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Americas

May 17, 2017 Witness

Witness: A Doctor’s Struggle to Bring Relief to Dying Patients
Americas

May 17, 2017 News Release

Guatemala: Thousands Face Needless End-of-Life Suffering
Europe/Central Asia

February 16, 2017 Dispatches

Armenia’s New Strategy to Help Those in Pain

Giorgi Gogia
South Caucasus Director, Europe and Central Asia Division

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May 17, 2017 Video

Video: Thousands in Guatemala Face Needless End-of-Life Suffering
February 3, 2016 Video

Morocco: Thousands Face Needless Suffering at End of Life

Reports More Reports

May 17, 2017

“Punishing the Patient”

Ensuring Access to Pain Treatment in Guatemala
February 4, 2016

“Pain Tears Me Apart”

Challenges and Progress in Ensuring the Right to Palliative Care in Morocco
July 14, 2015

“All I Can Do Is Cry”

Cancer and the Struggle for Palliative Care in Armenia

News

January 25, 2017 Letter

Human Rights Watch submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in advance of its 60th pre-sessional review of the Russian Federation
January 12, 2017 News Release

Armenia: No Accountability for Police Violence
September 15, 2016 Statements

Human Rights Watch Calls for Better Protections for the Rights of Older People
May 6, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: A First Step for Patients in Pain in Armenia

Giorgi Gogia
South Caucasus Director, Europe and Central Asia Division
February 4, 2016 News Release

Morocco: Thousands Face Needless Suffering at End of Life
February 1, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Achieving Pain Relief For Millions

Diederik Lohman
Acting Director, Health and Human Rights
October 9, 2015 Dispatches

Ending Needless Suffering in Francophone Africa

Diederik Lohman
Acting Director, Health and Human Rights
June 15, 2015 News Release

Mexico: Breakthrough for Pain Treatment
March 22, 2015 Dispatches

Dispatches: In Russia, Don’t Tell the Living About the Dead

Tanya Cooper
Researcher, Ukraine
March 5, 2015 Dispatches

Dispatches: A Painful Truth – No Relief for 5.5 Billion People

Diederik Lohman
Acting Director, Health and Human Rights
December 10, 2014 News Release

Mexico: Important Advance in Care for Incurably Ill
November 14, 2014 Dispatches

Dispatches: Keep Russian Doctors Out of Courtroom

Tanya Cooper
Researcher, Ukraine

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