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October 20, 2021 News Release

Iran: Account of Horrific Abuse of Prominent Lawyer

Mistreatment and Medical Neglect

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October 14, 2021 News Release

Canada: Stop Incarcerating Immigration Detainees in Provincial Jails

National Campaign Urges Provinces to Cancel Contracts Enabling Abuses

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July 19, 2021 News Release

UAE: Prominent Jailed Activist in Danger

Ahmed Mansoor’s Leaked Letter Details Mistreatment in Prison

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July 11, 2021 News Release

Saudi Arabia: New Details of Alleged Torture Leaked

Prison Guards Describe Harrowing Scenes Concerning Political Detainees

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July 4, 2021 Commentary

For Canada’s Immigration Detainees With Disabilities, Even Fewer Rights Are Afforded

June 22, 2021 News Release

Myanmar: Teenager Describes Torture, Mock Burial

Many Tell of Beatings, Ill-Treatment in Detention

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June 22, 2021 Report

UAE: Arbitrary Targeting of Pakistani Shia Residents

Enforced Disappearances, Incommunicado Detention, Groundless Deportation

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June 7, 2021 Statement

Tribute to Artur Ligęska, Former Prisoner in UAE

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May 18, 2021 News Release

Egypt: Prisoner’s Family Detained for Torture Complaints

Release Mother Still in Custody

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March 25, 2021 Statement

Joint NGO Letter to Formula 1 on the Bahrain Grand Prix

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March 24, 2021 News Release

Egypt: Scholar Unjustly Detained

Vienna Academic Faces Abusive ‘Terrorism’ Charges

Ahmed Samir Santawy, an anthropology master’s student at Central European University (CEU) detained in February 2021.
March 12, 2021 News Release

Condemnation of Egypt’s Abuses at UN Rights Body

Overdue Action is a Step Forward

Egyptian security forces cordon off roads during curfew hours in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, March 29, 2020
March 10, 2021 News Release

Bahrain: Police Beat, Threaten Children

Parents, Lawyers Barred from Interrogations, Hearings

Sayed Hasan Ameen, 16, has serious medical complications from sickle cell anemia but Bahraini authorities denied him family visits and access to medications in detention. He is being tried as an adult, along with other children.
February 26, 2021 News Release

Bangladesh: Writer Dies After 9 Months in Custody

Held in Pretrial Detention After Criticizing Government

Activists and students demonstrate against writer Mushtaq Ahmed’s death in police custody, Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 26, 2021.
February 25, 2021 News Release

Saudi Arabia: Proposed Reforms Neglect Basic Rights

Ongoing Repression, Absence of Civil Society Impede Progress

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