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June 12, 2019
Joint NGO letter urging HRC to maintain scrutiny on Belarus
To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council
![Riot police detain a man during a rally in Minsk on March 25.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201901wr_belarus_human_rights.jpg?itok=vh_ekZ2s)
June 11, 2019
Justice Long Overdue for Bangladesh’s Disappeared
Government Needs to Account for Disappearances of Kalpana Chakma, Many Others
![Relatives hold portraits of disappeared family members at an event calling for the end of enforced disappearances, killings, and abductions, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 30, 2014.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707asia_bangladesh_disappearances_main.jpg?itok=0dFeadRH)
June 11, 2019
New York State May Decriminalize Sex Work
Proposed Bill Would Help Protect Sex Workers’ Health and Safety
![People march in support of sex workers, Sunday, June 2, 2019, in Las Vegas.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201906wrd_sexworker_us.jpg?itok=xLRCjGRv)
June 11, 2019
UN Security Council Finally Addresses Missing Persons in Conflict
Countries Should Account for Living and Dead in Syria, Other Wars
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June 11, 2019
Delays in US Payday Loan Reform Will Hurt Consumers
Consumer Protection Agency Is Considering Repealing Critical Protections During Delay
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June 11, 2019
Nicaragua: US Should Impose Targeted Sanctions
Human Rights Watch Testifies before US Congress on Ortega’s Crackdown
![An anti-government protester is dragged away and arrested by police as security forces disrupt an opposition march coined "United for Freedom" in Managua, Nicaragua, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201906amer_nicaragua_sanctionstestimony.jpg?itok=zoKuLEZO)
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June 11, 2019
Kazakhstan’s Workers’ Rights Crackdown Under Fresh Scrutiny
Reforms Urgently Needed to Protect Unions and Employees
![2016-12-06-eca-kazakhstan-worker](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/kazakhstan_worker.jpg?itok=5ljybNp_)
June 11, 2019
UN: Halt Handover to Abusive Forces in Sudan
Security Council Should Focus on Protecting Civilians, Human Rights
![United Nations Mission in Darfur peacekeepers stand guard in Shagra village, North Darfur, October 18, 2012. © 2012 Reuters](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706africa_sudan_unamid.jpg?itok=lVPCXZQy)
June 11, 2019
Letter Response from DEFRA to Human Rights Watch
June 11, 2019
Uzbekistan: Release Retired Diplomat
Retired Official Tortured in Detention, Family Members Harassed
![Kadyr Yusupov with his family in Vienna, 2008, during a stint as head of Uzbekistan's mission to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201906eca_uzbekistan_yusupov.jpg?itok=qVnMJORE)
June 11, 2019
Submission to UN Human Rights Committee's Review of Tajikistan
126th session, June 2019
![After his arrest in December 2017, Tajik activists and other supporters around the globe created a campaign known as #FreeKhayrullo to gain independent journalist Khayrullo Mirsaidov’s freedom.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201808eca_tajikistan_freekhayrullo2.jpg?itok=-hVT1eKW)