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March 10, 2016 Commentary

When Schools Become Battlegrounds

School in Nikishine, eastern Ukraine, damaged during fighting between Ukrainian government and rebel forces from Aug. 2014 to Feb. 2015.

March 10, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Keep Up the Pressure on Rights in Burma

Soldiers parade to mark the 70th anniversary of Armed Forces Day in Burma's capital Naypyidaw, March 27, 2015.

March 10, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Uganda's New Normal?

Riot police block a driveway leading to the home of leading opposition politician and Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party presidential candidate Kizza Besigye on the outskirts of Uganda's capital Kampala, February 20, 2016.

March 10, 2016 Statement

UN Human Rights Council: Interactive Dialogue with the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Statement delivered under Item 2

March 9, 2016 News Release

Iraq: ISIS Bombings Kill Over 200 In 2 Weeks

Surging Attacks Hit Civilians Outside Battle Zones

March 9, 2016 News Release

Russia: Journalists, Activists Attacked in North Caucasus

Norwegian, Swedish, Russian Reporters Injured

Sergei Babinets in the office of the Joint Mobile Group in Grozny, Chechnya on December 14, 2014.

March 9, 2016 Letter

Human Rights Watch Letter on Free expression and LGBT people in Indonesia

March 9, 2016 News Release

Indonesia: Don’t Censor LGBT Speech

Parliamentary Proposal Latest Attack on Gay Rights

March 9, 2016 News Release

Dispatches: Afghanistan’s Legal System Fails Farkhunda, Again

A picture of Farkhunda, an Afghan woman who was beaten to death and set alight on fire on Thursday, is seen during her funeral ceremony in Kabul March 22, 2015.

March 9, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Hungary’s New, Bigger Migrant Lockout

Migrants walk along Hungary's border fence on the Serbian side of the border near Morahalom, Hungary, February 22, 2016

March 9, 2016 News Release

Gambia: Free Ailing Journalist

Alhagie Ceesay Arbitrarily Detained for 8 Months

March 9, 2016 News Release

Netherlands: Protect Schools, Universities in War

#WatchOurSchools Campaign Urges Leaders to End Military Use of Schools

March 8, 2016 Commentary

This is How Women are Exploited in Today’s Global Workforce

An activist from the Worker Information Center, a local nongovernmental organization, sporting a t-shirt as part of a campaign to raise awareness about garment workers’ wages in Cambodia.

March 8, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Life and Death in Papua New Guinea

March 8, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: UN - Canada Needs to Address Water in First Nations

Bottled water stored in Shoal Lake 40 First Nation community building. The First Nation has been on a boil water advisory for close to two decades. Ontario, Canada, August 2015.

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