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January 22, 2019 Dispatches

US Supreme Court Says Transgender Military Ban Can Go Ahead

Congressional Leadership is Long Overdue

People protest U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement that he plans to reinstate a ban on transgender individuals from serving in any capacity in the U.S. military, in Times Square, in New York City, New York, U.S., July 26, 2017.

January 22, 2019 Dispatches

Children in the Philippines as Crime Scapegoats

Bill Would Lower Age of Criminal Responsibility from 15 to 9

Detainees sit next to an anti-drug mural of Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte inside the Manila City Jail, October 16, 2017.

January 22, 2019 News Release

Poll Shows Strong Opposition to ‘Killer Robots’

Urgent Need for Treaty Banning Fully Autonomous Weapons

In the United States and around the world, public concern is rising at the prospect of weapons systems that would select and attack targets without human intervention.

January 21, 2019 Dispatches

Oscars Documentary Shortlist and Human Rights

Five Top Academy Award Documentaries Featured in Human Rights Watch Film Festival

Ascensión Mendieta enters the cemetery where her father’s remains have are buried in a mass grave.

January 21, 2019 Commentary

Beyond the Tashkent Spring: Lessons from Uzbekistan’s Reforms

Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters in New York, U.S., September 19, 2017.

January 21, 2019 News Release

Libya: Nightmarish Detention for Migrants, Asylum Seekers

EU and Italy Bear Responsibility, Should Condition Cooperation

A detainee stands outside a toilet stall in the Ain Zara detention center, Tripoli, July 5, 2018.

January 21, 2019 Statement

Thailand: Joint Statement on MoU to End Immigration Detention of Children

January 19, 2019 News Release

Thailand: Insurgents Kill Buddhist Monks

Attack on Temple in Deep South a War Crime

Separatist insurgents in Thailand’s Narathiwat province attacked Wat Rattanaphab temple on January 18, 2019 and killed two Buddhist monks, including the temple’s abbot Phra Khru Prachote Rattanarak, and wounded two others.

January 19, 2019 Dispatches

Marching to End Child Marriage in Massachusetts

Massachusetts Should Scrap Laws That Allow Child Marriage

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January 18, 2019 Dispatches

Trump’s Family Separation Affected ‘Thousands’ More Children Than Previously Known

Documents Reveal Concentrated Targeting of Migrant Families

January 18, 2019 Commentary

LGBT Activists Are Using Visual Arts to Change Hearts and Minds in Bangladesh

January 18, 2019 Letter

NGOs Urge the EU to Postpone Vote on Vietnam Free Trade Agreement

Joint Letter to the EU's Council and Parliament

Top (left to right): Le Thu Ha, Nguyen Bac Truyen, and Nguyen Trung Ton Bottom (left to right): Nguyen Van Dai, Phạm Van Troi, and Truong Minh Duc

January 18, 2019 News Release

Morocco: Abandon Attempts to Dissolve Cultural Group

Targeted for Hosting Free-Wheeling Talk Show

Screenshot from an episode of the online show “1 Dîner 2 Cons”, recorded in Casablanca, Morocco.