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Kyrgyzstan authorities have stepped up the harassment of journalists and independent media with a slew of criminal investigations into their work in recent months, Human Rights Watch said on April 1, 2022.

The Australian government should end nursing homes’ use of chemical restraints to control the behavior of older people with dementia, Human Rights Watch said on March 30, 2022. One year ago, in March 2021, the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety issued its final report, calling for urgent reforms to protect older people from unnecessary chemical restraint.

The Indian government’s forced return of an ethnic Rohingya woman to Myanmar on March 22, 2022 highlights the life-threatening risks facing Rohingya refugees in India, Human Rights Watch said on March 31, 2022. International law prohibits the forced return of refugees to places where their lives or freedom would be threatened.

A broad state of emergency adopted in El Salvador in the name of security suspends a range of basic rights, opening the door to abuse, Human Rights Watch said on March 29, 2022.

The Bangladesh authorities should immediately conduct an independent and transparent investigation into the death in custody of an Indigenous political activist, Human Rights Watch said on March 30, 2022. Any officers found responsible for Nabayan Chakma Milon’s torture and death should be held accountable.

Journalists should press FIFA and Qatari authorities to address the serious ongoing human rights abuses in Qatar during the 72nd FIFA Congress in Doha on March 31, 2022, Human Rights Watch said on March 29, 2022. Ahead of the FIFA Congress, Human Rights Watch is releasing 10 questions that journalists should ask FIFA and Qatari authorities along with information about the issues drawn from the organization’s extensive research on abuses in Qatar.

An Iranian-American-British conservationist convicted in Iran on bogus national security charges has ended his weeklong hunger strike, Human Rights Watch said on March 28, 2022. Morad Tahbaz went on a hunger strike after his temporary release abruptly ended before the Iranian new year. Iranian authorities should immediately and unconditionally release him and other environmentalists wrongfully jailed with him.

Egyptian police arbitrarily arrested at least 30 Sudanese refugees and asylum seekers during raids in December 2021 and January 2022 and subjected some to forced physical labor and beatings, Human Rights Watch said on March 27, 2022.

A Sudanese man in Libya was abducted by armed elements and conscripted into forced labour.

A man holds a sign reading 'Slavery still Exists' in the United States.