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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 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 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

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 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 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 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 Dispatches

South Korea’s Digital Sex Crime Deepfake Crisis

Government Inaction is Fueling Abuses

A group of women sit holding protest signs that read "My Life Is Not Your Porn"
August 29, 2024 News Release

Bangladesh: Government Sets up Disappearances Inquiry

New Commission Should Have Full Access to Law Enforcement Records and Black Sites

A collage of portrait shots
August 28, 2024 Commentary

For Afghan Women, Singing is Resistance

Female high school students in a hallway
August 28, 2024 News Release

Cambodia: Arrests Target Critics of Regional Development Zone

94 Arrested for Opposing Cooperation Deal with Laos and Vietnam

Cambodians living in South Korea protest the CLV development project
August 27, 2024 News Release

China: UN Needs to Address Crimes Against Humanity

Uyghurs Endure Injustice 2 Years after Landmark UN Rights Report

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk speaks at the UN in Geneva, Switzerland, November 16, 2023.
August 27, 2024 Dispatches

Taliban’s Relentless Assault on Afghan Women’s Bodies, Autonomy

New Laws Prohibit Public Singing, Speaking, Exposing Faces

A 15-year-old girl, barred from attending secondary school since 2021, reads a notebook in Afghanistan, March 20, 2024.
August 26, 2024 Dispatches

UN Report Details Sri Lanka’s Dire Rights Situation

Human Rights Council Should Renew Monitoring, Evidence Collection

Sri Lankan police disperse anti-government protesters with tear gas and water cannons during a protest demanding the resignation of President Rani Wickremesinghe’s government in Colombo, Sri Lanka, September 24, 2022.
August 26, 2024 News Release

Bangladesh: Back UN Investigation into Grave Abuses

Interim Government Should Seek Support at Upcoming Human Rights Council Session

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, right, takes the oath of office as the head of Bangladesh's interim government in Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 8, 2024.

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