Jerusalem to Gaza, Israeli Authorities Reassert Domination
Latest Escalation Highlights Reality of Apartheid, Persecution for Millions of Palestinians
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Human Rights Watch Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Singapore
October 2020
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Blogger Jailed for 6.5 Years on Dubious Charges in Uzbekistan
Sentence Undermines Government Reform Claims and Free Speech
![Otabek Sattoriy.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/02/202102eca_uzbekistan_sattoriy.jpg?h=ed58e289&itok=4CipUuBN)
Important Progress for People with Disabilities in Armenia
New Law Bans Discrimination, Promotes Inclusion
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Coalition Calls on U.N. Ministers of Foreign Affairs of African States for Inquiry into US Police Violence
Families of Victims of Police Brutality, Civil Society Groups Write to Ensure Effective Accountability and Follow-up to HRC Resolution 43/1
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Coalition Calls for United Nations Inquiry into US Police Violence
Families of Victims of Police Brutality, Civil Society Groups Write to Ensure Effective Accountability and Follow-up to HRC Resolution 43/1
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Groups Urge Senate Leadership to End Qualified Immunity
Measure Would Help to Ensure Meaningful Accountability Measures in the Senate Version of the Justice in Policing Act of 2021
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Nepal: Act to Avert Looming Covid-19 Disaster
Desperate Need for Supplies, Oxygen as Cases Surge
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Attack on Ex-Maldives’ President Shows Cost of Impunity
Bombing Exposes Dangers from Extremists, Corrupt Politicians
![Maldivian police officers secure the area following a blast in Male, Maldives, Thursday, May 6, 2021. Maldives' first democratically elected president and current Parliament Speaker Mohamed Nasheed has been injured in a blast Thursday near his home and was being treated in a hospital in the capital, police said. (](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/05/202105ASIA_maldives_assassination.jpg?h=403008ac&itok=RddKmNxU)
The EAC Risks Becoming Irrelevant
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Europe: Redouble Efforts to End Violence Against Women
Mark Istanbul Convention’s 10th Anniversary with Action
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