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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.
May 8, 2024 Report

Mali: Islamist Armed Groups, Ethnic Militias Commit Atrocities

Provide Accountability, Improve Protection for Civilians

A road going from Mali to Burkina Faso
May 7, 2024 News Release

Trinidad and Tobago: Bring Home Children, Women Held in Iraq

Boys Forcibly Separated from Mother Highlights Health Concerns

Women and children wait in a holding cell
May 4, 2024 Commentary

It Is Our Moral Calling to Stand With Wrongly Imprisoned Russian Playwright and Director

Director Yevgenia Berkovich and playwright Svetlana Petriychuk in the Khamovniki District Court, in Moscoa, Russia on June 9, 2023.
April 25, 2024 Report

Burkina Faso: Army Massacres 223 Villagers

Undertake Prompt, Independent Inquiry with AU, UN Assistance

The women’s mosque in the center of Soro village, Thiou district, northern Yatenga province, Burkina Faso. March 2024 © 2024 Private
April 9, 2024 Dispatches

Indian Court, Finding Lack of Evidence, Grants Bail to Activist

Drop Baseless Charges; End Politically Motivated Use of Counterterrorism Law

Activists demand justice for 84-year-old Father Stan Swamy, the Indian Jesuit priest and tribal rights activist, who had passed away earlier that month in New Delhi, July 23, 2021.
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.
March 28, 2024 Report

Mali: Army, Wagner Group Atrocities Against Civilians

Investigations Needed Into Indiscriminate Drone Strikes, Summary Killings

Mali’s Foreign Affairs Minister Abdoulaye Diop (left) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attend a joint press conference following talks in Moscow, February 28, 2024.
March 2, 2024 News Release

Australia: Youth Thought Dead May Be Held in Northeast Syria

Confirm Yusuf Zahab’s Identity; Urgently Bring Home All Detained Australians

A youth reportedly held in northeast Syria who identified himself on February 25, 2024 as the missing Australian Yusuf Zahab.
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.
December 7, 2023 News Release

Nigeria: Erroneous Military Airstrike

Ensure Justice, Accountability, Compensate Victims for Devastating Loss

Nigerian Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, center, with other community leaders at the grave side where victims of an army drone attack were buried in Tudun Biri village, Nigeria, December 5, 2023.
November 1, 2023 Report

Mali: Islamist Armed Groups, Army Target Civilians

Attacks, Summary Killings Without Accountability

The badge of a member of the Malian army (FAMA), in Anderamboukane, in Menaka region, Mali, March 22, 2019. © 2019 AGNES COUDURIER/AFP via Getty Images
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.
July 24, 2023 Report

Mali: New Atrocities by Malian Army, Apparent Wagner Fighters

AU, ECOWAS Should Press for End to Violations, Urge Accountability

Mali's Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop, right, welcomes Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during their meeting in Bamako, Mali, February 7, 2023.

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