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Former Singapore Minister Jailed for Obstructing Justice, Accepting $300K in Gifts

A Singapore court sentenced former minister S....

Updated Wire Transfer Regulations Guidance

The Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of...

Tribes in Nevada Honor Victims of Cavalry Massacre

On September 21, I attended the fourth...

Human Rights Watch

Bangladesh: Excessive Force Against Political Protesters

(New York) – Bangladesh police indiscriminately fired rubber bullets, tear gas, and water cannons, and beat opposition party supporters with batons during protests in...

Tajikistan: Extradited Activist at Risk

(Berlin, August 2, 2023) – Belarus authorities have extradited Nizomiddin Nasriddinov, a Tajik political activist with refugee status in Germany, to Tajikistan, where he...

Ukraine: Apparent Russian Cluster Munition Attack

(Kyiv, August 4, 2023) – Nine civilians were killed and more than a dozen injured in an apparent Russian cluster munition attack on July...

Lebanon: 3 Years On, No Justice for Beirut Blast

(Beirut) – Member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council should support the establishment of an international, independent, and impartial fact-finding mission into...

Senegalese Government Dissolves Opposition Party, Cuts Internet

On July 31, Senegal’s interior minister announced the dissolution of the opposition party Patriotes africains du Sénégal pour le travail, l'éthique et la fraternité (Patriots...

Panama: Indigenous Community Needs Further Support to Relocate

Sea level rise and lack of space threaten the rights of people living on the tiny island of Gardi Sugdub and other coastal Indigenous...

Survivors Speak Out on Sexual Violence in West Darfur

Nusra and Khadija share the bond of being cousins and of living in the same small town in West Darfur. Now they share a...

US: Texas Officials Put Migrants in Danger

(Austin, July 20, 2023)—Reports that migrants and asylum seekers, including children, have been pushed back by Texas officials, stranded in sweltering heat, and wounded...

Turkey: Istanbul Police Mistreatment of Peaceful Protesters

(Istanbul) – Istanbul police wrongfully detained activists and mistreated them and their lawyers around a July 20, 2023 commemoration of an Islamic State (ISIS)...

Afghanistan: UN Assessment Should Prioritize Rights

(New York) – A United Nations Security Council-mandated independent assessment of the international approach to the crisis in Afghanistan should prioritize human rights, especially...

Azerbaijan: Opposition Leader Arrested | Human Rights Watch

(Berlin, July 25, 2023) – Azerbaijani authorities have arrested a prominent opposition leader and scholar, Gubad Ibadoghlu, on spurious criminal charges, Human Rights Watch...

DR Congo: Deadly Militia Raid on Ituri’s Displaced

(Goma) – Militia fighters killed at least 46 civilians, half of them children, and pillaged and burned a displaced people’s camp on June 12,...

Russia Grants Immunity for Crimes Committed in State’s Interests

Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, adopted in final reading a law providing immunity for crimes committed “in the interests of the...

Indian Government Finally Responds to Violence in Manipur

For more than two months, India’s Manipur state has been wracked by ethnic violence between Kuki tribal groups and the majority Meitei community. More...

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