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Kuwait: Five hanged as execution spree continues into second year
Kuwait has executed 12 people this year
28 Jul 2023 Press release -
Singapore: First woman 'unlawfully' executed in 20 yearsSingaporean national Saridewi Djamani was executed today, the second execution this week
28 Jul 2023 Press release -
Bangladesh: Executions of two men shows the Government's 'callous disregard' for the right to lifeAt least 2,000 people are believed to be under the sentence of death
28 Jul 2023 Press release -
Israel/OPT: Authorities enforcing apartheid by forcibly evicting 500 Palestinians28 Jul 2023 Press release -
Iran: authorities in huge crackdown on women for not wearing headscarves26 Jul 2023 Press release
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Singapore: Authorities must not carry out ‘cruel and unconscionable’ executions25 Jul 2023 Press release
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Zimbabwe: Upcoming election to take place against backdrop of 'brutal' human rights crackdownsZimbabwe: Upcoming election to take place against backdrop of 'brutal' human rights crackdowns
25 Jul 2023 Press release -
Ghana: Landmark vote to remove death penalty from laws a major step forwardGhana: Vote to remove death penalty from laws a major step forward
25 Jul 2023 Press release -
Northern Ireland: Call for investigation into police spying on journalistsNorthern Ireland: Call for investigation into police spying on journalists
24 Jul 2023 Press release -
Tunisia: president's two-year-long power grab has 'dramatically undermined' human rights23 Jul 2023 Press release
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Cambodia: ‘Dramatic’ escalation of human rights repression threatens electionsSunday’s elections set to take place after opposition Candlelight Party denied right to register in politically-motivated move
21 Jul 2023 Press release -
Ukraine: Russian attack on grain warehouses threatens 'disastrous' global food crisis20 Jul 2023 Press release
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Russia: more than 21,000 people targeted in sustained crackdown on anti-war dissent - new briefing20 Jul 2023 Press release
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Syria: UN General Assembly must reaffirm neutrality of aid deliveries19 Jul 2023 Press release
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Bangladesh: Police must avoid unnecessary force after protest violence
One activist dead and hundreds injured at opposition protests
19 Jul 2023 Press release -
UK: Passing of migration bill is 'bleak day for human rights'Disqualifying people’s asylum claims en masse regardless of the strength of their case is a blatant assault on international law and is a failure of UK leadership.
18 Jul 2023 Press release -
Northern Ireland: MPs must reject 'disgraceful' Troubles Bill17 Jul 2023 Press release -
EU/Tunisia: Migration agreement makes EU 'complicit' in abuses against refugeesAgreement lacks crucial safeguards on human rights
17 Jul 2023 Press release -
Zimbabwe: President's signing of Patriotic Bill into law a 'grave attack' on freedom of expressionZimbabwe: President's signs Patriotic Bill into law
15 Jul 2023 Press release -
Russia: 'Abominable' new legislation will inflict 'unbearable suffering' on transgender peopleCountry has imposed blanket ban on sex change procedures
14 Jul 2023 Press release
