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August 15, 2016 News Release

South Sudan: Killings, Rapes, Looting in Juba

Arms Embargo, Additional UN Sanctions Needed

Looted room in a house attacked by government forces in the Munuki neighborhood of Juba, South Sudan on July 10, 2016.

August 15, 2016 News Release

Sri Lanka: Challenging ‘Gender Norms’ Brings Abuse

Abolish Anti-LGBTI Laws, Establish Gender Recognition Policy

Sashini, a transgender woman in Colombo, has formally petitioned the National Human Rights Commission to urge the government to recognize her as female by issuing her official documents that reflect her livedgender. © 2016 Samantha

August 15, 2016 News Release

Hong Kong: Student Protest Leaders Sentenced

Legal Provisions Violate Rights to Peaceful Expression, Assembly

Student leaders Joshua Wong, Nathan Law, and Alex Chow chant slogans before their verdict outside the courthouse in Hong Kong on July 21, 2016.

August 14, 2016 News Release

Israel/Palestine: Palestinian Rights Defenders Threatened

2 Groups Seeking Accountability at ICC Are Targeted

Al-mezan and al-haqPalestine rights groups Aug 2016

August 14, 2016 News Release

Egypt: Compensate Victims of Mass Killings

New Parliament Should Pass a Transitional Justice Law

August 13, 2016 News Release

Bangladesh: End Illegal Detentions Immediately

Authorities Should Charge or Release Detainees, Stop Practice of Secret Arrests

Police stand guard in front of the gate of Dhaka Central Jail on December 10, 2013.

August 13, 2016 News Release

Oman: Newspaper Shuttered, Editor Held

3 Journalists Arrested Since Late July

Images of detained journalists Yousef al-Haj, Zaher al-Abri, and Ibrahim al-Ma’mari appearing on Azman's website along with announcement of the paper's closure.

August 12, 2016 News Release

Thailand: Deadly Bomb Attacks in South

Respect Rights in Bringing Perpetrators to Justice

A policeman is seen at the site of one of two bomb blasts which occurred on August 11, 2016, in Hua Hin, south of Bangkok, Thailand, in this still image taken from video August 12, 2016.

August 11, 2016 News Release

US: Candidates’ Stances on Human Rights

Questionnaire for Presidential Nominees

Composite showing US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (L) speaking on the campus of Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 29, 2016, and US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (R) speaking at a campaign rally in

August 11, 2016 News Release

Syria: Government Airstrikes Closing Down Hospitals

UN Should Build Case to Prosecute

Men and civil defence members look for survivors after an airstrike on a hospital in the town of Meles, western Idlib city in opposition armed forces-held Idlib province, Syria on August 6, 2016.

August 10, 2016 News Release

Indonesia: ‘LGBT Crisis’ Exposed Official Bias

Government Drove Discriminatory Campaign

A picture of an anti-LGBT demonstration.

August 10, 2016 News Release

Angola: Military Fatally Shoots Boy at Protest

Investigate, Punish Soldiers for Child’s Death

Some of the more than 600 houses demolished by the government in the Zango II area of Luanda, Angola since July 31, 2016.

August 9, 2016 News Release

Thailand: New Charter Enshrines Military Rule

Referendum Passes Amid Junta Repression of Constitution’s Critics

Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-ocha casts his ballot during the constitutional referendum vote in Bangkok, Thailand on August 7, 2016.

August 9, 2016 News Release

Philippines: A Rights Agenda for President Duterte

Extrajudicial Killings, Accountability, and Health Care Are Key Issues

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during his first State of the Nation Address at the Philippine Congress in Quezon city, Metro Manila, Philippines July 25, 2016.

August 9, 2016 News Release

DR Congo: Human Rights Watch Researcher Barred

Work Permit Denial Reflects Curbs on Free Speech, Rights Monitoring

Ida Sawyer, senior Africa researcher at Human Rights Watch.

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