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October 15, 2016 News Release

India: Cease Wrongful Detentions in Jammu and Kashmir

Public Safety Act Used to Hold over 400; Detention Orders issued against Children

October 15, 2016 News Release

France: Exclude Russian Arms Dealer from Paris Show

Shun Rosoboronexport, Leading Weapons Supplier to Syria

FRANCE SYRIA statement photo Russia Rosoboronexport 15 Oct 2016

October 14, 2016 Dispatches

Nigeria’s President Buhari Owes an Apology

Sexist Remarks Are No Joke

Kenya's Lands Minister and principal secretary in the Lands and Physical Planning Ministry welcome a group of women on October 13, 2016 who will climb Mount Kilimanjaro on October 14 as part of a campaign for land rights in Nairobi, Kenya.

October 14, 2016 Dispatches

Philippines Launches Inquiry Into Journalist Killings

Probe Dubious Amidst ‘War on Drugs’ Slaughter

President Rodrigo Duterte walks between meetings at the ASEAN Summit in Vientiane, Laos on September 6, 2016.

October 14, 2016 Dispatches

Congolese Warlord Surrenders But Will Justice Prevail?

Gédéon Led Militia that Committed Numerous Atrocities

Warlord Gédéon Kyungu Mutanga surrenders in southern Democratic Republic of Congo

October 14, 2016 Commentary

Bob Dylan Wins Nobel Prize in Literature

A mural painted by Brazilian artist Eduardo Kobra depicts Bob Dylan, the 2016 Nobel Prize winner in literature, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

October 14, 2016 Commentary

Peace and Justice in Colombia

October 14, 2016 Commentary

Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump watches as Member of the European Parliament Nigel Farage speaks at a campaign rally in Jackson, Mississippi.

October 14, 2016 Commentary

The Rights Weekender

Ganga M., 17, sits inside her home in Kailali, Nepal. Ganga had an arranged marriage at the age of 16 and was five months pregnant when this photograph was taken. Her husband works as a cook in India.

October 14, 2016 Commentary

Trafficked and Trapped in Oman

A migrant domestic worker watches over a child playing in the Magic Planet, City Centre Muscat, a shopping mall in Oman.

October 14, 2016 Dispatches

African Women Scale Heights in Land Rights Protest

Governments Should Ensure Respect for Rights of Rural Women

Rojaina N., under the tree that served as a shelter for her family and where she and her family lived for a couple of weeks after their relocation due to coal mining operations in Mwabulambo, Karonga district.

October 14, 2016 Commentary

How Retaking Mosul Could Spell Disaster for Civilians

Popular Mobilization Force members on the frontline with the Islamic State in al-Fatha, northeast of Baiji, Iraq on October 18, 2015.

October 13, 2016 News Release

Pakistan: Journalist Hit with Travel Ban

End Intimidation, Harassment of Media

Cyril Almeida, a journalist with the major daily newspaper Dawn, has been placed on an Exit-Control List (ECL) by the Pakistani government.

October 13, 2016 Dispatches

Afghanistan’s Shia Hazara Suffer Latest Atrocity

Insurgents’ Increasing Threat to Embattled Minority

Afghan Shia Muslims men mourn over the grave of a victim who was killed in Tuesday's attack at the Sakhi Shrine in Kabul, Afghanistan October 12, 2016.

October 13, 2016 Dispatches

Indonesia’s Unrelenting Anti-LGBT Campaign

Government Silence on Hate-Mongering Fuels Discrimination

A picture of an anti-LGBT demonstration.

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