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November 23, 2018 Commentary

The Syrian Conflict’s Next Front

Satellite image of a large blast cloud from the demolition of a residential apartment building with high explosives. Blast cloud consistent with the detonation of a large conventional bomb

November 22, 2018 Commentary

Looming Accord Closure a Risk to Bangladesh Sourcing

Bangladesh police stand guard in front of garment factories in Ashulia on December 26, 2016, when factories re-opened after a five-day shut down in response to garment workers’ wage strikes.

November 20, 2018 Commentary

US Gift to Sudan

Normalising relations ignores decades of abuse

Sudan President Al-Bashir

November 19, 2018 Commentary

For Refugees on Nauru, Little Joy on Children’s Day

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November 19, 2018 Commentary

Obama Officials’ Incomplete Reckoning with Failure on Yemen

Remnant of a wing assembly that is mounted on a US-made GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided 500-pound bomb found at the Arhab water drilling site, Sanaa governorate, where at least 31 civilians were killed in an airstrike on September 10, 2016. According to th

November 16, 2018 Commentary

Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron arrive at a ceremony at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, May 15, 2017.

November 15, 2018 Commentary

A UN Investigation Would Offer a True Path to Justice for Jamal Khashoggi

Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi

November 14, 2018 Commentary

Iraq’s So-Called “ISIS Families”: Rounded up, Vilified, Forgotten

Graffiti that reads "Daesh (ISIS)," marks the home of relatives of an ISIS member in a west Mosul neighborhood, Iraq. © 2018 Private.

November 13, 2018 Commentary

Will Imran Khan Educate Pakistan’s Girls?

The UK Should Urge Him to Keep Promises on Girls’ Education

Two students at a free non-government school for poor children in the Lyari neighborhood of Karachi, Pakistan.

November 12, 2018 Commentary

How the Perverse Incentives behind “False Positives” Worked

November 8, 2018 Commentary

When #MeToo Meets the Architecture of Intimidation in India

People hold a candlelight vigil in Bengaluru, India, to protest the rape of an 8-year-old girl in Kathua and a teenager in Unnao, April 13, 2018.

November 6, 2018 Commentary

Fresh Wave of Anti-LGBT+ Moral Panic Hits Indonesia

Muslim protesters hold an anti-LGBT rally outside a mosque in the provincial capital Banda Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia February 2, 2018 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/Irwansyah Putra/

November 6, 2018 Commentary

Hungary's hypocritical war on universities

People protest against a bill that would undermine Central European University, a liberal graduate school of social sciences, in Budapest, Hungary, April 9, 2017.

November 6, 2018 Commentary

Human Rights Watch Submits Comments on Proposed Rule Regarding the Detention of Children and Families

A girl stands in the lobby of the Adelanto immigration detention center, in Adelanto, California, U.S., April 13, 2017.

November 6, 2018 Commentary

Catcalling Is Not ‘Normal’ — and We Cannot Allow It To Be

Young women in Osh, Kyrgyzstan. Nearly one-third of women in Kyrgyzstan experience abuse by a spouse or partner.

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