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January 28, 2017 Commentary

End Trials of Civilians by Military Courts

Security forces spray protesters demonstrating against a waste crisis and government corruption with a water cannon on October 8, 2015, after which 14 of the protesters were charged by the military prosecutor in Beirut.

January 27, 2017 Commentary

Equatorial Guinea: Why Poverty Plagues a High-Income Nation

January 27, 2017 Commentary

Trump, Iraqi Oil and International Law

January 27, 2017 Commentary

Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week

Maya Casillas, 7, attends a vigil in response to President Donald Trump's executive orders relating to immigration, in Los Angeles, California, January 25, 2017.

January 27, 2017 Commentary

Trump’s refugee scare-mongering has no basis in reality

Syrians arrive at a camp for internally displaced persons on the outskirts of Azaz town, 5 kilometers south of Bab al-Salam and Turkey’s closed Öncüpınar border post on February 6, 2016.

January 25, 2017 Commentary

Afghanistan: Donors Must Press the Government to Safeguard Education and Uphold Civilian Protection

An Afghan policeman stands guard at the entrance of a local school sponsored by Japan’s International Cooperation Agency in Kandahar City May 11, 2010. © 2010 Nikola Solic / Reuters

January 24, 2017 Commentary

Post-Truth and Alternative Facts: Welcome to Donald Trump’s La-La Land

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump arrives for the inauguration ceremonies swearing him in as the 45th president of the United States on the West front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2017.

January 20, 2017 Commentary

The Rights Weekender

Jennelyn Olaires, 26, cradles the body of her partner, who was killed by a vigilante group, according to police, in a spate of drug-related killings in Pasay City in Metro Manila, July 23, 2016.

January 20, 2017 Commentary

Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week

Women's March, Washington DC

January 19, 2017 Commentary

The Tyranny of Majorities

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump argues with CNN's Jim Acosta during a news conference in the lobby of Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., January 11, 2017.

January 19, 2017 Commentary

Chelsea Manning Commutation Doesn’t Erase Obama’s Awful Whistleblower Legacy

January 19, 2017 Commentary

EU Cannot Copy Australia's Offshore Asylum Model

2016-08-crd-nauru-child protest

January 18, 2017 Commentary

Brazil’s Correctional Houses of Horror

Recent Mass Killings Show the Need for Reform

Penitenciária Agro-Industrial São João

January 15, 2017 Commentary

Banning Killer Robots in 2017

As the debate about “killer robots” continues, the threat they pose looms large.

January 13, 2017 Commentary

The Rights Weekender

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. November 7, 2016.

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