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June 26, 2024 Report

Yemen: Houthis Disappear Dozens of UN, Civil Society Staff

Release Detainees; End Arbitrary Arrests and Enforced Disappearances

The UN special envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, meets with local officials in Taizz, Yemen, February 12, 2024.
April 29, 2024 Report

UAE: Unfair Trial of Rights Defenders

Authorities Should End Prolonged Solitary Confinement, Drop Charges

A man in a white gutra
April 25, 2024 News Release

Lebanon: Stepped-Up Repression of Syrians

Unlawful Deportations, Detention, Mistreatment

Syrian children gather between tents at a refugee camp in Saadnayel in eastern Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, June 13, 2023.
April 22, 2024 Report

Iran: Security Forces Rape, Torture, Detainees

Kurdish, Baluch, Azeri, and Other Ethnic Communities Apparently Targeted

Silhouette of a woman (representation). 
April 15, 2024 News Release

Tajikistan: EU States, Türkiye Should Not Return Dissidents

Exiled Tajik Opposition Activists Arrested, Disappeared

Various groups protest against the visit of Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon and other Central Asian leaders to Berlin, Germany, September 29, 2023.
April 15, 2024 Dispatches

Abu Ghraib Torture Case Finally Goes to Trial

20 Years On, Still No Accountability for US Government Abuses

Prisoners stand next to the tents in which they are housed at the Abu Ghraib prison west of Baghdad, Iraq, July 15, 2004.
April 3, 2024 Statement

Joint Statement Marking Human Rights Defender's 1,000-Day Hunger Strike

Dr. Abduljalil al-Singace
March 29, 2024 News Release

Russia: Shameful Pride in Torture of Terrorism Suspects

Authorities Should Condemn, Punish Not Condone Ill-Treatment

Federal Security Service officials bring Dalderjon Mirzoev, a suspect in the Crocus City Hall's massacre, to the Basmanny District Court in Moscow on March 24, 2024.
February 29, 2024 News Release

Syria: Abuses, Impunity in Turkish-Occupied Territories

Türkiye Bears Responsibility for Turkish and Proxy Forces’ Actions

An unidentifiable soldier holds a Turkish flag
January 24, 2024 News Release

Iraq: Unlawful Mass Executions Resume

Adopt Death Penalty Moratorium, Judicial System Reforms

Suspected Islamic State members sit inside a small room in a prison south of Mosul, Iraq, July 18, 2017.
January 23, 2024 News Release

Iran: 2 Detainees Executed, 11 Await Imminent Execution

Authorities Targeting Ethnic Minorities in Death Penalty Spree

2015-Dec-Iran: Bid to End Drug-Offense Executions
October 31, 2023 Letter

Letter to Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin

Re: Human Rights Agenda for New Government

October 5, 2023 Statement

Egypt: Submission to the UN Committee Against Torture

78th Session

September 25, 2023 Report

Iraq: Torture Survivors Await US Redress, Accountability

No Clear Path to Compensation for Iraqis Abused in Detention by US Forces

Taleb Al Majli, an Iraqi who described being tortured by US forces after his detention at Abu Ghraib prison in November 2003, at his home in Baghdad in 2023. The US released him without charge in March 2005.
September 20, 2023 Commentary

How Brute Violence Became Egypt’s Answer to Virtually Everything

A group of uniformed police with riot gear stand on the street

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