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October 9, 2020 News Release

Argentina: Child Suspects’ Private Data Published Online

Facial Recognition System Uses Flawed Data, Poses Further Risks to Children

Commuters walk through an overcrowded subway station during local rush hour on March 13, 2020 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
October 8, 2020 News Release

Nicaragua: Ortega Tightening Authoritarian Grip

OAS Should Object to Bills that Suppress Dissent, Press Freedom

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October 8, 2020 News Release

Myanmar: Mass Detention of Rohingya in Squalid Camps

Camp ‘Closures’ Entrench Confinement, Persecution

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October 8, 2020 News Release

UN: Deny Rights Council Seats to Major Violators

General Assembly Members Should Not Vote for China, Saudi Arabia

A view of the United Nations General Assembly, at UN headquarters, October 1, 2018.
October 7, 2020 News Release

Anti-LGBT Persecution in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras

US Barriers to Asylum Block Path to Safety

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October 6, 2020 News Release

Kyrgyzstan: Respect Rights While Restoring Order

Flawed Parliamentary Vote Prompts Protests, Violence

Protesters gathered on Ala Too Square in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan's capital on October 6, 2020, two days after a disputed parliamentary election.
October 6, 2020 News Release

People with Mental Health Conditions Living in Chains

Worldwide Campaign to End Shackling, Shame

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October 6, 2020 News Release

IMF: Adopt Policies to Reduce Inequality

Austerity Threatens Pandemic Recovery, Social and Economic Rights

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October 6, 2020 News Release

Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Media Offices Shut Down

Unlawful Action Allegedly Politically Motivated

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October 6, 2020 News Release

Greece: Investigate Pushbacks, Violence at Borders

Groups Press Parliament to Open Inquiry

The Greek Coast Guard has been accused of using rescue equipment - namely inflatable, motorless life rafts - to leave asylum seekers and migrants adrift in open water close to the Turkish sea border. May 25, 2020
October 6, 2020 News Release

Egypt: Police Beat Man to Death, Family Says

Relatives, Witnesses, Journalists Detained

Islam al-Australi, 26, who died in police custody.
October 5, 2020 News Release

Human Rights Watch Names First Chief Programs Officer

Tirana Hassan to Lead Organization’s Work in Over 100 Countries

October 5, 2020 News Release

Myanmar: Election Fundamentally Flawed

Rohingya Excluded, Unequal Media Access, Arrests of Critics

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October 2, 2020 News Release

US: Lawsuit Challenges ICC Sanctions

Seeks Constitutional Review of Trump Administration Efforts to Thwart Justice

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October 2, 2020 News Release

Turkey: Politicians and Activists Detained

Government Uses 2014 Protests as Pretext for Political Crackdown

In the corridors of Ankara courthouse, lawyers and MPs wave to Peoples’ Democratic Party politicians and officials waiting to testify before a court. Ankara, October 1, 2020.

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