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February 4, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Reversing Wrongful Convictions in China

Workers fix the national emblem outside the provincial Supreme People's Court in Haikou, southern China's Hainan province, August 7, 2006.

February 4, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Japan Joins Mercury Treaty – Now Act On It

Minamata memorial

February 4, 2016 Commentary

Why Obama should press Colombia on justice

February 4, 2016 Report

Central African Republic: Rape by Peacekeepers

UN, Troop-Contributing Countries Should Hold Abusers Accountable

A MINUSCA base behind the Bambari airport, Central African Republic. From September to December 2015 members of the UN peacekeepers from the Republic of Congo guarded the airport and allegedly committed numerous acts of sexual abuse and exploitation again

February 4, 2016 News Release

Sierra Leone: Sign Bill Allowing Safe Abortions

Could Help Address High Maternal Mortality Rates

An estimated 400 women showed up in support of the safe abortion bill wearing “children by choice, not by chance” T-shirts on December 8, 2015 outside of Sierra Leone's Parliament. © 2015 Ipas

February 4, 2016 Letter

Letter to President Koroma of Sierra Leone

RE: Passage of “Safe Abortion Act”

February 4, 2016 News Release

Tunisia: Landmark Step for Detainee Rights

Strengthen Safeguards in Criminal Procedure Code

February 4, 2016 News Release

UAE: Libyans Facing Unfair Trial

Tortured, Denied Access to Lawyers, Defendants Say

February 4, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Lebanon’s Chance to Hit ‘Reset’ on Refugees

Syrian women hang clothing on their balconies inside a compound for Syrian Refugees in Sidon, south Lebanon April 17, 2015.

February 4, 2016 News Release

Morocco: Thousands Face Needless Suffering at End of Life

Carry Out Policies Promising Pain Relief

Patients and their relatives waiting outside Morocco’s National Institute of Oncology in Rabat, Morocco.

February 4, 2016 News Release

Syria: New Agenda on Refugee Aid

Funding, of Course, but Also Host Country Reforms

Refugees and migrants gather near a checkpoint on the Russian-Norwegian border in Murmansk region, Russia on October 30, 2015.

February 4, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Protect Lives, Not Just Territory, Against Attacks

Fire-burns scars and building destruction in Dalori, Nigeria, February 2, 2016.

February 3, 2016 Report

France: Abuses Under State of Emergency

Halt Warrantless Search and House Arrest

Halim A. says his reputation and business were ruined after police placed him under house arrest on November 15, 2015 during France’s state of emergency. A judge suspended the house arrest on January 23, 2016, and ordered the authorities to pay Halim €1,5

February 3, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: A Top Chinese Banker’s Mysterious Death

Paramilitary soldiers guard near the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 5, 2015.

February 3, 2016 News Release

Senegal: Final Arguments in Hissène Habré Trial

Hissène Habré at trial

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