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   June 12, 2019 Report

   Gaza: Unlawful Attacks in May Fighting

   Israeli Airstrikes Kill 13 Civilians; Palestinian Rockets Kill 6

   Expand The sign for a gift shop recently converted into a center for people with disabilities on the ground floor of a commercial building in south Gaza. On May 5, 2019, Israeli airstrikes killed three civilians in the building.  © 2019 Khaled Al-‘Azayezeh, B’Tselem (Jerusalem) – Fighting between ...

2. June 12, 2019 Letter

   Letter to 41st Session of the UN Human Rights Council on Eritrea

   Ensure Continued Scrutiny of the Human Rights Situation in Eritrea

   as an endorsement of the status quo, further en­trenching systemic rights violations. Discontinuation of the mandate ...

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   June 12, 2019 Commentary

   Burkina Faso’s Atrocities in the Name of Security Will Help Terrorists’ Ranks

     Burkina Faso is in the  grips of a dangerous threat from armed Islamist fighters  who are murdering civilians and threatening to destabilize other West African countries. But the government’s abusive counterinsurgency strategy, notably the summary execution of suspects, risks inflaming the ...

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   June 11, 2019 Dispatches

   Justice Long Overdue for Bangladesh’s Disappeared

   Government Needs to Account for Disappearances of Kalpana Chakma, Many Others

   Expand Relatives hold portraits of disappeared family members at an event calling for the end of enforced disappearances, killings, and abductions, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 30, 2014.  © 2014 Zakir Hossain Chowdhury/ ZUMA Wire/Alamy Kalpana Chakma, missing since June 12, 1996, is often ...

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   June 11, 2019 Dispatches

   New York State May Decriminalize Sex Work

   Proposed Bill Would Help Protect Sex Workers’ Health and Safety

   Yesterday, lawmakers in New York State introduced a bill decriminalizing sex work. Decriminalization would be a big step towards protecting the health, safety, and dignity of sex workers. Other US states and Washington, DC, where a bill to decriminalize sex work is also pending, should follow. ...

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   June 13, 2019 Interactive

   From Cradle to Grave

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   June 11, 2019 Statement

   Statement by HRW about Decree that Weakens Anti-Torture Body

   Expand Detainees at the Penitenciária Agro-Industrial São João (PAISJ) in Itamaracá. In August 2015, the prison housed 2,350 people in space officially designated to hold a maximum of 630.  Human Rights Watch is very concerned about a decree issued by president Jair Bolsonaro that eliminates the ...

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   June 11, 2019 Dispatches

   UN Security Council Finally Addresses Missing Persons in Conflict

   Countries Should Account for Living and Dead in Syria, Other Wars

   العربية Expand © 2015 Human Rights Watch Today, the United Nations Security Council passed its first resolution on missing persons in armed conflicts, seizing a key opportunity to strengthen efforts toward uncovering the fates of those missing and giving closure to countless families. The ...

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   June 11, 2019 Dispatches

   Delays in US Payday Loan Reform Will Hurt Consumers

   Consumer Protection Agency Is Considering Repealing Critical Protections During Delay

   Expand Kathy Kraninger, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, takes questions from the House Financial Services Committee's biannual review of the CFPB, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 7, 2019. © 2019 J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo   The US Consumer Financial ...

10. June 11, 2019 Statement

    Testimony before US Congress on Ortega's Crackdown in Nicaragua

    Testimony before the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee: Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security, and Trade Crushing Dissent: The Ongoing Crisis in Nicaragua June 11, 2019 José Miguel Vivanco, Americas Director   Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Francis Rooney, other ...

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    June 11, 2019 News Release

    Nicaragua: US Should Impose Targeted Sanctions

    Human Rights Watch Testifies before US Congress on Ortega’s Crackdown

    Expand An anti-government protester is dragged away and arrested by police as security forces disrupt an opposition march coined "United for Freedom" in Managua, Nicaragua, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018. © 2018 AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga (Washington, DC) – The United States Congress should press the ...

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    June 11, 2019 News Release

    Botswana: High Court Strikes Down Sodomy Laws

    New Momentum for African LGBT Movements

    Français Expand © 2014 LEGABIBO (Johannesburg) – The High Court in Botswana ruled on June 11, 2019 that laws criminalizing consensual same-sex relations were unconstitutional, Human Rights Watch said today. The ruling upheld the rights of the country’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) ...

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    June 11, 2019 Dispatches

    Kazakhstan’s Workers’ Rights Crackdown Under Fresh Scrutiny

    Reforms Urgently Needed to Protect Unions and Employees

    Expand A worker walks past oil tanks in southern Kazakhstan.  © 2016 Reuters As the International Labour Organisation (ILO) celebrates its Centenary this week, one of its key committees decided today to examine once again the grim situation for labor rights in Kazakhstan. The move is not a surprise ...

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    June 12, 2019 Photo Essay

    Adolescent Girls’ Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the Dominican Republic

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    June 11, 2019 News Release

    UN: Halt Handover to Abusive Forces in Sudan

    Security Council Should Focus on Protecting Civilians, Human Rights

    Expand United Nations Mission in Darfur peacekeepers stand guard in Shagra village, North Darfur, October 18, 2012.  © 2012 Reuters   (New York) – The United Nations Security Council should halt the withdrawal of the UN-African Union peacekeeping mission from Darfur in view of the political ...

17. June 11, 2019 Letter

    Letter Response from DEFRA to Human Rights Watch

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18. June 12, 2019 Interactive

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