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The Israel and Palestine director at Human Rights Watch states that the Palestinian death toll provided by the Health Ministry is generally reliable, after U.S. President Joe Biden questioned the death tolls.
2023-10-26

The United States Office of Foreign Assets Control imposes sanctions on former Chinese Communist Party Secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Region Wu Yingjie and People's Police chief for the Himalayas Zhang Hongbo over "serious" human rights abuses in Tibet.
2022-12-9

Human Rights Watch reports on the use of "horizontal high-speed multiple projectile launchers" meant to fire multiples of tear gas or stun grenades simultaneously. The Executive Director of the Americas Division, José Miguel Vivanco, publishes a corroborating video reportedly showing a Venom grenade launcher from Combined Systems being used against protesters.
2021-05-10

Human Rights Watch and the Philippine Commission on Human Rights condemn the murders of an indigenous Lumad family and the rape of an indigenous Manobo girl by soldiers and militiamen of the Philippine Army under the guise of fighting a communist rebellion.
2015-09-9

2013 Gyama Mine landslide: A large landslide buries 83 gold miners in China's Tibetan Autonomous Region near Lhasa.
2013-03-29

A Tibetan monk is shot dead in Sichuan, China, in the second violent clash this week as unrest spreads.
2012-01-25

China jails a Tibetan writer for editing a banned magazine regarding unrest in 2008.
2011-07-2

The People's Republic of China detains 300 Tibetan monks for "legal education" after a monk sets himself on fire.
2011-05-23

The Tibetan government in-exile accepts the Dalai Lama's resignation from politics; the parliament is to seek the Tibetan community's opinion.
2011-03-25

Human Rights Watch calls on Iran to stop the execution of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a woman convicted of adultery. She denies the charges.
2010-07-7