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Stop Trump from Locking up Families

After ripping 2,000 children from the arms of their parents, the Trump administration is now locking up huge numbers of families together. Halting the separation of families is not enough. This cruelty must stop. Click here to find out how you can help #EndFamilyDetention.

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Tunisian authorities are confiscating and searching the phones of men they suspect of being gay and pressuring them to take cruel, degrading, and harmful anal “tests” and to confess to homosexual activity. Prosecutors use the information they collect to prosecute these men, under the country’s harsh sodomy laws. Police arrested two of the men after they went to the police to report being raped. But Tunisian authorities have no business meddling in private sexual practices between consenting partners, humiliating them under the guise of enforcing discriminatory laws. Read our new report via the link in our bio. (Illustrations © 2018 Human Rights Watch) BREAKING: Attorney-General Jeff Sessions submitted his resignation today at the request of US President Donald Trump. Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions has been no friend to human rights, including over criminal justice and immigration policies. But President Trump’s decision to request Sessions’ resignation raises serious concerns about his commitment to the rule of law in the United States. From fanning racial discord and demonizing immigrants to his no-holds-barred attacks on officials who disagree with him, Trump has shown little respect for the checks and balances that allow freedom and rights to flourish. (📷: © 2017 Reuters) The historic midterm election is over, but there is still a lot of work moving forward to ensure the protection of human rights for all. The following quote on the election results can be attributed to Nicole Austin-Hillery, Executive Director, US Program, Human Rights Watch: “What we just saw was a record number of voters who made their voices heard at a pivotal moment in this country’s history. In the next Congress, it is imperative that the House and Senate exercise their oversight authority over this administration’s practices of abandoning refugees, detaining immigrant children, suppressing voter turnout, and rolling back women’s health and LGBT protections.” (📷: © 2013 Reuters) Great news! Floridians just voted to restore voting rights for formerly incarcerated people. 1.4 MILLION people will now be eligible to vote in their communities. #ElectionDay2018 = a historic day for those who believe in #SecondChances. #Yeson4 (📷: © 2003 J. Pat Carter/AP Photo) Human Rights Watch joined with The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and @naacp_ldf on full-page ads in @nytimes and @pittsburghpg over the weekend, along with more than 80 other civil and human rights groups, in solidarity with families of Tree of Life Synagogue - and all who have confronted the darkness of hate. #AgainstHate. This week, we released a report on women facing sexual violence by officials in North Korea. One woman, Yoon Mi Hwa, a former trader in her 30s from North Hamgyong province who escaped North Korea in 2014, described what happened when she was detained in 2009, after a previous attempt to flee to China: “Every night some woman would be forced to leave with a guard and be raped. There was an especially horrible police guard, who, I later learned, was famous for his cruelty. Every day, whenever new inmates arrived, he’d find a reason to violently beat up one of the detainees, so everybody would know that you must obey him. Click, click, click was the most horrible sound I ever heard. It was the sound of the key of the cell of our prison room opening. Every night a prison guard would open the cell. I stood still quietly, acting like I didn’t notice, hoping it wouldn’t be me the one to have to follow the guard, hoping it wouldn’t be him.” Watch a full length video on our IGTV channel. (Illustrations © 2018 Choi Seong Guk for Human Rights Watch)
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End Shackling in Indonesia

Help end shackling once and for all by calling on the Indonesian government to monitor and end the practice of shackling inside institutions. Help #BreakTheChains today!

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