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May 15, 2017 News Release

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Protesters supporting Edward Snowden confront policemen as they demand that US President Barack Obama grant Snowden a pardon, outside the US Consulate in Hong Kong, China, on September 25, 2016.
May 15, 2017 Report

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Repeated Sexual Exploitation and Abuse

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May 15, 2017 Dispatches

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Poland’s Government Undermining Rule of Law, Independence of Courts

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May 15, 2017 Commentary

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May 14, 2017 Dispatches

Fresh Torture Accusations Leveled Against Uganda’s Police

Police Units Change Name, but Abuses Continue

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May 13, 2017 Commentary

US Lawmakers: Honor Mother’s Day by Making Childbirth Safer Worldwide

Recent US policy changes hurt the fight for safe motherhood not just around the world, but in the US as well

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May 13, 2017 News Release

Uzbekistan: UN Official Calls for Rights Reforms

Envoy Presses for Justice for Andijan Massacre

Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights attends the 34th session of the Human Rights Council at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, February 27, 2017.
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Human Rights Watch Submission to 60th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights

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EU Getting Serious About Violence Against Women

Body Signs Groundbreaking Treaty to Strengthen Prevention and Response

May 12, 2017 Letter

Open NGO Letter to the EU member states on the situation in Poland

Support Commission’s efforts to address rule of law concerns

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