![A satellite photograph of Scorpion Prison taken in September 2016. Inmates suffer abuses in secret and are denied most access to the outside world. Satellite imagery](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/egypt0916_prison-01.jpg?itok=4aMz2KuV)
![A satellite photograph of Scorpion Prison taken in September 2016. Inmates suffer abuses in secret and are denied most access to the outside world. Satellite imagery](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/egypt0916_prison-01.jpg?itok=4aMz2KuV)
October 13, 2020
Human Rights Watch Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on Egypt
79th Pre-Session
![Servet Turgut died on September 30 of injuries incurred while in military custody. Pictured here in his village with his grandchild. ©2020 Private](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/09/Servet%20Turgut%20before%20Torture%20%283%29.jpg?h=001de768&itok=TlO9A4jb)
September 29, 2020
Statement by Russian and International Human Rights Organizations on the Case of Salman Tepsurkaev
![A victim of the purge telling his story in a safe house in central Russia in April 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/report.-chechnya-cover-new_2.png?itok=mthsdrrJ)
September 16, 2020
How to Answer Iraq’s Dangerous Failure to Put a Stop to Torture
![Juveniles’ 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/media_2020/09/202009mena_iraq_torture.jpg?h=01c32648&itok=VghLlgyp)
![Belarusian security forces dragging protester](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/09/Belarus_Thumb2.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=biuOP21R)
September 15, 2020
Bahrain: Joint Letter to Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council Delegates
Re: Upcoming 45th Session of the Human Rights Council
September 15, 2020
Belarus: Systematic Beatings, Torture of Protesters
OSCE, UN Human Rights Council Inquiries Needed
![Protesters objecting to the flawed August presidential election and the government's brutality, in march along the Independence Prospect during the "March of Unity" rally in Minsk, Belarus on Sunday, Sep. 6, 2020, Belarus.© 2020 SIPA USA via AP](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/09/AP_20252514182077.jpg?h=4e82a3b7&itok=U47sW6-W)
September 12, 2020
Iran Suddenly Executes Wrestler Navid Afkari
Authorities Fail to Notify Lawyer, Family
![Navid Afkari, a 27-year-old wrestler facing a death sentence.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/09/202009mena_iran_navid.jpg?h=6b37c099&itok=K4OkzsEt)
July 29, 2020
Turkey: Police, Watchmen Involved in Torture, Ill-Treatment
Investigate Surge of Cases
![Main image for Turkey Report](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201710eca_turkey_main.jpg?itok=dJur8faG)
July 15, 2020
Comment on proposed changes to procedures for asylum and withholding of removal; credible fear and reasonable fear
![201810us_AsylumSeekers_MotherandChildren](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201810us_asylumseekers_motherandchildren.jpg?itok=Oq02Wvh7)
July 10, 2020
Bahrain’s Torture-Tainted Courts
![Mohamed Ramadan (left) and Hussein Ali Moosa (right).](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202003mena_bahrain_ramadan_moosa.jpg?itok=xxv-Zrs5)
June 24, 2020
Egypt: Rights Defender’s Relatives Arrested
Midnight Raids, Disappearances Follow Torture Complaint
![From left to right: Dr. Salah Soltan, Ahmed Soltan, Mahmoud Soltan, Hamza Soltan, Mostafa Soltan, Esmaeel Soltan](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/06/202006mena_egypt_soltan_cousins.jpg?h=1e5911ee&itok=b-lMktPw)
April 29, 2020
Turkey: Enforced Disappearances, Torture
Investigate Disappearances; End Threats to Detainee and His Family
![Wives of six men who went missing in February 2019 join the weekly Saturday Mothers vigil in Istanbul for families of disappeared people in Turkey, July 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201908eca_turkey_saturdaymothers.jpg?itok=hm_hFf9S)