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Asia

August 20, 2017 Commentary

Getting Away With Torture in India

Jayshree Bajoria
Researcher, Asia Division

Published In: The Asian Age
Asia

August 4, 2017 Dispatches

Leaked Transcript Exposes Australia’s Unlawful Refugee Policy

Elaine Pearson
Australia Director
Asia

June 29, 2017 News Release

South Korea: Seek Help for North Korean Refugees in China

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May 5, 2017 Video

Video: Substandard Medical Care in US Immigration Detention
March 29, 2016 Video

US: Failure to Deliver HIV Services in Louisiana Jails
October 19, 2015 Video

Brazil: Where Inmates Hold the Keys

Reports More Reports

July 6, 2017

“We Don’t Have Him”

Secret Detentions and Enforced Disappearances in Bangladesh
May 15, 2017

“I Still Need You”

The Detention and Deportation of Californian Parents
May 8, 2017

Systemic Indifference

Dangerous & Substandard Medical Care in US Immigration Detention

News

June 26, 2017 News Release

Thailand: Fulfill Pledge to End Torture
June 19, 2017 News Release

Egypt: Morsy’s Isolation Violates Rights
June 13, 2017 Commentary

Trapped Children

César Muñoz
Senior Researcher, Brazil

Published In: El País
June 11, 2017 News Release

Egypt: Cancel Military Court Death Sentences
June 4, 2017 News Release

Iraq: Dozens Found Handcuffed, Executed in, around Mosul
June 3, 2017 News Release

Kurdistan Region of Iraq: New Detentions of Fleeing Men, Boys
June 2, 2017 News Release

Thailand: Investigate Death in Immigration Lockup
May 26, 2017 News Release

Yemen: Ramadan an Opportunity for Detainees
May 23, 2017 News Release

Thailand: Army Secretly Detains 14-Year-Old
May 17, 2017 Dispatches

Chelsea Manning is Free, Others Still at Risk

Max Anderson
Coordinator, General Counsel's Office
May 8, 2017 News Release

US: Detention Hazardous to Immigrants’ Health
May 8, 2017 Witness

Witness: A Needless Death in US Immigration Detention

Nazish Dholakia
Media Desk Officer

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Massive Philippines' Protest; UK, #ProtectSchools: Daily Brief

Daily Brief

September 21, 2017

How UK can help #ProtectSchools; fallout from terrible Burma violence continues; six months since arbitrary arrest of UAE's Ahmed Mansoor; Muslims face discrimination in EU job market; silencing Cameroon's journalists; concerns as Brazil overturns ban on "conversion therapy"; the long arm of Ethiopia; China and the UN.