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July 15, 2019 News Release

Kuwait: 8 Egyptian Dissidents Unlawfully Returned

Deportees Face Torture, Persecution in Egypt

Kuwait’s Interior Ministry released a video statement on July 12 alleging the eight Egyptians were sought for criminal offenses in Egypt. Video originally published on Kuwait’s Interior Ministry YouTube Page.
June 26, 2019 News Release

Iraq: Amputation Apparently Caused by Torture

Investigation, Police Accountability Needed

A police officer badly injured the detainee’s left arm while torturing him during an interrogation, leading eventually to an amputation following unsuccessful surgeries. © 2018 Private
May 31, 2019 News Release

Iraq: French Citizens Allege Torture, Coercion

Countries Should Ensure Their Nationals Can Return Home

The entrance to the Karkh branch of Iraq’s Central Criminal Court.
May 30, 2019 Statement

Joint Letter to the King of Bahrain on the Death Penalty

Photos of Ali al-Arab and Ahmad al-Malali, whose death sentences were upheld by Bahrain’s Court of Cassation on May 6, 2019. © Private
May 29, 2019 Report

Palestine: No Letup in Arbitrary Arrests, Torture

Palestinian Authority, Hamas Muzzle Critics, Opponents

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May 28, 2019 News Release

Egypt: Serious Abuses, War Crimes in North Sinai

Army’s Conduct Crushed, Alienated Local Residents

Egyptian army tanks and armored vehicles in Rafah in North Sinai sometime in 2018. The army has demolished thousands of homes in the city that borders Israel and Gaza, forcibly evicting almost the entire population.
May 24, 2019 News Release

Lebanon: Syrians Summarily Deported from Airport

Forced to Sign “Voluntary” Return Forms; Risk of Serious Harm

Members of the Lebanese General Security Directorate oversee Syrian refugees boarding a bus to take them home to Syria, in the northern Beirut suburb of Burj Hammoud, Lebanon, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo/Bilal Hussein
May 22, 2019 Background Briefing

Brunei’s Pernicious New Penal Code

May 22, 2019 News Release

Brunei: New Report on Abusive Penal Code

Law Retains Death Penalty for Private Consensual Sex

The Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah listens during the first executive session of the CHOGM summit at Lancaster House in London, Thursday, April 19, 2018.
May 21, 2019 Report

Syria: Detention, Harassment in Retaken Areas

Media, Aid Workers, Activists, and Families Targeted

A checkpoint in the Syrian city of Daraa.
May 13, 2019 Statement

Syria: Tell Families of Missing the Fate of Loved Ones

Rights Groups Urge Key Countries to Press for Information

May 6, 2019 News Release

UAE: Cancer-Stricken Female Prisoner Dies

Calls for Alia Abdel Nour’s Compassionate Release Ignored

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority building, modern tall buildings on the Corniche seafront, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
April 21, 2019 Commentary

Saudi women activists should be honoured, not imprisoned

Saudi women's rights activists have been detained for 10 months

Women walk past a poster of Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, February 12, 2018. © 2018 Reuters
April 18, 2019 News Release

Iraq: Torture Persists in Mosul Jail

No Apparent Action Months After Allegations

In its August 2018 report on Faisaliya detention facility, Human Rights Watch interviewed Mahmoud who said he was hung in the “bazoona” position at least six times while in detention, for hours. He said that at least four of those times, he lost conscious
April 12, 2019 News Release

Lebanon: Refer Torture Case to Civilian Court

Itani Case Shouldn’t Be Heard by Military Courts

Zaid Itani

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