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Middle East/North Africa

October 29, 2019 News Release

Iran: Sanctions Threatening Health
Middle East/North Africa

October 10, 2019 News Release

Qatar: Urgently Investigate Migrant Worker Deaths
Middle East/North Africa

October 8, 2019 News Release

Bahrain: Prisoners Denied Medical Care

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February 4, 2019 Video

Cambodia: Acid Attack Survivors Denied Treatment, Justice
July 20, 2018 Video

Brazil: Pesticide Poisonings in Rural Areas

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March 13, 2017

Iraq: Hundreds Detained in Degrading Conditions

Over 1,200 ISIS Suspects in Filthy Overcrowded Jails

News

August 16, 2019 Dispatches

UN Should Assign Blame to Those Attacking Syrian Hospitals

Akshaya Kumar
Director of Crisis Advocacy
July 30, 2019 Dispatches

Killings Escalate in Central Philippines

Brad Adams
Asia Director
July 12, 2019 News Release

Afghanistan: Special Forces Raid Medical Clinic
March 4, 2019 News Release

China: Abolish Arbitrary Detention for Sex Workers
February 2, 2019 News Release

Philippines: Congress Aims to Lock Up More Children
January 17, 2019 News Release

Yemen: Civilians Bombed, Shelled, Starved
June 26, 2018 News Release

Philippines: ‘Anti-Loitering’ Arrests Target Poor
June 22, 2018 Commentary

How To Make A North Korea Deal Work

Param-Preet Singh
Associate Director, International Justice Program

Published In: Huffington Post
June 21, 2018 News Release

Thailand: Resuming Death Penalty a Major Setback
June 19, 2018 Commentary

The Philippines’ Scourge of Killers on Motorbikes

Carlos H. Conde
Researcher, Asia Division

Published In: Rappler
June 14, 2018 Dispatches

Philippine Police Chief Halts Crime Suspect ‘Perp Walks’

Carlos H. Conde
Researcher, Asia Division
June 11, 2018 Dispatches

Medical Workers Shot in Gaza Demonstrations

Michelle Lonnquist
Senior associate, Crisis and Conflict Division

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Justice Needed for Protester Killings in Sudan: Daily Brief

Daily Brief

November 18, 2019

Justice needed for protester killings in Sudan; UK government and military accused of war crimes cover-up; HRW's Omar Shakir to be expelled from Israel in a week; new effort to curb explosive weapons; Ugandan police harass LGBT people; ongoing protests in Iran; Belarus parliamentary elections leave no elected opposition; and young activists are fighting lead pollution in Zambia.