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August 5, 2019
Greece: Athens Police Plan Raises Fears of Abuse
Past Sweeps Led to Indiscriminate Crackdown on Marginalized Groups
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August 5, 2019
Hong Kong Protests Broaden Despite Police Crackdown
Authorities Should Seriously Consider Protester Demands
![A man glues a sticker label with messages against the extradition bill and pro-democracy in a Lennon wall in Wan Chai, Hong Kong](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201908asia_china_hongkong_lennonwall.jpg?itok=HvL24SuL)
August 5, 2019
Iran: Jailed Environmentalists on Hunger Strike
Environmentalists Protesting 550 days of Legal Limbo
![A campaign poster showing environmental activists, Taher Ghadirian, Niloufar Bayani, Amirhossein Khaleghi, Houman Jokar, Sam Rajabi, Sepideh Kashani, Morad Tahbaz and Abdolreza Kouhpayeh.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201808mena_iran_enviro.jpg?itok=xHbdRGG8)
August 5, 2019
Trafficking Survivors Are Being Failed the World Over
![“I do not know exactly or remember how I got into the new house…When I woke up, I saw a man but not my friends anymore. I don’t know exactly, but later I guessed that was a Chinese house. I did not know where to run away…I realized that I was trafficked.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201903wrd_myanmar_photo2.jpg?itok=vHE9k4tI)
August 5, 2019
Human Rights Watch Names Nic Dawes Deputy Executive Director
New Post Designed to Strengthen the Organization’s Work
![Nicholas Dawes](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-09-profile-dawes-ded-media.jpg?itok=JD75FeVJ)
August 5, 2019
Cameroon: People With Disabilities Caught in Crisis
Funds Needed to Scale Up Humanitarian Response
![Staff from the Coordinating Unit, a network supporting people with people with disabilities in the South-West region of Cameroon, April 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201908africa_cameroon_coordinatingunit.jpg?itok=x8YUJEJc)
August 5, 2019
Iraq Authorities Acknowledge Horrific Prison Overcrowding
Those Arrested Have a Right to Speedy and Fair Trails
![Women’s cell at Tal Kayf prison, taken in April 2019 and shared confidentially with Human Rights Watch, shows extreme overcrowding at the prison.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201906mena_iraq_womenscell.jpg?itok=RY2BkcTg)
August 3, 2019
The End of Thailand’s Human Rights Commission?
Urgent Revamp Needed to Ensure Credibility, Independence
![Jose L. Cuisia Jr., chairperson of Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation, presents the 2019 Ramon Magsaysay awardee Angkhana Neelapaijit from Thailand during an event in Manila, Philippines, Friday Aug. 2, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201908asia_thailand_angkhana.jpg?itok=XUPQkjfb)
August 3, 2019
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
![Images of the IJOP surveillance phone app used in Xinjiang, China.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201905asia_ijop_surveillance.jpg?itok=LqluGXcS)
August 3, 2019
Crimea: Imprisoned Activist Urgently Needs Hospital Care
Officials Defy European Court Order
![Edem Bekirov in court.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201908eca_ukraine_bekirovcourt.jpg?itok=V2RaO6hN)
August 2, 2019
Saudi Arabia: Important Advances for Saudi Women
Freedom to Obtain Passports, But Women Activists Remained Jailed
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August 2, 2019
US Moved Some Children from Abusive Texas Border Facility
Issues Behind Their Detention Remain
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August 2, 2019
Courts Strike Down ‘Repressive’ Laws
Lawmakers Should Amend Laws that Threaten Free Speech
![Kenyan journalists wear tape over their mouths to signify being silenced](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201908africa_kenya_freespeech_0.jpg?itok=jnoSh2Ve)