January 31, 2022

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    How are laws and policies used to limit freedom of assembly, speech, and civil society? Ahead of the upcoming US midterm elections, we discuss SLAPP litigation and how court manipulation is used to try to chill civil society activity in the United States and South Africa — with Amanda Klasing, Leanne Govindsamy, and Krystal

    Activists from mining communities protesting at the Pietermaritzburg High Court on August 24, 2018, KwaZulu-Natal © 2018 Rob Symons
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    (Berlin, November 7, 2022) – Uzbek security forces unjustifiably used lethal force and other excessive responses to disperse mainly peaceful demonstrators on July 1 and 2, 2022 in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan’s autonomous region, Human Rights Watch said today

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    Ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, LGBT Qataris are raising the alarm on abuses they have endured by security forces in Qatar. HRW’s Rothna Begum moderates this discussion with HRW researcher Rasha Younes and Qatari LGBT rights activist Dr. Nasser Mohamed.

    Evening traffic on the Corniche promenade with the skyline of West Bay Doha the background 
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    HRW is joined by the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy to discuss a recently released report on the serious and persistent human rights violations underlying the convictions and death sentences of eight men in Bahrain.

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    (Kyiv, October 19, 2022) – Russian forces and others operating under their command routinely tortured detainees during their six-month occupation of Izium, a city in the Kharkiv region of northeastern Uk

    Investigators open doors of garage that was used by Russian forces as torture chamber
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    A conversation on the health and environmental impact of plastic waste in Turkey, and why a ban of plastic waste exports is an important part of the solution. HRW’s Krista Shennum is joined by Dr. Sedat Gündoğdu and MEP Cyrus Engerer, with moderation by Birgit Schwarz.

    Illegally dumped plastic waste, including imported European plastic waste imports, near a residential neighborhood in Sultangazi, Istanbul, Turkey.
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