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Bangladesh: Ensure Fair Trials for Mutiny Defendants

The Bangladeshi government should immediately stop the mass trials of the alleged mutineers of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) to ensure fair trials. (New York) – The Bangladeshi government should...

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Pakistan: Prominent Rights Advocate to Lead Supreme Court Bar

The election of a prominent human rights activist to the presidency of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan is a victory for human rights in Pakistan and for the country’s transition to...

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China: Account for Forcibly Returned Uighurs

China should account for Chinese citizens of Uighur ethnicity who were forcibly returned from three Asian countries on August 6 and August 8, 2011. (Washington, DC) – China should account for Chinese...

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Burma: Free Political Prisoners to Show Commitment to Reform

The Burmese government should immediately and unconditionally release all political prisoners in Burma to demonstrate a genuine commitment to its touted reform process. (New York) – The Burmese...

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Philippines: Homicide Trial of 8 Soldiers Nears End

The final two defense witnesses are scheduled to testify this week in Tagum City in the first trial in the Philippines in a decade in which soldiers have been charged with homicide in an armed...

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Thailand: Southern Insurgents Bomb Nightspots

Alleged insurgents were responsible for detonating three bombs at a nighttime entertainment area in Thailand’s southern Narathiwat province that killed five civilians and wounded 118.   (New York) –...

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North Korea: Kim Jong-Il’s Legacy of Mass Atrocity

Governments should mark North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il’s death with a clear demand that the new leader choose a path of reforming the country’s abysmal human rights situation, Human Rights Watch said...

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Bangladesh: Mass Sentencing Raises Fair Trial Concerns

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Bangladesh: Mass Sentencing Raises Fair Trial Concerns

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Bangladesh: Mass Sentencing Raises Fair Trial Concerns

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