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April 14, 2021 News

Pakistan’s ‘Father’ of Human Rights Passes Away

I.A. Rehman’s Struggle for a Progressive, Tolerant Pakistan Lives On

Click to expand Image I.A. Rehman, center, addresses a news conference in…

I.A. Rehman, center, addresses a news conference, in Islamabad, Pakistan, July 16, 2018.

April 14, 2021 News

Australia: Act on Indigenous Deaths in Custody

30 Years On, Royal Commission Recommendations Should Be Fully Implemented

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A woman holds up a colorful painting that depicts the Australian continent

April 14, 2021 Daily Brief

Australia Should Investigate Indigenous Deaths: Daily Brief

Australia should investigate the deaths of indigenous people in custody. Avoiding these investigations tarnishes the country’s human rights record…

A woman holds an Indigenous Lives Matter placard during a Black Lives Matter rally on June 6, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia.

April 14, 2021 News

Mexico: Online Free Speech at Risk

Proposed Social Media Regulations Violate International Norms

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In this Dec. 18, 2020 file photo, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador gives his daily morning news conference at the presidential palace in Mexico City. On January 14, 2021, López Obrador vowed to lead an international effort to combat what he considers censorship by social media companies that blocked or suspended the accounts of Former US President Donald Trump.

April 14, 2021 News

Cameroon: Wave of Arrests, Abuse Against LGBT People

Repeal Law, Protect LGBT Rights

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Njeuken Loic (known as “Shakiro”) and Mouthe Roland (known as “Patricia”), two transgender women, in a Douala prison.

April 13, 2021 News

Letter to COVAX Facility from Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, MSF Access Campaign and Public Citizen

Responses to the letter can be found here and here: COVAX Response March 25 COVAX Response March 25…

April 13, 2021 News

Chechen Asylum Seeker Deported to Russia Arbitrarily Detained

France Complicit as Magomed Gadaev at Risk of Torture in Chechnya

Magomed Gadaev, 37, an asylum seeker from Chechnya and key witness in a high-profile torture case against Chechnya’s leadership, was abducted by Chechen security officials on April 11, two days after his deportation from France to Russia…

Magomed Gadaev pictured in Paris, France.

April 13, 2021 News

Bring Ukrainian Women, Children Home from Syria

Detained in Dire Conditions; Urgently Need Consular Support

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A boy flies a homemade kite in the foreigners’ section of al-Hol camp.

April 13, 2021 Daily Brief

Myanmar Activists Continue Defiance against Junta: Daily Brief

Myanmar pro-democracy activists have called on people to continue to show defiance of the military during the country's new year holidays, which start today. More than 700 people have been killed by…

April 13, 2021 News

Closing Camps Won’t Solve Kenya’s Refugee Problem

Government Should Protect Refugees, Not Send People Back to Dangerous Conditions

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Photo: An aerial picture shows a section of the Hagadera camp in Dadaab near the Kenya-Somalia border, May 8, 2015.

April 12, 2021 News

Letter to MFA in Ukraine Regarding Nationals Arbitrarily Held in Syria

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Minister Dmytro Kuleba Mykhailivska Square, 1, Kyiv, 01018 formin@mfa.gov.ua public.info@mfa.gov.ua press@mfa.gov.ua March 25, 2021 RE: PLIGHT OF UKRAINIANS ARBITRARILY HELD IN NORTHEAST SYRIA Dear Minister Kuleba…

April 12, 2021 News

North Korea’s Leader Warns of Famine

Kim Jong Un May Be Tightening Already Firm Grip on Power

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a closing speech at the Sixth Conference of Cell Secretaries of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea, April 8, 2021.

April 12, 2021 News

Victims of Sudan Crackdown on Protests Await Justice

More Efforts Needed to Ensure Timely, Transparent Accountability

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Sudanese celebrate after officials said the military had forced longtime autocratic President Omar al-Bashir to step down after 30 years in power in Khartoum, Sudan, Thursday, April 11, 2019.

April 12, 2021 News

Brazil: Remove Miners from Indigenous Amazon Territory

Bolsonaro Policies Fuel Deforestation in Indigenous Lands

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A mining site in the Munduruku Indigenous Land registered by Brazil's environmental agency IBAMA, May 2018.

April 12, 2021 Daily Brief

Junta Drags Myanmar Back into Dark Ages: Daily Brief

What's happening in Myanmar? In short, the military is, "dragging Myanmar back into the rights-abusing dark ages of past military dictatorships." - Death toll since February 1 coup passes 700, including at…

April 10, 2021 News

Top Rights Tweets of the Week

Trending rights tweets this week: The world needs a "people's vaccine", but rich governments are making opaque deals and prebooking the vast majority of scarce vaccine supplies, while also opposing efforts to temporarily waive complex global trade rules…