Independent documentation, reporting and analysis of human rights violations, arbitrary detention, executions, protest repression and other serious abuses affecting people and communities around the world.
1,500,000 - 3,500,000APPROX ARRESTS
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Every arbitrary arrest is an attack on personal liberty. International law protects individuals from unlawful...
180,000 - 200,000EXECUTIONS WORLDWIDE
The death penalty irreversibly deprives a person of the right to life. International law places the strictest...
10,000,000 - 11,700,000PRISONER RELEASES
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their detention becomes unlawful, arbitrary, or no longer supported by a valid legal basis. States are...
1,800,000 - 2,200,000PROTESTS WORLDWIDE
Peaceful protest is protected under international human rights law. Governments must respect and...
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Global reporting on detention, political prisoners, arbitrary arrest, torture, executions and other documented human-rights violations. Coverage is intentionally drawn from multiple countries and independent international sources.
Human Rights Watch documents torture, sexual violence, medical neglect and dangerous prison conditions affecting women political prisoners in Myanmar.
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Reuters reports UN findings on enforced disappearances, torture and arbitrary detention of political opponents in Nicaragua.
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Amnesty reports mass arrests, pretrial detention and restrictions targeting LGBTI organizations, activists and human rights defenders.
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Reuters reports the release of political prisoners following negotiations, while rights groups say hundreds remain imprisoned on political grounds.
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Reuters reports a legal dispute over immigration detention, due process and free-speech claims involving a Georgetown scholar.
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Reuters summarizes UN findings on conflict-related sexual violence affecting civilians, detainees and prisoners of war in the Ukraine conflict.
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Human Rights Watch reports that a prisoner sentenced to death after an allegedly unfair trial has been denied adequate medical treatment.
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The statement addresses mass arbitrary detention in Xinjiang, political detention in Venezuela and imprisonment of journalists and public figures in Tajikistan.
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Human Rights Watch reports on deportees returned to Haiti and describes due-process, detention-condition and protection concerns.
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Human Rights Watch calls for credible trials that prioritize serious international crimes while protecting due-process rights.
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HRANA reports that teachers’ union activist Hossein Salami received a one-year prison sentence in a case connected to his public and union activities.
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Amnesty International summarizes its findings on killings, imprisonment, torture, sexual violence, enforced disappearance and persecution linked to protest repression.
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