US: More Harm Than Good
(Washington, DC) – Harsh public registration laws often punish youth sex offenders for life and do little to protect public [...]
US: Fulfill Promises to Close Guantanamo
US President Barack Obama should move swiftly to fulfill newly repeated promises to end indefinite detention without trial at the [...]
Canada: Safety of Indigenous Women Under UN Scrutiny
(Toronto) – The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted today the report on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Canada’s [...]
South Africa: ‘Secrecy Bill’ Improved But Still Flawed
(Johannesburg) – South Africa’s “secrecy bill,” adopted by the National Assembly on April 25, 2013, lacks essential protections for whistleblowers, [...]
Guantanamo Bay and Indefinite Detention – Hunger Strike Continues
(New York) – More prisoners have joined a hunger strike at the US-run detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, bringing the [...]
Uganda: No Justice for April 2011 Killings
(Nairobi) – Police and prosecutors in Uganda have turned a blind eye to the killings of at least nine people by [...]