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May 26, 2021 News Release

Uganda: Covid-19 Pandemic Fueling Child Labor

Meager Government Aid Leaves Children Working Long Hours for Little Pay

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May 26, 2021 Report

Burundi: Entrenched Repression of Civil Society, Media

End Abusive Prosecutions; Lift Restrictions on Free Speech

Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye at his inauguration on June 18, 2020. President Ndayishimiye took power two months early after the abrupt death of his predecessor, Pierre Nkurunziza.
May 26, 2021 News Release

April 2015 – June 2020: A Chronology of Repression of Media and Civil Society in Burundi

Burundian riot police chase away protesters after blocking the roads in Musaga, on the ourskirts of Bujumbura, on April 27, 2015. Police and opposition activists clashed on the second day of protests against a bid by the late president Pierre Nkurunziza to seek a controversial third term in office.
May 26, 2021 Dispatches

Hissène Habré’s Victims Continue Fight for Reparations

Five Years After Chadian Dictator’s Guilty Verdict, Victims Still Await Justice

Victims of former Chad dictator Hissène Habré demonstrate reparations
May 25, 2021 Dispatches

Pressure Grows to End US Border Expulsions

A Broad Coalition of Groups Calls for Welcome with Dignity

 asylum seeker from Haiti waits at a makeshift encampment at the border port of entry
May 25, 2021 Dispatches

New Philippines Police Chief Signals Change

General Eleazar Opens ‘Drug War’ Case Files to Investigators

Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar
May 25, 2021 Statement

Cambodia: Stop Silencing Critical Commentary on Covid-19

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen gives a speech in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Thursday, January 30, 2020.
May 25, 2021 News Release

Japan: New Momentum to Reform Transgender Law

End Compulsory Sterilizations, ‘Mental Illness’ Diagnosis

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May 25, 2021 Report

Myanmar: Thai State-Owned Company Funds Junta

Oil and Gas Firm PTT Should Cut Ties with Military Enterprises, Abusive Cronies

Anti-coup protesters run from teargas deployed by the police during a demonstration in Yangon, Myanmar, March 1, 2021.
May 25, 2021 Interview

Interview: Africa Has Much to Celebrate on Africa Day

But for the Continent to Prosper, It Needs Ethical Leaders and Independent Institutions

Delegates attend the opening session of the 33rd African Union (AU) Summit at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Feb. 9, 2020.
May 24, 2021 Commentary

When Inclusion Is the Dream

Forget Me Not Documentary Explores Challenges of Inclusion in Education System

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May 24, 2021 Dispatches

UN General Assembly Action Needed on Myanmar

Resolution Should Be Adopted, Urging States to Halt Arms Transfers

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May 24, 2021 Commentary

Mexico Cannot Solve the U.S. Border Crisis

Mexican National Guard members arrest a migrant who tried crossing the Río Bravo in Ciudad Juárez,
May 24, 2021 Dispatches

Belarus’s Shocking New Low in Crushing Dissent

Forcing Down Airliner to Detain Activist Is Latest Lawless Rights Violation

Raman Pratasevich arrested 2021 Belarus Ryanair
May 24, 2021 Dispatches

US Should Support Probe into 2020 Beirut Blast

25 Members of Congress call for UN-led investigation

Lebanon One Year Later Explosion Call Investigation

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