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- International SecretariatPEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA:Hong Kong: Guilty verdicts against student leaders latest blow for freedom of expression
- 27 July 2016 / Region:PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA / Topic:
- International SecretariatISRAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN:Iran is putting political prisoners’ lives at risk by denying them medical care
- 26 July 2016 / Region:ISRAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN / Topic:
- International SecretariatSYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC:Alarm over reports of high civilian death toll from US-led airstrikes on Manbij
- 22 July 2016 / Region:SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC / Topic:Regional conflict
- International SecretariatSOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM:The secretive world of torturous ‘prisons within prisons’
- 21 July 2016 / Region:SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM / Topic:
- International SecretariatREPUBLIC OF TURKEY:Human rights in grave danger following coup attempt and subsequent crackdown
- 20 July 2016 / Region:REPUBLIC OF TURKEY / Topic:
- International SecretariatEL SALVADOR:Scandalous proposal to increase jail terms for women accused of abortion
- 15 July 2016 / Region:EL SALVADOR / Topic:Women's Rights
- International SecretariatREPUBLIC OF SOUTH SUDAN:Renewed clashes put civilians at risk, underline need for arms embargo
- 14 July 2016 / Region:REPUBLIC OF SOUTH SUDAN / Topic:Regional conflict
- International SecretariatREPUBLIC OF GUINEA:New criminal code drops death penalty but fails to tackle impunity and keeps repressive provisions
- 14 July 2016 / Region:REPUBLIC OF GUINEA / Topic:Abolition of the Death Penalty
- International SecretariatREPUBLIC OF BELARUS:Belarus uses telecoms firms to stifle dissent
- 12 July 2016 / Region:REPUBLIC OF BELARUS / Topic:
- International SecretariatSYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC:Abductions, torture and summary killings at the hands of armed groups
- 8 July 2016 / Region:SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC / Topic:Regional conflict
- International SecretariatREPUBLIC OF KOREA:Five year sentence against union leader a chilling blow to peaceful protest
- 8 July 2016 / Region:REPUBLIC OF KOREA / Topic:
- International SecretariatCIA rendition victims challenge Romania and Lithuania at Europe’s human rights court
- 6 July 2016 / Region: / Topic:Fight Against Terrorism and Human Rights
- International SecretariatFEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL:Huge spike in number of deaths committed by Police in Rio ahead of the Olympic Games
- 5 July 2016 / Region:FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL / Topic:
- International SecretariatKINGDOM OF MOROCCO:Journalists risk imprisonment for running smartphone app training
- 1 July 2016 / Region:KINGDOM OF MOROCCO / Topic:
- International SecretariatHASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN:Response to border bombing must not include push-back of refugees
- 30 June 2016 / Region:HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN / Topic:Refugees and Migrants
- International SecretariatZambia: Closure of independent newspaper a ploy to crackdown on freedom of the press
- 30 June 2016 / Region: / Topic:
- International SecretariatUNITED MEXICAN STATES:Sexual violence routinely used as torture to secure "confessions" from women
- 29 June 2016 / Region:UNITED MEXICAN STATES / Topic:
- International SecretariatSTATE OF ERITREA:Immediately and unconditionally release prisoners of conscience
- 24 June 2016 / Region:STATE OF ERITREA / Topic:
- International SecretariatREPUBLIC OF INDONESIA:Shots fired amid attempt to illegally push Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seekers back out to sea
- 23 June 2016 / Region:REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA / Topic:Refugees and Migrants
- International SecretariatREPUBLIC OF ANGOLA:Continued imprisonment of 17 activists a gross injustice
- 22 June 2016 / Region:REPUBLIC OF ANGOLA / Topic: