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May 19, 2016 Report

Greece: Refugee “Hotspots” Unsafe, Unsanitary

Women, Children Fearful, Unprotected; Lack Basic Shelter

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May 19, 2016 News Release

Russia: Rights Activist Interrogated

First Criminal Inquiry in a ‘Foreign Agents’ case

May 18, 2016 News Release

Vietnam: Crackdown on Peaceful Environmental Protesters

Respect Rights to Demonstrate and Freedom of Expression

Plainclothes security forces drag away blogger Huynh Ngoc Chenh.
May 18, 2016 News Release

Kazakhstan: Activists Rounded Up

Allow Peaceful Protests, Cease Harassment

May 18, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: UN Chides France on Mental Health Care in Prisons

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May 18, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Police Brutality Threatens Rights in Kenya

A Kenyan policeman beats a protester during clashes in Nairobi, Kenya May 16, 2016.
May 18, 2016 News Release

Libya: ISIS Executed Dozens in Newest Stronghold

Also Diverts Food, Medicine from Sirte Residents

An ISIS official makes an announcement ahead of the execution of two men for “sorcery” in Sirte, Libya. Image from a 2015 Islamic State (ISIS) video. The online clearinghouse Jihadology.net posted the video on its website.
May 18, 2016 News Release

Netherlands: Action Needed for Safe Schools

Symposium Set for Anniversary of Declaration

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May 17, 2016 News Release

Hong Kong: Defend Rights Against China’s Encroachment

Senior Mainland Official’s Visit Leads to Restraints on Protests

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May 17, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: The Philippines’ Unaddressed HIV Epidemic

Campaign supporters lights on around 1,638 candles representing the number of dead victims claimed by HIV/AIDS in the Philippines since 1984 as part of their commemoration of International AIDS Candlelight Memorial Day in Quezon city, metro Manila in the
May 17, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Give Syria’s Survivors a Voice

People stand near the damage after air strikes on May 5 hit a camp for internally displaced people in Syria's Idlib province near the Turkish border, May 7, 2016.
May 17, 2016 Commentary

In Crises: Left Behind, Left Out

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May 17, 2016 Commentary

Duterte Harry Has Been Dirty For a Long Time

The new president of the Philippines has been bragging about murdering “criminals” for at least a decade.

Rodrigo Duterte raises a clenched fist before casting his vote for national elections in Davao city, Philippines on May 9, 2016.
May 17, 2016 Commentary

EU plans for Libya risk crossing migration 'red lines'

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May 17, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Obama Shouldn’t Leave Transgender Immigrants Behind

United States Attorney General Loretta Lynch announces a federal civil rights lawsuit against the state of North Carolina at a press conference in Washington, DC.

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