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Africa

December 10, 2019 News Release

Kenya: Elusive Justice for Gross Injustice, Abuse
Middle East/North Africa

December 4, 2019 News Release

Morocco: Landmark Proposals on Individual Freedoms
Asia

December 2, 2019 Dispatches

Woman in India Gang Raped, Murdered

Jayshree Bajoria
Senior Researcher, Asia

Videos Watch More

August 27, 2019 Video

Nigeria: Anguish, Poverty Confront Trafficking Survivors
June 26, 2019 Video

Video: Women Accuse Gambian ex-President of Rape
March 11, 2019 Video

Video: Violence and Rape by Zimbabwe Gov't Forces After Protests

Reports More Reports

June 26, 2019

Gambia: Women Accuse Ex-President of Sexual Violence

Investigate Yahya Jammeh for Rape, Sexual Assault
November 1, 2018

“You Cry at Night but Don’t Know Why”

Sexual Violence against Women in North Korea
October 18, 2018

“It’s Not Normal”

Sexual Exploitation, Harassment and Abuse in Secondary Schools in Senegal

News

November 1, 2019 Commentary

The Devil Is in the Details

Jayshree Bajoria
Senior Researcher, Asia

Published In: India Today
October 11, 2019 Dispatches

#Metoo Hits Nepal’s Government

Meenakshi Ganguly
South Asia Director
August 27, 2019 News Release

Nigeria: Anguish, Poverty Confront Trafficking Survivors
August 19, 2019 Commentary

UK Rape Survivors Face ‘Digital Strip Searches’ and Other Deterrents to Justice

Hillary Margolis
Senior Researcher, Women's Rights Division

Published In: Open Democracy
August 9, 2019 Commentary

#MeToo in Africa - Governments Urged to Enact Protections They Fought For

Published In: allAfrica
August 8, 2019 News Release

Colombia/Venezuela: Attacks on Civilians in Border Area
August 7, 2019 Interview

Interview: Outlawed and Ostracized: Sex Workers in South Africa

Skye Wheeler
Researcher, Women's Rights Division
July 24, 2019 News Release

US Senate: Oppose Nominee to UN Mission in Geneva
July 4, 2019 Dispatches

UK Gets it Wrong on Human Trafficking in Nigeria

Agnes Odhiambo
Senior Researcher, Women's Rights Division
June 26, 2019 Dispatches

Hope for Kenya’s Forgotten Victims

Agnes Odhiambo
Senior Researcher, Women's Rights Division
June 26, 2019 Interview

Gambia’s Women Break Their Silence

Birgit Schwarz
Communications Manager, Africa
June 26, 2019 Report

Gambia: Women Accuse Ex-President of Sexual Violence

Reed Brody
Counsel and Spokesperson

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India's Citizenship Bill Excludes Muslims: Daily Brief

Daily Brief

December 11, 2019

Plus: Cambodia’s draft law on access to information falls short; the United States announces sanctions on Myanmar; Aung San Suu Kyi continues to attempt to defend Myanmar in the International Court of Justice; the Trump administration once again blocks an examination of North Korea’s human rights abuses; this year, 250 journalists have been imprisoned worldwide; a human rights activist went missing in Laos; and buildings lit up blue yesterday for Human Rights Day.

Interactives More Interactives

October 5, 2017

They Said We Are Their Slaves

This report documents 305 cases of rape and sexual slavery by members of armed groups between early 2013 and mid-2017. The predominantly Muslim Seleka and the largely Christian and animist militia known as “anti-balaka,” two main parties to the conflict, have used sexual violence as revenge for perceived support of those on the other side of the sectarian divide.