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Americas

August 28, 2016 Commentary

Ten Years of Drug Policy Failure in Brazil

César Muñoz
Senior Researcher, Brazil

Published In: HuffPost Brasil
Asia

August 16, 2016 News Release

Thailand: Free Hunger-Striking Activist
Middle East/North Africa

May 6, 2016 News Release

Syria: Security Forces Storming Prison

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March 29, 2016 Video

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

Brazil: Where Inmates Hold the Keys
September 24, 2015 Video

Rwanda: Unlawful Detention, Ill-treatment in Gikondo Transit Center

News

April 5, 2016 News Release

France: Inadequate Mental Health Care in Prisons
March 8, 2016 Commentary

Injustice and misery in PH jails

Carlos H. Conde
Researcher, Asia Division

Published In: The Philippine Daily Inquirer
February 3, 2016 Commentary

When Brazilian Judges Defend Injustice

César Muñoz
Senior Researcher, Brazil

Published In: Folha de São Paulo
January 10, 2016 News Release

Yemen: Arbitrarily Held by the Houthis
December 25, 2015 Commentary

Fresh Thinking on Drug Use

Maria Laura Canineu
Brazil Director, Americas Division

Published In: O Globo
December 16, 2015 News Release

Syria: Stories Behind Photos of Killed Detainees
December 2, 2015 News Release

Libya: Long-Term Arbitrary Detentions
November 24, 2015 Letter

Joint Letter to Permanent Mission of Thailand to the UN
November 15, 2015 Report

Philippines: Mass Arrests Before APEC Summit
November 13, 2015 Commentary

Australia's Treatment of Desperate Refugees Will Make it a Pariah Nation

Elaine Pearson
Australia Director

Published In: Newsweek
October 31, 2015 Commentary

Lessons for Brazil from US Prison Mistakes

César Muñoz
Senior Researcher, Brazil

Published In: El País
October 26, 2015 News Release

Russia: Bill Would Expand Use of Force on Inmates

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July 21, 2016

“You Don’t Exist”

Arbitrary Detentions, Enforced Disappearances, and Torture in Eastern Ukraine
May 22, 2016

Relentless

Detention and Prosecution of Tibetans under China’s “Stability Maintenance” Campaign
April 5, 2016

Double Punishment

Inadequate Conditions for Prisoners with Psychosocial Disabilities in France

Bangladesh kneecappings; chemical attacks in Sudan; DR Congo sanctions: HRW Daily Brief

Daily Brief

September 29, 2016

Plus: Relatives of peaceful activists being attacked in Tajikistan; killings & torture continue unabated in Burundi; free Eritrean journalist Seyoum Tsehaye; world stands by as hospitals are bombed; and how Canada can help keep schools safe during war time...