October 6, 2020
39 Countries at UN Express ‘Grave Concerns’ About China’s Abuses
Call for International Monitoring of Human Rights Situation
![Chinese police patrol a night market near Id Kah Mosque in Xinjiang, a day before the Eid al-Fitr holiday, June 25, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201802asia_china_ijop.jpg?itok=9C_-dkD2)
October 6, 2020
Protesting Sexual Assault in India Isn’t a ‘Conspiracy’
Authorities Blame Critics After Rape and Murder in Uttar Pradesh State
![Chandrashekhar Azad, leader of the Bhim Army, a party advocating for the rights of Dalits, speaks during a protest against the gang rape and killing of a Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh state, in New Delhi, India, October 2, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/10/202010asia_india_hathras_protest.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=dIx_g9x_)
October 6, 2020
Kyrgyzstan: Respect Rights While Restoring Order
Flawed Parliamentary Vote Prompts Protests, Violence
![Protesters gathered on Ala Too Square in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan's capital on October 6, 2020, two days after a disputed parliamentary election.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/10/202010eca_kyrgyzstan_alatoo.jpg?h=71976bb4&itok=FKDT7OrL)
October 6, 2020
Don’t Let Orphan’s Canadian Homecoming Be an Exception
Ottawa Should Repatriate 46 Others Held in Northeast Syria
![A girl stands in front of a chainlink fence](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/06/202006mena_canada_isis_main.jpg?h=f2fcf546&itok=25ROFRps)
October 6, 2020
Philippines: Human Rights Council Joint NGO Statement
Item 10 General Debate - HRC45
![Delegates sit at the opening of the 41th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 24, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/06/202006un_hrc_geneva.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=ekSWyFT8)
October 6, 2020
People with Mental Health Conditions Living in Chains
Worldwide Campaign to End Shackling, Shame
![A man sitting on a concrete structure with a chain around his ankle. Another man is lying on the concrete floor.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/10/202010drd_shackling_indonesia_man.jpg?h=16a6d817&itok=9j_ZzIdC)
October 6, 2020
IMF: Adopt Policies to Reduce Inequality
Austerity Threatens Pandemic Recovery, Social and Economic Rights
![2020bhr_ecuador_budget_protest](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/10/2020bhr_ecuador_budget_protest.jpg?h=f2fcf546&itok=9P89kSUu)
October 6, 2020
Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Media Offices Shut Down
Unlawful Action Allegedly Politically Motivated
![The NRT headquarters in Sulaymaniyah, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/10/202010mena_iraq_NRT.jpg?h=4aac3f55&itok=hlqOcwMT)
October 6, 2020
Greece: Investigate Pushbacks, Violence at Borders
Groups Press Parliament to Open Inquiry
![The Greek Coast Guard has been accused of using rescue equipment - namely inflatable, motorless life rafts - to leave asylum seekers and migrants adrift in open water close to the Turkish sea border. May 25, 2020](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/07/202007_refugee_greece_turkey.jpeg?h=23d7a3d3&itok=D1Hq8TfE)
October 6, 2020
Egypt: Police Beat Man to Death, Family Says
Relatives, Witnesses, Journalists Detained
![Islam al-Australi, 26, who died in police custody.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/10/202010mena_egypt_islam_alaustrali.jpeg?h=d8476a9f&itok=9RsqDHpQ)
October 5, 2020
Human Rights Watch Names First Chief Programs Officer
Tirana Hassan to Lead Organization’s Work in Over 100 Countries
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October 5, 2020
Myanmar: Election Fundamentally Flawed
Rohingya Excluded, Unequal Media Access, Arrests of Critics
![A resident checks voting lists at an administrative office in Yangon ahead of Myanmar’s upcoming general election, July 25, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/10/202010asia_myanmar_elections.jpg?h=fe474702&itok=0dm40jcF)