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Asia

May 9, 2018 Dispatches

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

Phelim Kine
Deputy Director, Asia Division
Africa

April 17, 2018 Report

Yemen: Detained African Migrants Tortured, Raped
Europe/Central Asia

March 19, 2018 News Release

Ukraine: Justice Needed for Former Secret Prison Detainees

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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

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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
May 15, 2017

“I Still Need You”

The Detention and Deportation of Californian Parents

News

June 6, 2018 Letter

Joint Letter from Human Rights Watch and NGOs to Kim Jong-Un
April 11, 2018 Letter

Coalition Letter to ICE Deputy Director Homan Regarding the Detention of Pregnant Individuals
February 6, 2018 Interview

Interview: The Horror of Australia’s Prisons

Kriti Sharma
Researcher, Disability Rights Division
February 6, 2018 News Release

Australia: Prisoners with Disabilities Neglected, Abused
January 18, 2018 News Release

Middle East Conflicts Spur Disastrous New Trends for Region
December 16, 2017 News Release

Iran: Free Ailing Labor Activist
November 10, 2017 News Release

China: Revise Draft National Supervision Law
August 20, 2017 Commentary

Getting Away With Torture in India

Jayshree Bajoria

Published In: The Asian Age
August 4, 2017 Dispatches

Leaked Transcript Exposes Australia’s Unlawful Refugee Policy

Elaine Pearson
Australia Director
June 29, 2017 News Release

South Korea: Seek Help for North Korean Refugees in China
June 26, 2017 News Release

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

Egypt: Morsy’s Isolation Violates Rights

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Trump's Rooms of Crying Infants: Daily Brief

Daily Brief

Big day - Lots of news - Deep breath... Trump's policy of ripping children away from their parents; Looking at deaths in ICE custody; US leaving UN Human Rights Council; Hungary criminalizing assistance to migrants; Believe it or not, it's World Refugee Day; The danger that chemical weapons will become normal again; Saudi crackdown on women's rights activists; The need to investigate protester deaths in Gambia; What is the Indonesian government hiding in Papua?; and finally, some good news: new global health guidelines are a victory for transgender people.