019 Impact

European Court Slams Russia Over Domestic Violence Case

Ruling means justice for victim, first step toward directing policy changes

In February 2017, parliament decriminalized first instances of battery among family members.
August 22, 2019 News Release

Saudi Arabia: Travel Restrictions on Saudi Women Lifted

Other Discriminatory Guardianship Rules Remain

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August 22, 2019 Commentary

Enforced Disappearances Met With Denials From Bangladesh

Authorities Need to Stop Feigning Ignorance

Relatives hold portraits of disappeared family members at an event calling for the end of enforced disappearances, killings, and abductions, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 30, 2014.
August 22, 2019 News Release

Georgia: Worker Rights, Safety at Risk

Regulation, Oversight Urgently Needed to Protect Miners

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August 22, 2019 News Release

Venezuela: UN Should Set Commission of Inquiry

Accountability Needed for Egregious Crimes, Humanitarian Emergency

Delegates sit at the opening of the 41th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, June 24, 2019.
August 21, 2019 Commentary

Indonesia’s Journalists Grapple With Islamism

Reporters in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country are navigating — and too often abetting — a rising trend of reactionary Islamism.

Yogyakarta Governor Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X talks to journalist after cast his votes at a polling station in Yogyakarta, Indonesia on April 17, 2019.
August 21, 2019 News Release

US: New Rules Allow Indefinite Detention of Children

Detention Has Severe Consequences for Children’s Health and Safety

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August 21, 2019 Dispatches

Who Will Pay to Clean Up US Coal Ash Pollution?

Environmental Protection Agency’s Proposal Risks Serious Harm

Coal ash swirls on the surface of the Dan River in Danville, Virginia
August 21, 2019 Letter

Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OLEM-2019-0085 - Human Rights Watch Comment to EPA Regarding Financial Responsibility Requirements under CERCLA Section 108(b)

The EPA should reverse its proposed rule and require financial assurances for the electric power generation, transmission, and distribution industry

August 21, 2019 Dispatches

Silencing of Activist Shows Kazakhstan’s Contempt for Rights

Conditions on Serikzhan Bilash’s Release Should be Dropped

Serikzhan Bilash, a prominent activist who has campaigned for the release of ethnic Kazakhs in China, poses for a photograph, in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

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