![Rajai Shahr Prison, Karaj, Iran.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/05/201401mena_iran_prison.jpg?h=837f9946&itok=4GQlkvto)
![Rajai Shahr Prison, Karaj, Iran.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/05/201401mena_iran_prison.jpg?h=837f9946&itok=4GQlkvto)
May 11, 2023
US: Biden ‘Asylum Ban’ Endangers Lives at the Border
New Policy Features Failed Deterrence Measures
![US Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks at a press briefing at the White House in Washington, DC on May 11, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/05/202305us_biden_asylum.jpg?h=62d0bbda&itok=d-uaCAkM)
May 11, 2023
Biden’s Asylum Policy Will Harm People Seeking Safety
Invest in Rights-Respecting Reception Centers and Shelters
![Ruben Garcia, director of the Annunciation House, speaks with migrant parents, El Paso, Texas.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/05/202305usp_usa_annunciation_house_ruben_garcia.jpg?h=76207c4d&itok=-sP7_Epg)
May 11, 2023
Charles Can Help Undo a Colonial Crime
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May 11, 2023
Organizational Sign-On Letter on Sinema-Tillis Bill
May 11, 2023
Vietnam: Free Democracy Campaigner Tran Van Bang
Activist Faces 12 Years in Prison for Criticizing Government
![Tran Van Bang holds a sign that says “Freedom for Vietnamese Prisoners of Conscience” to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/05/202305asia_vietnam_tran_bang.jpg?h=67fd45c4&itok=6xCeCO1c)
May 11, 2023
Pakistan: Excessive Force against Violent Khan Protests
Police Should Use Restraint; Lift Social Media Restrictions
![Supporters of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan throw stones after police fire tear gas to disperse them protesting against the arrest of Khan in Lahore, Pakistan.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/05/202305asia_pakistan_protests_arrest_of_imran_khan.jpg?h=2e3eca71&itok=i2y_cRZC)
May 11, 2023
Tunisia: Move to Dismantle Country’s Largest Opposition Party
Prominent Leaders Arbitrarily Arrested; Party Headquarters Shut Down
May 10, 2023
Government Fails to Bring Australians from Syrian Camps Home
Families Prepare Legal Action to Secure Repatriation as Camp Security Deteriorates
![Kurdish-run al-Hol camp, which holds relatives of suspected Islamic State group fighters, in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh governorate.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/05/202305mena_syria_detained_isis_relatives_al_hol_camp.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=guz-v4LF)
May 10, 2023
Jordan’s Child Rights Record in the Spotlight
Nationality Law, Access to Education Key Issues Under UN Review
![A Jordanian woman married to a foreign national carrying her daughter, one of her four children without Jordanian citizenship, on February 9, 2018 in Amman, Jordan.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201804mena_jordan_photo1.jpg?itok=ad_coN7t)
May 10, 2023
Testimony to the US House Committee on Rules
Examining China’s Coercive Economic Tactics
![Yaqiu Wang, senior China researcher at Human Rights Watch, testifies at the US House Committee on Rules on May 10, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/05/202305asia_usa_yaqiu_wang_testimony.jpg?h=a5ad62ca&itok=dHE3bf1F)
May 10, 2023
Torture Trial in US Highlights Gaps in Law
US Should Play Larger Role in International Justice
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May 10, 2023
“They, the Policemen, Killed My Brother”: Reconstruction of a Deadly Day of Protests in Juliaca, Peru
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May 10, 2023
Peru: Evidence Refutes Official Account of Killings
Security Forces Used Disproportionate and Indiscriminate Force in Juliaca
![View of a protest with coffins](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/05/202305americas_peru_juliaca.jpg?h=f3e1135c&itok=dJydPeJg)