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August 30, 2024 News Release

Azerbaijan: Escalating Crackdown on Critics

Peace Activists Among the Latest Targets

Left - Bahruz Samadov. © Bahruz Samadov/Facebook and Right - Igbal Abilov. © Private
August 30, 2024 Dispatches

Mexican State Approves Six-Week Abortion Ban

Aguascalientes Governor Should Veto New Limit on Access to Abortion

People protest in favor of access to abortion in Mexico, September 29, 2020.
August 30, 2024 News Release

Dominican Republic: Court Reviews Laws Against Gay Sex

LGBT Officers in Police, Armed Forces Face Discrimination

Officers of the Dominican Republic's armed forces take part in a parade to celebrate the country's independence in Santo Domingo on February 27, 2012.
August 30, 2024 Letter

HRC57 – Sri Lanka: Renew the Mandates of the OHCHR for 2 Years

Joint Letter to the Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council

August 30, 2024 News Release

Mexico: Proposed Constitutional Changes Threaten Rights

Proposals Undermine Judicial Independence, Risk Facilitating Abuses

Federal court workers in Mexico City protest against a proposal that would remove and replace all judges in the country in popular elections, Monday, Aug. 26, 2024.
August 30, 2024 News Release

DR Congo: Little Justice for Goma Massacre Victims

A Year On, Investigate Senior Officials, Compensate Families

Congolese military personnel on trial for the murder of 57 civilians during a demonstration against the presence of MONUSCO, the United Nations stabilization mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in Goma, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, September 7, 2023.
August 29, 2024 Dispatches

Waiting for Justice for Afghanistan’s Forcibly Disappeared

Taliban Continue Horrific Practice of Previous Governments, Armed Groups

Photos of some of the victims of enforced disappearances in Afghanistan following the communist coup of 1978.
August 29, 2024 News Release

Sri Lanka: Families of ‘Disappeared’ Persecuted

Renewal of UN Human Rights Council Mandate Crucial to Counter Impunity, Abuse

Soosai Victoria shows photographs of her missing son at her home in Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka, May 7, 2024.
August 29, 2024 News Release

Hong Kong: Two Journalists Convicted on Baseless ‘Sedition’ Charge

Quash Guilty Verdicts; End Crackdown on Media Freedom

Chung Pui-kuen, the former chief editor of Hong Kong's now-shuttered Stand News, is released on bail after being found guilty in a politically motivated sedition trial, in Hong Kong, August 29, 2024.
August 29, 2024 News Release

Australia: Bolster Global Advocacy Against Death Penalty

Submission to Foreign Affairs Committee Seeks Stronger Bilateral Engagement

 An activist during a protest against the death penalty at Speakers' Corner in Singapore on April 3, 2022.
August 29, 2024 Statement

Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Inquiry into Australia's Advocacy for the Abolition of the Death Penalty

August 29, 2024 Amicus Briefing

Amicus Curiae in the Monitoring of the State of Ecuador’s Compliance in Paola Guzmán Albarracín y otras vs. Ecuador

August 2024

August 29, 2024 News Release

Ecuador Sets Plan to End Sexual Violence in Schools

Implementation Requires Adequate Resources, Meaningful Civil Society Involvement

Students return to school after the government of Ecuador temporarily suspended in-person lessons in response to a series of violent events at the beginning of the year in Quito, Ecuador, January 24, 2024.
August 29, 2024 Dispatches

Indonesian Police Crack Down on Anti-Corruption Protests

Students, Workers Accuse President Joko Widodo of Nepotism

Students protest proposed  amendment to the local election law outside of West Java’s parliament building in Bandung, Indonesia, August 22, 2024.
August 29, 2024 Letter

Burundi: Joint Letter by NGOs to the United Nations Human Rights Council

At a critical juncture for Burundi, the Special Rapporteur’s mandate remains vital

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