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February 14, 2018 Report

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February 14, 2018 Dispatches

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February 14, 2018 Dispatches

Chechnya to Host World Cup Finalist Team

FIFA’s New Human Rights Policy Can Make a Difference

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February 14, 2018 Commentary

Criminalizing Indonesia’s LGBT People Won’t Protect Them

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February 13, 2018 Dispatches

The Problem with China’s Latest Anti-Mafia Crackdown

Past Campaigns Rife with Torture

A “tiger chair” specially designed to restrain detainees. Former detainees say that police often strap them into these metal chairs for hours and even days, depriving detainees of sleep, and immobilizing them until their legs and buttocks were swollen.
February 13, 2018 Commentary

Giving Up the High Ground - America’s Retreat on Human Rights

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February 13, 2018 News Release

US: Focus Senate Debate on ‘Dreamers,’ Oversight

Prioritize Addressing Rights Abuses in Immigration System

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February 13, 2018 Dispatches

US May Give Foreign Governments – and Itself – Easier Access to Data

New Bill Also Slights Immigrants’ Rights

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February 13, 2018 News Release

Nepal: Transitional Justice Proving Elusive

Term Extensions Do Not Cure Act’s Fundamental Problems

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February 13, 2018 News Release

Ensure Fair Trials of Syria ISIS Suspects

Foreign ISIS Detainees Raise Due Process, Victim Participation Issues

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February 13, 2018 News Release

Israel: Record-Low in Gaza Medical Permits

54 Died in 2017 Awaiting Israeli Permit

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February 13, 2018 Statement

Egypt: Planned Presidential Vote Neither Free Nor Fair

EU, US Should Speak Out

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February 13, 2018 News Release

Iran: Investigate Suspicious Deaths in Detention, Release Activists

Authorities Crack Down on Environmentalists

Kaveh Madani
February 12, 2018 Dispatches

Palestinian Girl’s Detention Raises Rights Concerns

Israeli Military Court to Try Ahed Tamimi for Slapping Soldiers

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February 12, 2018 Commentary

South Korea should honor its Olympics workers by releasing jailed labor leaders

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