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February 1, 2018 News Release

Philippines: Endorse UN Inquiry into ‘Drug War’ Killings

Independent Investigation Needed to Clarify Death Toll, Promote Accountability

Protesters hold placards and lit candles at the wake of Kian delos Santos, a 17-year-old high school student, who was among the people shot dead last week in an escalation of President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs, in Caloocan City, Metro Manila, Philip
January 8, 2018 News Release

China: France’s Macron Should Spotlight Rights

On Visit, Urge Liu Xia’s Release, Raise Internet Censorship

201801asia_china_macron French President Emmanuel Macron delivers his New Year wishes to the members of the press corps at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, January 3, 2018.
December 21, 2017 News Release

Nepal: Publish Commission Report on Terai Violence

Victims Await Answers, Redress

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December 13, 2017 News Release

China: Minority Region Collects DNA from Millions

Private Information Gathered by Police, Under Guise of Public Health Program

201712asia_china_xinjiang A mural in Xinjiang reads "Stability is a blessing, Instability is a calamity," Yarkand, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China on September 20, 2012.
December 8, 2017 Statement

Human Rights Watch Statement for the General Debate of the International Criminal Court’s Sixteenth Assembly of States Parties

November 20, 2017 Q & A

Afghanistan and the International Criminal Court

Questions and Answers

Afghan family leaves site of attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, December 22, 2016. © 2016 Reuters
November 14, 2017 Commentary

A Steep Slope Awaits the Wheels of Justice in Central African Republic

Destroyed homes in the Paris-Congo neighborhood of Alindao, Central African Republic. UPC fighters and armed Muslim civilians attacked the area on May 9, 2017.
October 18, 2017 News Release

Indonesia: US Documents Released on 1965-66 Massacres

Justice Demands Full Disclosure of Classified Materials on Mass Killings

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September 20, 2017 Report

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
September 7, 2017 News Release

Singapore: End Harassment of Peaceful Activists

Unjustified Investigation of Candlelight Vigil Violates Rights

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September 6, 2017 News Release

Cambodia: Drop Case Against Opposition Leader

Campaign Targeting Opposition, Media, and NGOs Mars 2018 Elections

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September 2, 2017 News Release

Burma: Satellite Images Show Massive Fire Destruction

700 Buildings Destroyed in Single Muslim Village in Rakhine State

New satellite imagery obtained by Human Rights Watch shows the complete destruction of the village of Chein Khar Li
September 1, 2017 News Release

Thailand: Supreme Court Enshrines Impunity for 2010 Violence

No Justice for Officials, Soldiers in Bloody Crackdown

On August 30, 2017, Phayao Akhard wears the bloody nurses gown worn by her daughter, nurse Kamolkate “Kate” Akhard, when she was killed by Thai Special Forces soldiers while tending wounded persons at the front of Wat Pathum temple on May 19, 2010, to pro
August 29, 2017 News Release

Burma: Satellite Data Indicate Burnings in Rakhine State

Protect Population, Investigate Abuses

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August 8, 2017 Letter

Letter to the Commander of the Libyan National Army

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