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Asia

August 14, 2018 Dispatches

Protect Pakistan’s Children from Sexual Abuse

Saroop Ijaz
Asia

July 29, 2018 News Release

Japan's Not-So-Secret Shame
Asia

July 12, 2018 Dispatches

India Invites Bids to Create Sex Offenders Registry

Jayshree Bajoria

Videos Watch More

December 14, 2017 Video

Kenya: Sexual Violence Marred Elections
November 16, 2017 Video

Video: Widespread Rape in the Ethnic Cleansing of Rohingya in Burma
November 7, 2017 Video

Video: Rape Survivors Face New Nightmares in Justice System

Reports More Reports

May 10, 2018

Palestine: ‘Marry-Your-Rapist’ Law Repealed

Revoke Other Discriminatory Laws Against Women
April 17, 2018

Yemen: Detained African Migrants Tortured, Raped

Grant Access to Asylum Procedures; Hold Abusers Accountable
January 12, 2018

Armenia: Little Protection, Aid for Domestic Violence Survivors

New Law Should Enhance Safety, Services, Justice

News

July 25, 2018 Statement

Sexual Violence by the Burmese Military Against Ethnic Minorities
July 10, 2018 Dispatches

A Step Toward Ending 'Virginity Exams' in Afghanistan

Heather Barr
Senior Researcher, Women's Rights Division
June 11, 2018 Letter

Human Rights Watch, Women’s Centre for Legal Aid and Counselling, and Equality Now, Joint Submission to the CEDAW Committee on the State of Palestine, 70th session
May 30, 2018 Dispatches

Afghan Government Ignoring Violence Against Women

Heather Barr
Senior Researcher, Women's Rights Division
May 27, 2018 News Release

International Effort to End ‘Me Too’ Abuses
May 24, 2018 Statement

Joint Submission to CEDAW on Myanmar
May 24, 2018 News Release

Myanmar: Deadline to Report on Rape of Rohingya to UN
May 15, 2018 Dispatches

Sudan’s Many Nouras

Jehanne Henry
Associate Director, Africa Division
May 10, 2018 Report

Palestine: ‘Marry-Your-Rapist’ Law Repealed
April 27, 2018 Dispatches

India Sex Offenders’ Registry Not the Answer

Jayshree Bajoria
April 27, 2018 Commentary

Asaram Case Highlights Need for Witness and Victim Protection in India

Jayshree Bajoria

Published In: CNN News18
April 24, 2018 News Release

India: Reject Ordinance on Death Penalty for Rape

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Stop Selling Arms to Saudi Arabia: Daily Brief

Daily Brief

August 15, 2018

Stop selling arms to Saudi Arabia; agony after family separations by US authorities; protect children in Pakistan from sexual abuse; will Russia bring home children who lived under 'Islamic State'?; woman on trial for blasphemy in Indonesia; is change on the way for human rights in Tajikistan?; Israel denies entry & detains human rights lawyers; and a salute to outgoing UN human rights chief Zeid.

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.