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June 30, 2022 News Release

Palestine: Impunity for Arbitrary Arrests, Torture

PA, Hamas Abuse Still Systemic a Year After Prominent Critic Beaten to Death

Demonstrators carry pictures of activist Nizar Banat during a protest in the West Bank city of Ramallah on the same day he was beaten to death in Palestinian Authority custody, Thursday, June 24, 2021.
June 30, 2022 Statement

Joint Submission by Human Rights Watch and Lawyers for Justice to the Committee Against Torture on Palestine

74th Session, July 12-29, 2022

June 27, 2022 Statement

Enforce Lebanon’s Anti-Torture Law

Joint Statement to Lebanese Authorities

Ziad Itani, a Lebanese actor, who was exonerated of spying for Israel, is carried after he was released by Lebanese authorities. Itani has accused security officials of torturing him and has called on authorities to investigate.
June 27, 2022 News Release

Lebanon: Commitment Needed to Tackle Torture

Allocate Funds for Anti-Torture Unit; Strengthen Law, Investigations

Ziad Itani, a Lebanese actor, who was exonerated of spying for Israel, is carried after he was released by Lebanese authorities. Itani has accused security officials of torturing him and has called on authorities to investigate.
June 10, 2022 Dispatches

Egypt’s Response to Torture: Punish the Victims

Trial of Alleged Torture Victims Displays Ingrained Impunity

Exterior of a prison
June 8, 2022 Q & A

Iran’s 1988 Mass Executions

Evidence & Legal Analysis of “Crimes Against Humanity”

Photos of victims at a memorial commemorating those killed during the mass executions in the 1980s, Khavaran cemetery in Tehran, Iran, 2020.
June 8, 2022 News Release

Iran: 1988 Mass Executions Evident Crimes Against Humanity

Senior Officials Implicated Should Be Investigated, Fairly Prosecuted

Photos of victims at a memorial commemorating those killed during the mass executions in the 1980s, Khavaran cemetery in Tehran, Iran, 2020.
April 25, 2022 News Release

Israel: Release Long Detained Gaza Aid Worker

6 Years After Arrest, Mohammad al-Halabi Has Not Been Convicted of a Crime

Palestinian demonstrators hold posters of Mohammad al-Halabi
April 20, 2022 News Release

Egypt: Release Autopsy Report, Investigate Suspicious Death

Economist Died in Custody After Enforced Disappearance

Ayman Hadhoud
April 18, 2022 Report

Yemen: Latest Round of Saudi-UAE-Led Attacks Targets Civilians

Killings Apparently Unlawful, Any Future Peace Talks Should Prioritize Justice

Rescue members remove rubble covering victims of aerial attacks carried out by the Saudi and UAE-led coalition.
April 7, 2022 Statement

Submission to the Committee Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Punishment Ahead of the Review of the Republic of Iraq

73rd Session: March 2022

Map of iraq
April 4, 2022 Statement

Legal Analysis of Agreements Allowing Immigration Detention in Canadian Provincial Jails

February 16, 2022 News Release

Egypt: Rights Defender’s Imprisoned Father At Risk

Provide Medical Care, Investigate Torture Claims

Salah Soltan
January 28, 2022 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee in Advance of its Review of Egypt

UN Headquarters
January 27, 2022 News Release

Egypt: Forced Returns of Eritrean Asylum Seekers

Children, Adults Arbitrarily Detained, Denied Access to UN Refugee Agency

The scarred back of an Eritrean asylum seeker in Cairo who says Egyptian traffickers tortured him for ransom in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula by dripping molten plastic onto his back, May 2013.

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