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March 16, 2017 Dispatches

US Sends Group Rejecting Rights to UN Women’s Commission

C-Fam Vehemently Opposed to LGBT and Women’s Rights, Equality

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks in the U.N. Security Council at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., February 28, 2017.
March 16, 2017 Statement

Uganda - investigation needed into violence in Kasese

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Riot police block a driveway leading to the home of leading opposition politician and Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party presidential candidate Kizza Besigye on the outskirts of Uganda's capital Kampala, February 20, 2016.
March 16, 2017 Commentary

The Politics of Arsenic-free Water

20 Million Lives at Risk

Hands of Selina Aktar, a woman in her late 30s with arsenic-related health conditions that first began appearing 20 years ago.
March 16, 2017 Statement

Zimbabwe should investigate allegations of torture

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 A woman stands in front of a pile of her household property at Chingwizi transit camp, which the government forcibly shut down in August 2014. Hundreds of families lost their property left in the open during their relocation to the camp. March 2014.
March 16, 2017 Statement

Venezuela’s Human Rights Obligations under Scrutiny in Geneva

Item 6 UPR adoption on Venezuela

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March 16, 2017 News Release

Kurdistan Region of Iraq: 32 Arrested at Peaceful Protest

6 Remain in Detention

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March 16, 2017 Dispatches

Social Media Trolls Threaten Activists

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March 16, 2017 Q & A

Q & A: Safe Zones and the Armed Conflict in Syria

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March 16, 2017 News Release

Syria: Questions and Answers on ‘Safe Zones’

Calls for Safe Zones Raise Concerns

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March 16, 2017 Report

Egypt: Possible Extrajudicial Killings in Sinai

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March 16, 2017 Letter

Joint Letter: To Permanent Representatives of Member States of the Human Rights Council

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March 15, 2017 News Release

US: Trump Strong-Arms Rights Body

UN Human Rights Council an Important, if Flawed, Tool

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March 15, 2017 Dispatches

Iraqi Troops Using Indiscriminate Weapons in Fight Against ISIS

Members of the Iraqi rapid response forces fire a missile toward Islamic State militants during a battle in south of Mosul, Iraq February 19, 2017.
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Why Is Julie Bishop Meeting Duterte in the Birthplace of His Infamous Death Squads?

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The ‘Command Responsibility’ Controversy in Colombia

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