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Trump-Putin Meeting Sidelines Civilian Protection, Justice

United States President Donald Trump and Russian...

US: Rights Report Mixes Facts, Deception, Political Spin

(Washington, DC) – The Trump administration’s omission...

Niger Junta Dissolves Justice-Sector Unions

The military junta in Niger announced on...

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Trump-Putin Meeting Sidelines Civilian Protection, Justice

United States President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in Alaska on August 15, reportedly to discuss ending Russia’s war in...
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US: Rights Report Mixes Facts, Deception, Political Spin

(Washington, DC) – The Trump administration’s omission of key sections and manipulation of certain countries’ rights abuses degrade and politicize the 2025 US State Department...
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Niger Junta Dissolves Justice-Sector Unions

The military junta in Niger announced on August 7 the dissolution of four main justice-sector unions, undermining workers’ rights to freedom of association and...
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Thailand: Aid Cuts Put Myanmar Refugees at Grave Risk

(Bangkok) – More than 100,000 Myanmar refugees in Thailand have lost access to essential food and medical aid due to US funding cuts, putting them at...
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Chad: 20-Year Sentence for Opposition Leader

(Nairobi) – The guilty verdict and 20-year sentence imposed on August 9, 2025, on Succès Masra, leader of Chad’s main opposition party, is the culmination...
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Cameroon Doubles Down on Excluding Opposition Candidate from Elections

On August 5, Cameroon’s Constitutional Council backed the electoral commission’s decision to bar Maurice Kamto, a key opposition leader and challenger to incumbent President Paul Biya,...
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Macao: Ex-Lawmaker Held on National Security Charge

(New York) – Macao authorities should unconditionally release the former lawmaker and veteran pro-democracy activist Au Kam San (區錦新), who was arrested on national...
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Gaza: Israeli School Strikes Magnify Civilian Peril

Israeli forces’ deadly attacks on schools sheltering Palestinian civilians highlight the absence of safe places for displaced people, the vast majority of Gaza’s population.Hundreds...
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Lebanon: Israeli Forces Occupied, Vandalized Schools

Israeli forces occupied schools in southern Lebanon during hostilities between September and November 2024 and in the following weeks, used some of them as...
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Afghanistan: Relentless Repression 4 Years into Taliban Rule

(New York) – The Taliban have deepened their repression since taking over Afghanistan on August 15, 2021, by intensifying restrictions on the rights of...
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Lebanon: Five Years Without Justice for Port Explosion Victims

(Beirut) – Lebanese authorities have yet to deliver truth and justice for the victims and their families five years after the devastating Beirut port explosion...
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For Plastics Treaty, End Pollution at its Source

Countries will resume negotiations in Geneva on August 5, 2025, on a global plastics treaty. Previous talks have stalled amid deep divisions over key issues. To...
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Tanzanian Opposition Leader’s Trial Again Postponed

This week, a Tanzanian court postponed the politically motivated treason trial of political opposition leader Tundu Lissu for the fifth time. Since treason is a capital offense,...
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Iran: Authorities Amputate Three Prisoners’ Fingers in Acts of Torture

(Beirut) – Iranian authorities used a “guillotine machine” to amputate fingers of three detained men in the late hours of July 30, 2025, Human Rights Watch...

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