December 6, 2018
November 18, 2018
Absent an International Outcry, Detainees Start Hunger Strike for Justice in Syria
Demand Release of Arbitrarily-Held Detainees, Reform Unjust Legal Systems
![cover syria report](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/syria1215_main.jpg?itok=M729YSQk)
November 1, 2018
A Letter to the Egyptian Government Regarding Its Response to Khaled Hassan’s Torture Allegations
![Khaled Hassan](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201811mena_egypt_khaled_hassan.jpg?itok=gzs0qt_4)
November 1, 2018
Egyptian Government Should Investigate Abuses, Not Attack the Messenger
Hundreds of Cases of ‘Disappearances’ and Torture Reported Under al-Sisi’s Government
![Khaled Hassan](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201811mena_egypt_khaled_hassan.jpg?itok=gzs0qt_4)
August 31, 2018
Russia, Turkey, and Iran Should Act on Syria Detainees
Use September 7 Meeting to Address Arbitrary Detentions, Disappearances, Abductions
![Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lock hands during a group photo in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, April 4, 2018. © 2018 Tolga Bozoglu/Pool Photo via AP](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201808mena_syria_astana.jpg?itok=lUdPYZEv)
August 2, 2018
Thailand: Rights Activist Detained in Deep South
Use of Martial Law Raises Fears of Mistreatment
![Human rights activist Burhan Buraheng has been arbitrarily detained without charge in a military camp in Thailand’s Pattani province since August 1, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201808asia_thailand_buraheng.jpg?itok=j-nNMYLj)
July 20, 2018
Turkey: Normalizing the State of Emergency
Draft Law Permits Purging Judges; Prolonged Detention; Curbing Movement, Assembly
![The human rights monument in Ankara cordoned off with a police barricade during Turkey’s state of emergency to prevent its use as a site of public assembly and protest, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201807eca_tureky_human_rights_monument.jpg?itok=IzqzTUZ3)
July 6, 2018
Uzbekistan: Man’s 13-Year Detention Revealed
Reports of Ill-Treatment Show Need for Transparency, Monitoring
![A guard in a solitary confinement block at an unidentified prison in Uzbekistan. Prisoners in solitary confinement in Uzbekistan’s prisons experience cramped cells without bedding—some in total darkness, others with permanent bright lights](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201807eca_solitary_confinement_uzbekistan.jpg?itok=CQmEfQGz)
March 25, 2018
Gina Haspel is the wrong choice to head the CIA
![Gina Haspel, a veteran CIA clandestine officer picked by U.S. President Donald Trump to head the Central Intelligence Agency, is shown in this handout photograph released on March 13, 2018. © 2018 CIA handout](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201803us_cia_gina_haspel2.jpg?itok=q6pTJLy5)
February 5, 2018
Singapore: End Detention Without Trial
Reject Changes to Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act
![The parliament house in Singapore, August 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201802asia_singapore_parliament.jpg?itok=1QoyIT4E)
January 29, 2018
Sri Lanka: Repeal Draconian Security Law
Failure to Meet Pledges on Accountability, Counterterrorism Reforms
![Sri Lankan police stand guard at a protest calling for the release of Tamil activists being held under the Prevention of Terrorism Act in Colombo, Sri Lanka, October 14, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201712asia_srilanka_main.jpg?itok=BQG3gJBC)
![An ISIS suspect held for questioning by Iraqi forces near Mosul.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201712mena_iraq_justice_main.jpg?itok=m-K-LgMa)
![The American flag flies next to a statue of the scales of justice at United States Court House, February 6, 2002.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709us_justice_court_statue.jpg?itok=OC5o5INm)
September 20, 2017
Iraq/KRG: 1,400 Women, Children From ISIS Areas Detained
Investigate Killings, Abductions of Foreign Men
![Iraqi Ministry of Transportation buses taking internally displaced families to Hammam al-Alil in May 2017. In late August, Iraqi authorities bused 1,400 foreign women and children to the site. © 2017 Belkis Wille/Human Rights Watch](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709mena_iraq_hammamalalil.jpg?itok=psgGav6s)