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March 27, 2017 Commentary

Why Children Are Stuck in Prison in Erbil Without Trial

Boy prisoners in the yard of the Women and Children's Reformatory in Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Many boys were detained on suspicion of links to the Islamic State

March 24, 2017 Commentary

Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week

U.S. President Donald Trump holds his earpiece as he holds a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (not pictured) at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 10, 2017.

March 24, 2017 Commentary

UK must keep up pressure on Burma over rapes of women and girls

A Rohingya Muslim woman walks at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, on February 4, 2017.

March 23, 2017 Commentary

Wipe Anti-Gay Law off Alabama's Books

LGBT Rainbow Flag

March 22, 2017 Commentary

Why March 21 is More Than Just a Public Holiday

South African President Jacob Zuma waves during a Human Rights Day rally in Durban, South Africa on March 21, 2016.

March 22, 2017 Commentary

Marines United Response Must Not Mirror Past Failures in Harassment, Abuse Cases

A US Army specialist and military sexual assault survivor on her bed in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

March 22, 2017 Commentary

How Brazil Facilitates Gang Recruitment

Brazil needs to Explain its Prison Failures Before Inter-American Commission

The inside of the Penitenciária Agrícola de Monte Cristo prison in Roraima state, Brazil, seen through a hole in the wall in 2016.

March 21, 2017 Commentary

GOP's ObamaCare Replacement Would Make Opioid Crisis Worse

A pharmacist fills a Suboxone prescription at Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Program in Boston, Massachusetts on January 14, 2013. Suboxone is an opiate replacement therapy drug used to help treat opiate cravings and withdrawal.

March 21, 2017 Commentary

Trump’s Budget Would Cut Crucial Emergency Aid

President-elect Donald Trump speaks at his election night rally in Manhattan, New York.

March 21, 2017 Commentary

Trump’s Syrian “safe area” is just another wall

An internally displaced Syrian girl who fled from Aleppo carries a red jacket in the village of Batabo, Syria on February 14, 2016.

March 20, 2017 Commentary

How Trump’s Budget Would Hurt Kids – and US Workers

A 12-year-old boy crushes stones at Homase processing site, Amansie Central district, Ashanti Region, Ghana.

March 20, 2017 Commentary

Protecting Schools From Military Use: From Ancient Rome To Today

March 20, 2017 Commentary

EU Takes Aim at Murderous ‘War on Drugs’ Philippines

President Rodrigo Duterte walks between meetings at the ASEAN Summit in Vientiane, Laos on September 6, 2016.

March 20, 2017 Commentary

For Schools in War Zones, Protection Needed

March 19, 2017 Commentary

Commentary on the Draft Law on Anti-Domestic Violence in Iraq

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