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January 18, 2021 News

Proposed UN Cybercrime Treaty Could Undermine Human Rights

Delegations Should Insist on Civil Society Inclusion and Respect for Rights

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U.N. headquarters Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon)

January 18, 2021 News

Sri Lanka: Covid-19 Forced Cremation of Muslims Discriminatory

Baseless Public Health Claims Smokescreen for Persecuting Minority

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January 18, 2021 Daily Brief

Occupied Palestinians Excluded in Israel's Vaccination Push: Daily Brief

Israel's selective vaccinations in territory it occupies; global outrage at arrest of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Russia; Sri Lanka's forced cremation of Muslims is discriminatory; UK falls short in efforts to address China's Xinjiang abuses;…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu receives the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine in Ramat Gan, Israel on January 9, 2021.

January 17, 2021 News

Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week

Trending rights tweets this week: Switzerland's secret agreement with China; tips for making Twitter a less toxic place; more support needed for new arrivals of Ethiopia's Tigray region in Sudan; and HRW releases its annual review of human rights around…

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during an event to honor some of those involved in China's fight against Covid-19 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, September 8, 2020.

January 17, 2021 News

Israel: Provide Vaccines to Occupied Palestinians

Over 4.5 Million in West Bank, Gaza Excluded From Vaccination Push

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January 16, 2021 News

UK Lags Behind Tackling Forced Labor in Xinjiang

New Measures to Address Abuses in Chinese Region Insufficient

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People work amidst massive piles of cotton in China's Xinjiang province.

January 15, 2021 News

NY Attorney General Sues Police for Violence Against Protesters

Case Could Lead to a Greater Reckoning Over Police Abuses

New York State’s Attorney General Letitia James…

January 15, 2021 News

European Court Accepts Case to Adjudicate Abuses in Crimea

Decision Recognizes Abuses in Crimea Are Attributable to Russia

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January 15, 2021 Video

18th Annual Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival Trailer

The 18th annual Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival, in its second year of partnership with Hot Docs, will present five powerful and compelling films that will be completely digital for the first time since the Toronto HRWFF’s inception. This…

January 15, 2021 News

Another COVID risk – overuse of psychotropic drugs on seniors in care

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January 15, 2021 News

Cameroon Court Denies Request to Release Opposition Leaders

Free Arbitrarily Arrested Opponents, Ensure Freedom of Assembly

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Demonstrators stopped by gendarmes and police in Bafang, West Cameroon, on September 22, 2020.

January 15, 2021 News

Top US Officials Knew of Harm Caused by Separating Families

Bad Policy, Planning and Heartlessness of ‘Zero Tolerance’ at Border

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People hold signs to protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order to detain children crossing the southern U.S. border and separating families outside of City Hall in Los Angeles, California, U.S. June 7, 2018.

January 15, 2021 Daily Brief

Two Years in Prison for Pro-LGBT Poster?: Daily Brief

An assault on freedom of speech and the LGBT community in Poland; momentum builds around intersex protection in India; lockdown while shackled; pandemic exposes abuses against garment workers; EU should regulate artificial intelligence to protect rights;…

January 14, 2021 News

Venezuela: Attacks Against Freedom of Expression Must Cease Immediately

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Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro holds a copy of the constitution during his annual address to the nation before lawmakers at the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021.

January 14, 2021 News

Momentum Builds Around Intersex Protection in India

Delhi Child Rights Commission Recommends an End to Risky Surgeries

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January 14, 2021 News

HRW Letter to the Biden Transition Team

Regarding Ensuring Humanitarian Border Reception

To: Members of the Biden transition agency review team for the Department of Homeland Security CC: Nominee for Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, Director of the Domestic Policy Council designate Susan Rice, National…

January 14, 2021 News

Auditing firms shouldn’t provide cover for the inaction of global brands on low wages

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Garment workers in a factory await a visit by Prime Minister Hun Sen outside of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, August 30, 2017.

January 14, 2021 News

EU Should Regulate Artificial Intelligence to Protect Rights

Privacy, Non-Discrimination, and Social Security Safeguards Needed

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European Union flags are waving in front of the headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels. August 5, 2020.

January 14, 2021 News

Biden Can’t Make Washington a Beacon for Human Rights by Returning to Business as Usual

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President-elect Joe Biden speaks at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Delaware, January 6, 2021.

January 14, 2021 Daily Brief

Impeachment Is Not Enough: Daily Brief

All Americans should now rally behind rule of law; internationally, Biden can’t return to business as usual; EU condemns US federal execution in Trump's last days; Uganda heads to the polls after campaign of government repression; and our annual World…

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