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February 8, 2016 Commentary

Fear and Loathing of Refugees in Europe

Asylum seekers and migrants descend from a large fishing vessel used to transport them from Turkey to the Greek island of Lesbos. October 11, 2015.

February 8, 2016 Commentary

A Law Beyond Improvement

February 8, 2016 News Release

Russia/Syria: Daily Cluster Munition Attacks

Increased Use of Widely Banned Weapon

February 8, 2016 Letter

Letter to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi

February 8, 2016 News Release

Egypt: Condemn Justice Minister’s Hate Speech

Suggested Mass Killing of Brotherhood Supporters

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, right, shakes hands with newly-appointed Justice Minister Ahmed el-Zind during a swearing-in ceremony in Cairo, Egypt on May 20, 2015.

February 5, 2016 Commentary

On Assange, Following the Rules or Flouting Them?

February 5, 2016 Commentary

Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week

A toddler is saved from the Aegean Sea as one refugee hands the child to a volunteer lifeguard near the Greek island of Lesbos, October 30, 2015.

February 5, 2016 Commentary

Best of Dispatches: Top News Posts This Week

Pion H., 12, was 10-years-old when her father tried to force her to undergo female genital mutilation (FG M) and marry a much older man.

February 5, 2016 Commentary

Beach volleyball and women's rights in Iran?

Women in Iran are prevented from attending men's sports in stadiums

February 5, 2016 News Release

Guinea: Protect Phone Users’ Privacy

Mass Data Collection Could Expose Personal Information

February 5, 2016 Letter

Letter to Prime Minister of Guinea, Mamady Youla

Re: Protecting the privacy of personal data in the telecommunications sector

February 5, 2016 Commentary

Ending Business Activity in Settlements Isn't 'Collective Punishment'

Barkan, located in the occupied West Bank, is an Israeli residential settlement and industrial zone that houses around 120 factories that export around 80 percent of their goods abroad. In the background is the Palestinian village of Qarawat Bani Hassan.

February 5, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Remembering Masika, One of Congo’s Heroes

February 4, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Reversing Wrongful Convictions in China

Workers fix the national emblem outside the provincial Supreme People's Court in Haikou, southern China's Hainan province, August 7, 2006.

February 4, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Japan Joins Mercury Treaty – Now Act On It

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