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HRW wants govt. to support 'Accountability Project'
The Island
|September 02, 2025
The Human Rights Watch (HRA) has urged the National People's Power (NPP) government to support a resolution at the upcoming UN Human Rights Council session, scheduled to begin on 8 September, to renew the Accountability Project and the UN's ongoing monitoring and reporting for two years.
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The HRW statement, issued in Geneva recently, declared the government should immediately and publicly direct security agencies to end the surveillance and harassment of victims' families and activists, and announce a complete moratorium on the use of the PTA.
The government should invite international experts to assist in the excavation of the Chemmani mass grave.
This story is from the September 02, 2025 edition of The Island.
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