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March 21, 2019 Commentary

It’s a Booming Business: Trafficking Myanmar ‘Brides’ to China

“Then the Chinese man said, ‘If you do not marry a man, the money we spent on you to bring you here…was 3000 Yuan and as you have already stayed here for 10 days, 4000 Yuan [US$637] is needed to give me back now. Right now, count the money to give me.
March 21, 2019 Commentary

Amid Revolution, Algeria is Unstable – And Deep, Real Reforms are the Only Way Forward

Protesters march in a cloud of tear gas fired by riot police as they denounce President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's bid for a fifth term, March 1, 2019.
March 21, 2019 News Release

China: Government Threats to Academic Freedom Abroad

New 12-Point Code of Conduct to Help Educational Institutions Respond

Then Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping makes a speech at the opening of Australia's first Chinese Medicine Confucius Institute, at the RMIT University in Melbourne on June 20, 2010.
March 21, 2019 Dispatches

Racing to Repression in Bahrain

Formula 1 Should Urge Bahrain To Free Activist Najah Yusuf

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March 21, 2019 Dispatches

UK Schools Should Do Right by LGBT Students

Protests Against LGBT Curriculum Force Suspension of Inclusive Programs

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March 21, 2019 Letter

Nearly 90 Groups Urge US to Invite UN Special Rapporteur on Racism to US

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March 21, 2019 Commentary

A Missed Opportunity to Protect Muslims in China

A woman tends to her child near the Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar in western China's Xinjiang region, November 4, 2017.
March 21, 2019 Statement

UN Rights Council Should Establish Libya Mechanism

Item 10 General Debate

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March 21, 2019 News Release

Saudi Arabia: Abusive Charges Against Women Activists

‘Criminal’ Contacts with Journalists, Diplomats, Rights Groups

(Left to right) Prominent women's rights activists Loujain al-Hathloul, Eman al-Nafjan, and Aziza al-Youssef were all detained in May 2018, seemingly in retaliation for their peaceful activities. Al-Hathloul remains in detention.
March 21, 2019 News Release

Myanmar: Women, Girls Trafficked as ‘Brides’ to China

Government Inaction, Conflict, China’s ‘Gender Gap’ Fuel Sexual Slavery

A young woman who was trafficked at age 17 by a friend’s mother who promised her a well-paid child care job and then sold her to a family in China as a “bride.” Once purchased, she was confined and subjected to sexual slavery, but managed to escape after
March 21, 2019 Interview

Interview: Why ‘Brides’ From Myanmar Are Trafficked to China

Kachin Women, Girls Displaced by Conflict Face Sexual Slavery

“Because of war, we are afraid to stay in our village. So, we moved to an IDP [internally displaced person] camp…The Myanmar army came to attack our village using massive arms…I am the eldest one in my family, and my family has financial problems.
March 20, 2019 News Release

Cambodia: Investigate Land Activist’s ‘Disappearance’

Preah Vihear Authorities Should Urgently Produce Sum Moeun

Image of Sum Moeun (left) and Moeun Mean (right).
March 20, 2019 Dispatches

China Marks Tibetan Anniversary with Military Parade

Anti-Dalai Lama Rhetoric Features at National Congress

Paramilitary policemen march in formation in front of the Potala Palace during a parade around the March 10 anniversary of the failed 1959 uprising against Chinese rule, March 10, 2017.
March 20, 2019 Dispatches

US Supreme Court Strikes Blow Against Liberty

Ruling Expands Mandatory Detention for Immigrants

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March 20, 2019 Dispatches

Harmony in Australia Means Stop Racist Dog-Whistling

Long History of Politicians Stoking Fears Over Refugees

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