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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.
December 26, 2020 News Release

China: Free Journalists, Activists

Arbitrary Detentions for Independent Reporting, Criticizing Government

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December 22, 2020 News Release

China: Repression Threatens Winter Olympics

Letter to International Olympic Committee Urges Human Rights Risk Assessment

Photo of the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games logo in Zhangjiakou City where the 2022 Winter Olympic Games will take place, September 17, 2020, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province, China. © 2020 Imaginechina via AP Images
November 17, 2020 Commentary

Canada Shouldn’t be Fooled by Saudi Arabia’s G20 Ploy

Since the brutal murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi state agents two years ago, Saudi Arabia has significantly ramped up its efforts to divert public attention from its dismal human rights record.
October 19, 2020 News Release

North Korea: Horrific Pretrial Detention System

Torture, Lack of Due Process, Arbitrary Punishment, Corruption Rampant

An overhead illustration of people in a crowded jail cell
October 13, 2020 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on Egypt

79th Pre-Session

October 6, 2020 News Release

Egypt: Police Beat Man to Death, Family Says

Relatives, Witnesses, Journalists Detained

Islam al-Australi, 26, who died in police custody.
October 2, 2020 Report

Saudi Arabia: ‘Image Laundering’ Conceals Abuses

New Human Rights Watch Campaign Against Whitewashing Rights Violations

Nicki Minaj
September 6, 2020 News Release

Algeria: Activist Facing Charges for Peaceful Support of Protests

Trial Postponed Over His Poor Health, But He Remains in Detention

An Algerian demonstrator holds the Algerian national flag as he stage a protest against the government in Algiers, Algeria, Friday, Nov.29, 2019. 
September 6, 2020 News Release

Saudi Arabia: Prominent Detainees Held Incommunicado

Safety Concerns for Activists, Ex-Crown Prince, Cleric

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.
July 10, 2020 News Release

Iran: Death Penalty for Protest-Related Charges

Vague Charges; Allegations of Abuse and Torture

Iranian protesters gather around a burning car during a demonstration against an increase in gasoline prices in the capital Tehran, on November 16, 2019.
June 28, 2020 News Release

Syria: Protesters Describe Beatings, Arrests

Syrians Returned to Streets Over Economic Meltdown

People hold up banners at a protest in Sweida on June 9, 2020
June 6, 2020 News Release

Iran: Free Students Long in Solitary

No Access to Lawyer, Risk of Mistreatment

March 17, 2020 News Release

Saudi Arabia: New Mass Corruption Arrests

Previous Campaign Marred by Lack of Due Process, Torture Allegations

Women walk past a poster of Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud during Janadriyah Cultural Festival on the outskirts of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia February 12, 2018.
March 9, 2020 News Release

Bahrain: Death Sentences Despite Torture Claims

Halt Executions

Mohamed Ramadan (left) and Hussein Ali Moosa (right).

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