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June 5, 2018 Commentary

Israel’s Human Rights Violations: France Should Show The Way

French President Emmanuel Macron and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attend a joint news conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France December 10, 2017. © 2017 Reuters

June 4, 2018 Commentary

Take Serious, Not Symbolic, Steps to Reform Uganda Police

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.

June 4, 2018 Commentary

Long Road for Kenya to Marriage and Property Equality

Two widows in eastern Zimbabwe, facing harassment from in-laws who are trying to force them to vacate their homes and fields. Rural Eastern Zimbabwe, October 2016.

June 1, 2018 Commentary

Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week

A combination photo shows U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R) in Washignton, DC, U.S. May 17, 2018 and in Panmunjom, South Korea, April 27, 2018 respectively.

June 1, 2018 Commentary

SA Must Help Resolve Burundi’s Crisis

Cyril Ramaphosa is sworn in as the new South Africa president at the parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, February 15, 2018. © 2018 Reuters

May 30, 2018 Commentary

France’s Creeping Terrorism Laws Restricting Free Speech

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May 30, 2018 Commentary

How the People of Chad Brought a Tyrant To Justice

Victims Played Key Role in Hissene Habré’s Reckoning

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May 30, 2018 Commentary

The Killer Robots Ban Is Coming. What Will Belgium Do?

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May 29, 2018 Commentary

Kashmiris Need Justice, Not Just Development

An Indian police officer walks past a burning tire during a protest after Friday prayers in Srinagar, May 25, 2018. REUTERS/Danish Ismail

May 29, 2018 Commentary

Women of the Venezuelan Chaos

Kim, featured in the film Women of the Venezuelan Chaos.

May 29, 2018 Commentary

Web of intrigue as Guatemala president fends off corruption probe

May 29, 2018 Commentary

LGBT Rights at the World Cup

Participants in a LGBT community rally in central Moscow, Russia hold a rainbow flag that reads, "Love. Don't make war", as a policeman stops them.

May 28, 2018 Commentary

West Africa: Helping to Bring Perpetrators to Justice at Home

Georgians hold candles during a remembrance ceremony in Gori, west of Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, a year after the August 2008 war between Georgia and Russia over the breakaway region of South Ossetia.

May 25, 2018 Commentary

Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week

A house that the Egyptian army demolished in al-Arish city in 2018 without providing justification. © 2018 Private

May 24, 2018 Commentary

How Congress can Help Mothers Every Day

The maternity ward is show at the newly constructed Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center hospital in San Diego, California , U.S., April 17, 2017.

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