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August 27, 2019 Commentary

What Happens When Trafficking Survivors Get Home

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August 26, 2019 Commentary

In Kashmir, Government’s Priority Should be to Protect Civil Liberties

Blacking Out Communication Channels is a Form of Collective Punishment that Cripples Daily Lives and Economic Activities

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August 25, 2019 Commentary

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August 25, 2019 Commentary

Japan Continues to Help Myanmar Whitewash the Rohingya Crisis

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August 22, 2019 Commentary

Favela Children Speak the Truth About Abusive Policing

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August 22, 2019 Commentary

Enforced Disappearances Met With Denials From Bangladesh

Authorities Need to Stop Feigning Ignorance

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August 21, 2019 Commentary

Indonesia’s Journalists Grapple With Islamism

Reporters in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country are navigating — and too often abetting — a rising trend of reactionary Islamism.

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August 21, 2019 Commentary

Why So Many Chinese Students Can’t Understand the Hong Kong Protests

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August 20, 2019 Commentary

Australian Mother's Plea to Come Home from Crowded Camp After Fleeing Islamic State

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August 19, 2019 Commentary

Why East African Leaders Should Call for Rights Reforms in Eritrea

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August 19, 2019 Commentary

Can Human Rights Law Help Children on the Border?

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August 19, 2019 Commentary

UK Rape Survivors Face ‘Digital Strip Searches’ and Other Deterrents to Justice

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August 18, 2019 Commentary

Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week

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August 17, 2019 Commentary

India Wants to Avoid International Intervention, But Needs to Address Human Rights in Kashmir

Addressing Human Rights is the First Step Towards Ending the Cycle of Violence

Indian paramilitary soldiers prepares to block a road with barbed wires during security lockdown in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)
August 16, 2019 Commentary

Foreign Firms Operating in Xinjiang Need to Consider Human Rights — or Risk Being Complicit

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