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https://www.hrw.org/americas/paraguay
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Runtime: 948ms
On January 18, 2025, 05:34 AM UTC, https://www.hrw.org/americas/paraguay was accessible when tested on AS52468 in Paraguay.
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HTTP Experiment
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DNS Queries
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181.78.27.74
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Connection to 2620:12a:8000::2:443 was blocked.
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<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/africa/nigeria">Nigeria</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/africa/rwanda">Rwanda</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/africa/senegal">Senegal</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/africa/sierra-leone">Sierra Leone</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/africa/somalia">Somalia</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/africa/south-africa">South Africa</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/africa/south-sudan">South Sudan</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/africa/sudan">Sudan</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/africa/tanzania">Tanzania</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/africa/uganda">Uganda</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/africa/zambia">Zambia</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/africa/zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree" id="taxonomy_menu.menu_link:taxonomy_menu.menu_link.region.9450">
<button type="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="taxonomy_menu.menu_link:taxonomy_menu.menu_link.region.9451" aria-label="Click to expand Americas" data-label-expand="Click to expand Americas" data-label-close="Click to close Americas" data-component-id="hrw_components:button" class="hrw-button mobile_menu_item__button"
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Americas
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<div class="mobile_menu_submenu" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree" id="taxonomy_menu.menu_link:taxonomy_menu.menu_link.region.9451">
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/americas">All Americas</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/americas/argentina">Argentina</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/americas/bolivia">Bolivia</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/americas/brazil">Brazil</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/americas/canada">Canada</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/americas/chile">Chile</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/americas/colombia">Colombia</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/americas/costa-rica">Costa Rica</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/americas/cuba">Cuba</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/americas/dominican-republic">Dominican Republic</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/americas/ecuador">Ecuador</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/americas/el-salvador">El Salvador</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/americas/guatemala">Guatemala</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/americas/haiti">Haiti</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/americas/honduras">Honduras</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/americas/jamaica">Jamaica</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/americas/mexico">Mexico</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/americas/nicaragua">Nicaragua</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/americas/panama">Panama</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/americas/paraguay">Paraguay</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/americas/peru">Peru</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/americas/uruguay">Uruguay</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/americas/venezuela">Venezuela</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree" id="taxonomy_menu.menu_link:taxonomy_menu.menu_link.region.9451">
<button type="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="taxonomy_menu.menu_link:taxonomy_menu.menu_link.region.9452" aria-label="Click to expand Asia" data-label-expand="Click to expand Asia" data-label-close="Click to close Asia" data-component-id="hrw_components:button" class="hrw-button mobile_menu_item__button"
>
Asia
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<div class="mobile_menu_submenu" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree" id="taxonomy_menu.menu_link:taxonomy_menu.menu_link.region.9452">
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/asia">All Asia</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/asia/afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/asia/australia">Australia</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/asia/bangladesh">Bangladesh</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/asia/bhutan">Bhutan</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/asia/brunei">Brunei</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/asia/cambodia">Cambodia</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/asia/china-and-tibet">China and Tibet</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/asia/fiji">Fiji</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/asia/india">India</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/asia/indonesia">Indonesia</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/asia/japan">Japan</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/asia/laos">Laos</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/asia/malaysia">Malaysia</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/asia/maldives">Maldives</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/asia/myanmar-burma">Myanmar (Burma)</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/asia/nauru">Nauru</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/asia/nepal">Nepal</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/asia/north-korea">North Korea</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/asia/pakistan">Pakistan</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/asia/papua-new-guinea">Papua New Guinea</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/asia/philippines">Philippines</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/asia/singapore">Singapore</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/asia/south-korea">South Korea</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/asia/sri-lanka">Sri Lanka</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/asia/taiwan">Taiwan</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/asia/thailand">Thailand</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/asia/timor-leste">Timor-Leste</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/asia/vietnam">Vietnam</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree" id="taxonomy_menu.menu_link:taxonomy_menu.menu_link.region.9452">
<button type="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="taxonomy_menu.menu_link:taxonomy_menu.menu_link.region.9453" aria-label="Click to expand Europe/Central Asia" data-label-expand="Click to expand Europe/Central Asia" data-label-close="Click to close Europe/Central Asia" data-component-id="hrw_components:button" class="hrw-button mobile_menu_item__button"
>
Europe/Central Asia
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<div class="mobile_menu_submenu" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree" id="taxonomy_menu.menu_link:taxonomy_menu.menu_link.region.9453">
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/europe/central-asia">All Europe/Central Asia</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/europe/central-asia/albania">Albania</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/europe/central-asia/armenia">Armenia</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/europe/central-asia/azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/europe/central-asia/belarus">Belarus</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/europe/central-asia/belgium">Belgium</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/europe/central-asia/bosnia-and-herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/europe/central-asia/bulgaria">Bulgaria</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/europe/central-asia/croatia">Croatia</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/europe/central-asia/czech-republic">Czech Republic</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/europe/central-asia/denmark">Denmark</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/europe/central-asia/european-union">European Union</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/europe/central-asia/france">France</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/europe/central-asia/georgia">Georgia</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/europe/central-asia/germany">Germany</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/europe/central-asia/greece">Greece</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/europe/central-asia/holy-see">Holy See</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/europe/central-asia/hungary">Hungary</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/europe/central-asia/ireland">Ireland</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/europe/central-asia/italy">Italy</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/europe/central-asia/kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/europe/central-asia/kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/europe/central-asia/latvia">Latvia</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/europe/central-asia/lithuania">Lithuania</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/europa-und-zentralasien/netherlands">Netherlands</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/europe/central-asia/norway">Norway</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/europe/central-asia/poland">Poland</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/europe/central-asia/portugal">Portugal</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/europe/central-asia/romania">Romania</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/europe/central-asia/russia">Russia</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/europe/central-asia/serbia/kosovo">Serbia/Kosovo</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/europe/central-asia/spain">Spain</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/europe/central-asia/sweden">Sweden</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/europe/central-asia/switzerland">Switzerland</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/europe/central-asia/tajikistan">Tajikistan</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/europe/central-asia/turkey">Türkiye</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/europe/central-asia/turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/europe/central-asia/ukraine">Ukraine</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/europe/central-asia/united-kingdom">United Kingdom</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/europe/central-asia/uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree" id="taxonomy_menu.menu_link:taxonomy_menu.menu_link.region.9453">
<button type="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="taxonomy_menu.menu_link:taxonomy_menu.menu_link.region.9455" aria-label="Click to expand Middle East/North Africa" data-label-expand="Click to expand Middle East/North Africa" data-label-close="Click to close Middle East/North Africa" data-component-id="hrw_components:button" class="hrw-button mobile_menu_item__button"
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Middle East/North Africa
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</button>
<div class="mobile_menu_submenu" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree" id="taxonomy_menu.menu_link:taxonomy_menu.menu_link.region.9455">
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/middle-east/north-africa">All Middle East/North Africa</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/middle-east/north-africa/algeria">Algeria</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/middle-east/north-africa/bahrain">Bahrain</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/middle-east/n-africa/egypt">Egypt</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/middle-east/north-africa/iran">Iran</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/middle-east/north-africa/iraq">Iraq</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/middle-east/north-africa/israel/palestine">Israel/Palestine</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/middle-east/n-africa/jordan">Jordan</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/middle-east/n-africa/kuwait">Kuwait</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/middle-east/n-africa/lebanon">Lebanon</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/middle-east/n-africa/libya">Libya</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/mauritania">Mauritania</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/middle-east/north-africa/morocco/western-sahara">Morocco/Western Sahara</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/middle-east/n-africa/oman">Oman</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/middle-east/north-africa/qatar">Qatar</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/middle-east/north-africa/saudi-arabia">Saudi Arabia</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/middle-east/n-africa/syria">Syria</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/middle-east/north-africa/tunisia">Tunisia</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
<a href="/middle-east/north-africa/united-arab-emirates">United Arab Emirates</a>
</div>
<div class="mobile_menu_item" data-component-id="hrw_components:mobile_menu_tree">
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