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August 5, 2022 Statement

Sri Lanka: End Government Crackdown on Peaceful Protesters

August 2, 2022 News Release

Sri Lanka: Heightened Crackdown on Dissent

End Arbitrary Arrests, Harassment of Protesters, Activists, Journalists

Sri Lankan police and military personnel near the parliament in Colombo, July 19, 2022.
July 22, 2022 News Release

Sri Lanka: Security Forces Assault Peaceful Protesters

International Partners Should Promote Upholding Rights With Economic Recovery Aid

Sri Lankan army soldiers prepare to remove protesters and their tents from the site of a protest camp in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 22, 2022.
July 22, 2022 Commentary

Sri Lanka’s former president must be investigated for war crimes

Mahinda Rajapaksa, left, and his brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa waving to supporters in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in 2019.
July 22, 2022 News Release

Philippines: Marcos Should Focus on Rights Issues

State of the Nation Address an Opportunity to Present New Approaches

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at the Presidential Security Group Change of Command ceremony on July 4, 2022, in Manila, Philippines.
July 22, 2022 Report

Ukraine: Torture, Disappearances in Occupied South

Apparent War Crimes by Russian Forces in Kherson, Zaporizhzhia Regions

Russian servicemen on the roadside in Kherson region, Ukraine. © 2022 Olga Maltseva/AFP/Getty Images
July 21, 2022 Report

Russian, Ukrainian Bases Endangering Civilians

Basing Forces in Populated Areas Creates Unnecessary Risk 

An abandoned Russian armored vehicle parked next to a home in Yahidne village, April 17, 2022. 
July 19, 2022 Letter

Joint Letter to Key US Government Leadership

Protect the Rights of People with Disabilities and Older People in Ukraine

July 14, 2022 Statement

Child Labor and Human Rights Violations in the Mining Industry of the Democratic Republic of Congo

Testimony of Ida Sawyer at the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission

July 14, 2022 Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Hearing
July 14, 2022 Report

Russia: Forcible Disappearances of Ukrainian Civilians

Detainees Unlawfully Transferred to Russia, Possibly Held as Hostages

A pre-trial detention center in Russia.
July 7, 2022 Report

Afghanistan: Taliban Execute, ‘Disappear’ Alleged Militants

Over 100 Bodies Found Dumped in Canal in East

Darunta Canal, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, June 27, 2022.
June 30, 2022 Statement

Statement at Interactive Dialogue with the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia

50th session of the UN Human Rights Council

A Tigrayan refugee survivor of rape who fled the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray sits for a portrait in eastern Sudan near the Sudan-Ethiopia border, on March 20, 2021.
June 30, 2022 News Release

Ukraine: Russian Missile Kills Civilians in Shopping Center

Investigate Attack in Kremenchuk as Potential War Crime

Rescue operations at the site of the missile strike on a shopping center in Kremenchuk, Ukraine.
June 28, 2022 News Release

India: Free, Drop Charges Against Teesta Setalvad

Stop Harassing Activists for Defending Human Rights

Protestors demand the release of activist Teesta Setalvad after she was arrested in Mumbai, India.
June 27, 2022 Report

Cameroon: Separatist Abuses in Anglophone Regions

Prosecute, Sanction Fighters for Crimes Against Civilians

A burned-out classroom in the government primary school in Molyko, Buea, South-West Cameroon, destroyed by suspected separatist fighters on February 7, 2022.

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