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Middle East/North Africa

July 18, 2019 News Release

Iraq: Military Enter Camp, Occupy School for ‘Screening’
Europe/Central Asia

May 16, 2019 Commentary

They Tried to Reach Europe and Were Turned Back. Now They're Trapped in Libya's Crossfires

Judith Sunderland
Associate Director, Europe and Central Asia Division

Published In: Newsweek
Asia

May 14, 2019 News Release

China: Protect 7 North Koreans Fleeing Oppression

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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

May 6, 2019 News Release

UAE: Cancer-Stricken Female Prisoner Dies
March 4, 2019 News Release

China: Abolish Arbitrary Detention for Sex Workers
February 8, 2019 News Release

Indonesia: Free Three Papuan Activists
September 25, 2018 Report

Yemen: Houthi Hostage-Taking
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

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Defending Human Rights Work in Israel: Daily Brief

Daily Brief

Defending human rights work in Israel, Saudi Arabia defends statement supporting China’s policies in Xinjiang; expressions of support for US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar; new war crimes in Central African Republic; Iran targets dual nationals; union leader jailed in Kazakhstan; will next UK government stand up for human rights defenders?; and six years of Australia's cruel refugee policy.