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September 4, 2017
Statement on Stockpile Destruction, Convention on Cluster Munitions Seventh Meeting of States Parties
Delivered by Mary Wareham, Advocacy Director
September 3, 2017
Justice Denied for Slain Indonesian Rights Activist Munir
Accountability Failure Exemplifies Culture of Impunity
![Indonesian protesters hold placards of human rights activists Munir Thalib in Jakarta December 20, 2005.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709asia_indonesia_munir.jpg?itok=8aQ1V6KC)
September 3, 2017
China: Redoubling Crackdowns on Fleeing North Koreans
Human Rights Watch Documented 41 North Koreans Detained by China in Summer 2017
![North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Un (R) and Chinese Politburo standing committee member Liu Yunshan (L) wave from a balcony towards participants of a mass military parade at Kim Il-Sung square in Pyongyang on October 10, 2015](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706asia_china_kimjongun_liuyunshan.jpg?itok=n5Z-hORq)
September 2, 2017
Cambodia: Leading Paper Threatened with Closure
Arbitrary Tax on Cambodia Daily an Assault on Independent Media
![201709Asia_Cambodia_Daily](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709asia_cambodia_daily.jpg?itok=T_McHwL-)
September 2, 2017
Burma: Satellite Images Show Massive Fire Destruction
700 Buildings Destroyed in Single Muslim Village in Rakhine State
![New satellite imagery obtained by Human Rights Watch shows the complete destruction of the village of Chein Khar Li](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201708asia_cheinkharli_satimage.jpg?itok=c_DCU_yp)
September 1, 2017
Thailand: Supreme Court Enshrines Impunity for 2010 Violence
No Justice for Officials, Soldiers in Bloody Crackdown
![On August 30, 2017, Phayao Akhard wears the bloody nurses gown worn by her daughter, nurse Kamolkate “Kate” Akhard, when she was killed by Thai Special Forces soldiers while tending wounded persons at the front of Wat Pathum temple on May 19, 2010, to pro](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201708asia_thailand_payao2.jpg?itok=bNiScv8c)
September 1, 2017
The Rights Weekender
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September 1, 2017
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
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September 1, 2017
Defending Spain’s Defense Lawyers
Party Leaders Should Affirm Defense Rights for Terror Suspects
![Police escort a suspect who was detained during early morning raids in an operation against a group suspected of financing and recruiting Islamist militants in Santa Coloma de Gramanet, near Barcelona, October 16, 2008.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201708europe_spain_police_terrorism.jpg?itok=9WEjSTwb)
September 1, 2017
How Chile Ended Its Draconian Ban on Abortion
![Demonstrators raise their thumbs in approval during a rally inside congress in favor of a draft law that would ease the country's strict abortion ban, in Valparaiso, March 17, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/chile_test.jpg?itok=8HyVGudd)
September 1, 2017
Ukraine: Foreign Journalists Barred or Expelled
Allow Reporters to Work and Ensure Safe Media Climate
![head of Ukraine security service](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709eca_ukraine_chief.jpg?itok=9qGbtrhW)
August 31, 2017
China’s ‘Super’ Anti-Corruption Agency Set to Repeat Past Abuses
New Graft Watchdog May Legalize Wrongful Detention
![China's Politburo Standing Committee member Wang Qishan, the head of China's anti-corruption watchdog, stands next to a Chinese flag, in Beijing, China, September 2, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201708asia_china_wang_qishan.jpg?itok=Lwr75FH3)
August 31, 2017
Philippines’ Duterte Admits Murderous ‘Drug War’ is Unwinnable
President Vows to Persist Despite Horrific Death Toll
![Protesters and residents hold lighted candles and placards at the wake of Kian Loyd delos Santos, a 17-year-old high school student, who was among the people shot dead last week in an escalation of President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs in Caloocan city](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201708asia_philippines_killings_protest.jpg?itok=WXgrSBum)
August 31, 2017
Q&A: Life-Saving Drug that Reverses Overdoses
Naloxone Can Bring Someone Back to Life
![Naloxone, a medicine that can reverse an opioid overdose. Massachusetts, US, August 8, 2017. © 2017 Reuters.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201708hhr_qa_naloxone.jpg?itok=LBKg6EPe)