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February 21, 2017 Commentary

South African Move on Hate Speech a Step Too Far

Entrance of the Constitutional Court of South Africa at Constitution Hill, Braamfontein, Johannesburg on June 22, 2007.

February 21, 2017 Commentary

We Cannot Afford To Sit Back While Trump Threatens America’s Democracy

February 19, 2017 Commentary

Don’t Backtrack on Justice for Sri Lanka’s Victims

Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera speaks during a news conference on a UN report about Sri Lanka’s civil conflict, in Colombo on September 17, 2015.

February 17, 2017 Commentary

The Crossing

On the border of the "neutral zone", it can take hours to cross from separatist to government territory.

February 17, 2017 Commentary

Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week

Russian activist protesting decriminalization of domestic violence in front of Russia’s state parliament building.

February 17, 2017 Commentary

The Rights Weekender

Boys fishing in Lake Turkana. The population of Turkana County is predominantly Turkana people, who rely on fishing in Lake Turkana for their livelihood.

February 15, 2017 Commentary

Ecuador’s Choice

Supporters wearing masks depicting Guillermo Lasso and Andres Paez, presidential and vice-presidential candidates from the CREO party, attend an election rally in Quito, Ecuador on February 13, 2017.

February 15, 2017 Commentary

Tanzania Policy of Kicking Pregnant Girls out of School is Shameful

More than 120 Form II students prepare to sit their mock exams in a secondary school in Mwanza, northwestern Tanzania.

February 15, 2017 Commentary

EU must tackle Poland's bad behaviour

February 15, 2017 Commentary

The U.S. Does Not Shortchange Christian Refugees

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February 14, 2017 Commentary

The High Cost of Torture in Mexico

A protester holds up a sign – "We are missing 43!" – with relatives of the 43 missing students from a teacher’s college in Ayotzinapa during a march in Mexico City. © 2016 Henry Romero/Reuters

February 14, 2017 Commentary

Onus on Turnbull to Remember Sri Lanka’s Victims

A Tamil woman cries as she holds up an image of her family member who disappeared during the civil war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) at a vigil to commemorate the international day of the disappeared in Colombo August 30, 2013.

February 14, 2017 Commentary

How the Courts Schooled Donald Trump and Kenya's Government on Refugee Rights

Photo: Refugees stand outside their tent at the Ifo Extension refugee camp in Dadaab, near the Kenya-Somalia border in Garissa County, Kenya, October 19, 2011.

February 14, 2017 Commentary

U.N. Refugee Agency Must Break Its Silence on Pakistan

Five returning Afghan refugee children wait for their parents to register at the UN refugee agency’s support center outside Kabul after being forced out of Pakistan in October 2016. Almost 600,000 Afghans, including 360,000 registered refugees, returned h

February 13, 2017 Commentary

Harassment Is Denying Refugee Children on Nauru an Education

Children sent to Nauru by Australia for “offshore processing,” August 2016. Parents and children reported that students from families of refugees and asylum seekers are frequently bullied by Nauruan students.

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