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Asia

March 4, 2019 News Release

China: Abolish Arbitrary Detention for Sex Workers
Asia

February 8, 2019 News Release

Indonesia: Free Three Papuan Activists
Middle East/North Africa

September 25, 2018 Report

Yemen: Houthi Hostage-Taking

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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

September 25, 2018

Yemen: Houthi Hostage-Taking

Arbitrary Detention, Torture, Enforced Disappearance Go Unpunished
April 17, 2018

Yemen: Detained African Migrants Tortured, Raped

Grant Access to Asylum Procedures; Hold Abusers Accountable
July 6, 2017

“We Don’t Have Him”

Secret Detentions and Enforced Disappearances in Bangladesh

News

September 17, 2018 Commentary

About the Mediterranean, Start with Saving Lives

Philippe Dam
Advocacy Director, Europe and Central Asia Division

Published In: euronews
July 22, 2018 News Release

Iraq: Intelligence Agency Admits Holding Hundreds Despite Previous Denials
July 6, 2018 News Release

Uzbekistan: Man’s 13-Year Detention Revealed
July 4, 2018 News Release

Lebanon: A Year On, No Answers on Deaths in Custody
June 29, 2018 Commentary

Family Separation: A Flashpoint in the Global Migrant Crisis

Brian Root
Senior Quantitative Analyst

Published In: OpenGlobalRights
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 6, 2018 Letter

Joint Letter from Human Rights Watch and NGOs to Kim Jong-Un
May 9, 2018 Dispatches

New Philippine Prison Chief Threatens Killings of Jailed ‘Drug Lords’

Phelim Kine
Deputy Director, Asia Division
April 17, 2018 Report

Yemen: Detained African Migrants Tortured, Raped
April 11, 2018 Letter

Coalition Letter to ICE Deputy Director Homan Regarding the Detention of Pregnant Individuals
March 19, 2018 News Release

Ukraine: Justice Needed for Former Secret Prison Detainees
February 6, 2018 News Release

Australia: Prisoners with Disabilities Neglected, Abused

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Trump's "Wrecking Ball" on Israel's Golan Heights Occupation: Daily Brief

Daily Brief

Expected US policy shift on Israel's occupation of Golan Heights would disregard international law that protects Syrian residents; rocket fired from Gaza into Israel wounds six people; the UAE's unjust state security apparatus strikes again; massacre in Mali kills 130 villagers; baseless charges over landmark 2013 protests in Turkey; and "the slaves of modern Asia"...