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May 21, 2019 Commentary

Business is Also Ethics

Women Garment Industry

May 21, 2019 Commentary

South Africa Can Stop the Spiral of Abuses in Cameroon

A patrol of Cameroonian gendarmes in the Omar Bongo Square, Buea, capital of the South-West region, on October 3, 2018 on the sidelines of a political rally.

May 20, 2019 Commentary

Green Activists are Fighting the Great Fight—But are Being Dragged Down by Petty Lawsuits

Activists from mining communities protesting at the Pietermaritzburg High Court on August 24, 2018, KwaZulu-Natal © 2018 Rob Symons

May 18, 2019 Commentary

Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week

People rallied outside the U.S. Supreme Court while the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra case remained pending, in Washington, U.S., June 25, 2018.

May 17, 2019 Commentary

‘Flying Ginsu’ Missile Won’t Resolve US Targeted Killing Controversy

May 17, 2019 Commentary

France Should Stop Fueling Saudi War Crimes in Yemen

Yemen apartment destroyed by airstrike.

May 16, 2019 Commentary

They Tried to Reach Europe and Were Turned Back. Now They're Trapped in Libya's Crossfires

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

May 15, 2019 Commentary

Saudi Arabia’s repression shouldn’t be rewarded with a World Cup

May 15, 2019 Commentary

Council of Europe at 70 — achievements and concerns

Members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe take part in a debate on the functioning of democratic institutions in Turkey, at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France, April 25, 2017.

May 12, 2019 Commentary

Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week

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May 12, 2019 Commentary

Quasi Ban Imposed on Award-Winning Indonesian Film

Still from the Indonesian film Kucumbu Tubuh Indahku (Memories of My Body).

May 8, 2019 Commentary

Venezuela: The Defection That Turned into Exile

Chest vests belonging to defected members of Venezuela's Bolivarian National Guard sit in room where they are sleeping at a shelter run by a priest in Cucuta, Colombia, Monday, Feb. 25, 2019.

May 7, 2019 Commentary

Israel is Trying to Deport Me for My Human Rights Work. Here’s Why You Should Care.

A dossier compiled by Israel’s Strategic Affairs and Public Diplomacy Ministry on the activities of Omar Shakir, Human Rights Watch’s Israel and Palestine Director, which served as the basis for the government’s May 7, 2018 decision to revoke his work vis

May 7, 2019 Commentary

Nepal Should Not Backslide on Human Rights

Nepal's Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018, at the United Nations headquarters.

May 6, 2019 Commentary

US Counterterrorism Under the UN Spotlight

Heads of state and their representatives take part in a meeting of the United Nations Security Council to address the situation in the Middle East during the General Assembly for the 71st session of the U.N. General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New Yo

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