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Alabama’s new immigrant law denies unauthorized immigrants and their families, including US citizen children, their basic rights, threatening their access to everyday necessities and e…Continue Reading
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Uzbekistan has not kept its promises to stop torture in its criminal justice system, including electric shocks and asphyxiation.
(Berlin) – Uzbekistan has not kep…Continue Reading
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Israeli authorities have stepped up unlawful demolitions in the West Bank including East Jerusalem over the past year, displacing a record number of Palestinian families from their homes…Continue Reading
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Reported congressional changes to a defense authorization bill, aimed at averting a presidential veto, fail to address fundamental flaws in the bill’s proposed treatment of terrorism s…Continue Reading
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The trial of three people for the September 2011 assault on an Afghan asylum seeker in Athens is a sobering reminder of increasing racist violence in Greece.
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Vietnamese authorities should immediately release the Hoa Hao Buddhist activist Nguyen Van Lia and drop all charges against him.
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The Tunisian authorities should protect individual and academic freedoms from acts of violence and other threats by religiously motivated groups acting on university campuses. Both the university authorities and t…Continue Reading
Member countries of the International Criminal Court (ICC) should provide the court with the support necessary to deliver justice for the world’s worst crimes. The ICC faces a higher demand than ever following t…Continue Reading
Four years after the 2007-2008 post-election violence, the Kenyan police and judicial system have failed to adequately investigate and prosecute crimes and to ensure justice for victims. While the International Cr…Continue Reading
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German law enforcement authorities need better training to effectively identify, investigate, and prosecute racist, homophobic, and other hate violence.
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Over 40 human rights organisations from around the world, including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Freedom House, and Christian Solidarity Worldwid…Continue Reading
The Chinese government’s increasing intransigence on high-profile human rights cases requires governments to make progress on such cases a benchmark for closer relations and high-level visits.
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Widespread child marriage jeopardizes Yemeni girls’ access to education, harms their health, and keeps them second-class citizens.
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The Angolan government should end its use of unnecessary force, including by plainclothes agents, against peaceful anti-government protests
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Bahraini authorities should quickly address the systematic and egregious rights violations documentedby the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry. As a first step, the government should immediately release hun…Continue Reading