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Asia

June 29, 2017 News Release

South Korea: Seek Help for North Korean Refugees in China
Asia

June 26, 2017 News Release

Thailand: Fulfill Pledge to End Torture
Middle East/North Africa

June 19, 2017 News Release

Egypt: Morsy’s Isolation Violates Rights

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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 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 Witness

Witness: A Needless Death in US Immigration Detention

Nazish Dholakia
Media Desk Officer
May 8, 2017 News Release

US: Detention Hazardous to Immigrants’ Health
April 26, 2017 News Release

Cambodia: Use Anniversary to “FreeThe5KH”
April 13, 2017 News Release

Egypt: Confirm Detention of Missing Palestinians

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