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March 16, 2018 Commentary

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March 16, 2018 Dispatches

In a Man’s Death, a Glimpse of Libya’s Horrors

Europe Should Help End Cycle of Detention, Violence in Libya

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March 15, 2018 News Release

Brazil: Assassination of Rights Defender, Driver

Investigate Killings of Marielle Franco, Anderson Gomes

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UN Body Freezing Out Human Rights Groups

Rights-Respecting Countries Should Run for NGO Committee in April

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March 15, 2018 Statement

South Korea Should Accept Recommendations to Abolish the Death Penalty and Decriminalize Abortion

South Korea UPR Adoption

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March 15, 2018 Commentary

Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa Must Show Commitment

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa attends the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland January 24, 2018.
March 15, 2018 Statement

Ghana Should Implement Commitments on Mental Health Issues

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March 15, 2018 Statement

Argentina Should Decriminalize Abortion

Argentina's UPR adoption

A banner that reads, "Not another (woman) less" is seen outside the Congress during a demonstration against femicides and violence against women in Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 3, 2017
March 15, 2018 Dispatches

Hungary’s Government Turns on the UN

Country Ramps-Up Anti-Refugee Rhetoric Before Elections

A government billboard is seen ahead of April 8 parliamentary election in Budapest, Hungary March 6, 2018. The billboard reads: 'The U.N. wants us to accept migrants on a continuous basis. HUNGARY DECIDES, NOT THE U.N.'
March 15, 2018 Report

Iran: Crackdown on Dervish Minority

Mass Arrests at Protest; Death in Custody

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March 14, 2018 Letter

Letter to Contra Costa County Sheriff David Livingston

March 14, 2018 Dispatches

Sri Lanka Bans Cluster Munitions

Becomes 103rd State Party to the International Treaty

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March 14, 2018 Dispatches

US Senators Urge EPA to Keep Protecting Kids from Pesticides

Environmental Agency Threatening to Roll Back Obama-Era Pesticide Safeguards

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March 14, 2018 Dispatches

Brazil Boosts Transgender Legal Recognition

Supreme Court Removes Medical and Judicial Criteria to Change Legal Gender

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March 14, 2018 Dispatches

White House Shakeup Threatens Legal Protections

Pompeo, Haspel Have History of Endorsing Torture

Mike Pompeo and Gina Haspel

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