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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 17, 2020 News Release

Egypt: Collective Punishment in Scorpion Prison

New Restrictions on Ventilation, Electricity Follow Suspicious Killings

A satellite photograph of Scorpion Prison taken in September 2016. Inmates suffer abuses in secret and are denied most access to the outside world. Satellite imagery

December 16, 2020 News Release

Saudi: Terrorism Court Rushes Activist’s Unfair Trial

Charges Relate Solely to Peaceful Women’s Rights Activism

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.

December 16, 2020 News Release

UAE: Imprisoned Activist’s Health at Risk

Ahmed Mansoor Held in Indefinite Solitary Confinement; Denied Necessities, Medication

Human rights activist Ahmed Mansoor smiles while speaking to Associated Press journalists in Ajman, United Arab Emirates, on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016.

December 9, 2020 Report

China: Big Data Program Targets Xinjiang’s Muslims

Leaked List of Over 2,000 Detainees Demonstrates Automated Repression

November 23, 2020 News Release

Saudi Arabia: Clarify Status of Uyghur Detainees

Risk of Forced Return to Persecution in China

November 20, 2020 News Release

Malaysia: End Abusive Immigration Detention

Release Children; Allow UN Refugee Agency Access to Detained Migrants

Police officers detain an immigrant from an apartment under enhanced lockdown in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 1, 2020. © 2020 REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng

November 6, 2020 News Release

Yemen: Jailed Journalists Face Abuse, Death Penalty

Houthi Authorities Should Free 4 Reporters Wrongfully Convicted

Tawfiq al-Mansouri's mother, daughter, and wife hold up a photo of him during a demonstration. Al-Mansouri is one of four imprisoned Yemeni journalists currently facing the death penalty.

November 4, 2020 Statement

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

79th Pre-Session

October 23, 2020 News Release

Iran: Prisoners Who Reported Abuse Charged

Unfair Trials, Impunity, Pressure to Silence Victims

A campaign poster showing environmental activists, Taher Ghadirian, Niloufar Bayani, Amirhossein Khaleghi, Houman Jokar, Sam Rajabi, Sepideh Kashani, Morad Tahbaz and Abdolreza Kouhpayeh.

October 22, 2020 News Release

Egypt: 49 Executions In 10 Days

Mass Executions Follow Suspicious Prison Killings

October 21, 2020 Statement

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

79th Pre-Session

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

September 16, 2020 Commentary

How to Answer Iraq’s Dangerous Failure to Put a Stop to Torture

Juveniles’ cell at Tal Kayf prison, taken in April 2019 and shared confidentially with Human Rights Watch, shows extreme overcrowding at the prison.

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