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Recent Corrections
12/19/22: We have updated the online and PDF version of this report to reflect that fact that the Hungarian government responded to our report and covering letter after our publication date and to include the Hungarian government’s response as an appendix to the report.
11/23/2022: This version of the press release reflects the correct spelling of the city Dehgolan and Aram Habibi's name.
The dispatch “Philippines Swiftly Investigates Journalist’s Killing” published on November 10, 2022, inaccurately stated that alleged middleman Cristito Villamor Palaña surrendered to the authorities before being found dead. Palaña was already in prison at the time for another case when the accusations were made against him. Only the confessed gunman, Joel Escorial, turned himself in to the authorities. Hours after Escorial’s surrender, Palaña was killed inside the New Bilibid Prison, which is run by the corrections bureau.
We corrected the timeframe of when Malian authorities suspended Radio France Internationale and France 24.
The Chibok schoolgirls abduction occurred in 2014. This publication has been updated to reflect the correct date.
The press release was corrected to remove inaccurate information about the Uniting for Ukraine Program.
The date of an attack described by a protester in Sanandaj city in which security forces shot at fleeing protesters, wounding a man, has been changed to show that it happened on September 19.
9/27/2022: this press release was updated to more accurately reflect the claims made by the Algerian authorities about Bouhafs in their October 7, 2021, letter to UN experts.
The article indicated that Gotabaya Rajapaksa was still outside of Sri Lanka. He in fact returned to the country on September 3.
The English version of this piece misstated the name of the interviewee, and included discrepancies with the original French version of the interview. The piece also misstated the type of measure adopted in 2019. The government’s measure is an order (arrêté), and not a law.