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July 23, 2021 News Release

Kyrgyzstan: A Year On, Demand for Justice for Azimjon Askarov’s Death

Human Rights Defender Died in Arbitrary Detention

Grave of human rights defender Azimjon Askarov, who was arbitrarily arrested, tortured, convicted after an unfair trial in Kyrgyzstan and passed away in detention on June 25, 2020.
July 22, 2021 News Release

Iran: Deadly Response to Water Protests

3 Protesters Reported Killed in Southwestern Khuzestan Province

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July 22, 2021 News Release

France: Class Action Lawsuit against Ethnic Profiling

Civil Society Organizations File Case with Council of State over Systemic Racial Discrimination

Police agents check identity documents of passerby during the lockdown in Rennes, France. April 11, 2020.
July 22, 2021 News Release

Abuses in Aluminum Supply Chains a Blind Spot for Car Industry

Car Companies Should Drive Up Standards at Mines, Refineries, Smelters

Women from Hamdallaye village, in Guinea’s Boké region, in 2018. In 2020, Hamdallaye was relocated to a new site by La Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée, a mining company backed by mining giants Alcoa, Rio Tinto, and Dadco. The new site lacks adequate farmland, housing, water and sanitation.
July 21, 2021 News Release

Myanmar: Junta Tribunals Impose 65 Death Sentences

Secretive Military Trials Violate Fair Trial Standards

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July 21, 2021 News Release

Hong Kong: Drop Charges Against Vigil Organizer

74 Groups Call for Release of Chow Hang-tung

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July 20, 2021 News Release

Kenya: Irregularities Mar Covid-19 Cash Transfers

Anti-Graft Agency Should Investigate

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July 19, 2021 News Release

UAE: Prominent Jailed Activist in Danger

Ahmed Mansoor’s Leaked Letter Details Mistreatment in Prison

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July 19, 2021 News Release

Japan: Prime Minister Should Back LGBT Equality Act

Activists’ Videos Highlight Long Struggle for Equality

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July 19, 2021 News Release

DR Congo: Free Youth Activists

Three Months On, Elisée Lwatumba, Eric Muhindo Unjustly Detained

Youth activists Eric Muhindo, left, and Elisée Lwatumba, center, at Butembo’s central prison, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
July 15, 2021 News Release

Australia: 8 Years of Abusive Offshore Asylum Processing

Governments Should Reject Costly, Harmful Policy for Refugees, Asylum Seekers

Asylum seekers and human rights activists protest against the detention of refugees amid the Covid-19 crisis in Brisbane.
July 15, 2021 News Release

Japan: Stop Real Estate Project in Myanmar

Commercial Dealings with Abusive Military Undermines Rights

Activists demonstrate in front of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo to cut off funding for Myanmar's national army on June 18, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. 
July 15, 2021 News Release

Belarus: Unprecedented Raids on Human Rights Defenders

Countrywide Searches, Detentions Also Target Journalists, Critics

Belarusian riot police block the road to stop demonstrators during an opposition rally to protest the official presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus on November 15, 2020.
July 14, 2021 News Release

Iran: Alleged Plot to Kidnap Prominent Dissident in US

Federal Court Indicts 4 Iranians for Targeting Journalist Masih Alinejad

Journalist and author Masih Alinejad speaks at a conference in New York City, on October 16, 2018.
July 14, 2021 News Release

Pakistan: Pass Anti-Torture Bill

Creating a Criminal Offense Essential to Police Reform

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