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January 19, 2017 Dispatches

Gambia Crisis Heightens as New President Inaugurated

Adama Barrow Promises to Turn Page on Rights Abuses

Gambians await the inauguration of President-elect Adama Barrow outside the Gambian Embassy in Dakar, Senegal.
January 19, 2017 News Release

Nigeria: Satellite Imagery Shows Strikes on Settlement

Impartially Investigate Airstrikes, Compensate Victims

A Nigerian fighter jet accidentally bombed a camp for displaced people on Tuesday while searching for Boko Haram militants.
January 19, 2017 News Release

Tunisia: Amend Draft Drug Law

End Prison Sentences for Users

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January 19, 2017 Commentary

EU Cannot Copy Australia's Offshore Asylum Model

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January 19, 2017 Report

Burundi: Attacks by Ruling Party Youth League Members

UN Should Impose Targeted Sanctions

Members of the Burundi ruling party’s youth league, the Imbonerakure, have brutally killed, tortured and severely beaten scores of people across the country in recent months.
January 19, 2017 Dispatches

Tentacles of Philippine Police Killings Spread

Anti-Drug Squad Linked to Murder of South Korean Businessman

Jennelyn Olaires, 26, cradles the body of her partner, who was killed by a vigilante group, according to police, in a spate of drug-related killings in Pasay City in Metro Manila, July 23, 2016.
January 18, 2017 Dispatches

More Than 2 Billion Steps in the Right Direction

Marches Around the Globe Affirm That Women’s Rights are Human Rights

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January 18, 2017 News Release

Gambia: State of Emergency No License for Repression

Soldiers Arbitrarily Detained as Political Crisis Deepens

Gambian security officers at the Supreme Court in Banjul, December 5, 2016.
January 18, 2017 Dispatches

Russian Environment NGOs: An Endangered Species

Environmental Rights Center Labeled “Foreign Agent”

Artem Alexeev, Bellona-St. Petersburg executive director, at the all-Russia conference, “Reality and perspectives of ecological movement in Russia,” November 1, 2016.
January 18, 2017 Commentary

Brazil’s Correctional Houses of Horror

Recent Mass Killings Show the Need for Reform

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January 18, 2017 Dispatches

Indonesian Government Says Adultery is Not a Crime

Official Defends Privacy Rights at Constitutional Court

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January 18, 2017 Dispatches

Opposition Activist Imprisoned in Armenia After Protest

Government Seeks No Accountability for Police Misconduct

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January 18, 2017 Report

Mali: Islamist Armed Group Abuses, Banditry Surge

Killings, Repression, Insecurity Imperil Civilians in North, Central Region

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January 18, 2017 Report

Greece: Refugees with Disabilities Overlooked, Underserved

Identify People with Disabilities; Ensure Access to Services

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January 18, 2017 News Release

Ukraine: TV Channel Ordered Banned

Drop Ban, End Media Restrictions

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