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December 23, 2020 Dispatches

Russian Court Sentences Opposition Figure to 2-Year Suspended Sentence

Yuliya Galyamina holding placard “Down with the Tsar”, July 2020, Moscow 
December 22, 2020 Dispatches

Kazakhstan’s Domestic Violence Survivors Push for Legal Protections

Lawmakers Have Opportunity to Strengthen Flawed Law

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December 21, 2020 Dispatches

Rwanda Should Stop Locking Up the Poor

African Court Decision Condemns Practice

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December 21, 2020 Dispatches

In a Pandemic Year, Some Good News for Children

10 Points of Progress in 2020

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December 18, 2020 Dispatches

Tanzanian Activist Still Jailed One Year On

Tito Magoti and His Friend Arbitrarily Detained

Tito Magoti and Theodory Giyani attend a court hearing in Dar es Salaam on December 24, 2019.
December 17, 2020 Dispatches

Kazakhstan Adopts Long-Promised Amendments to Trade Union Law

Authorities Should Register Shuttered Trade Unions, Confederation

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December 17, 2020 Dispatches

Romanian Court Slams Law Banning Discussion of Gender in Education

Law Curtailed Rights to Freedom of Expression, Health, Non-discrimination

The Constitutional Court of Romania, July 2020. 
December 17, 2020 Dispatches

Hungary’s Family Minister Undermines Equality for Women

Government Should Act to Redress Domestic Violence and Pay Gaps

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December 16, 2020 Dispatches

Combating Domestic Violence is Dangerous Work in Russia

Another Women’s Rights Group Could Be Labeled a “Foreign Agent”

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December 16, 2020 Dispatches

DR Congo’s Yumbi Massacre Survivors Desperate for Justice

Two Years On, No Accountability for 535 Killed

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December 15, 2020 Dispatches

An Innovative Model for Foreign Aid in Lebanon

Is Public-Centered Aid Disbursement Possible?

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December 15, 2020 Dispatches

Personal Data of Thousands of Covid-19 Patients Leaked in Moscow

Robust Data Security Safeguards Should Be Put in Place

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December 15, 2020 Dispatches

Despite Prime Minister’s Promises, Disappearances Continue in Iraq

The Government Should Follow Through on Pledges

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December 15, 2020 Dispatches

UN Should Speak Out on Security Service Abuses in South Sudan

Demand Investigations, Accountability and Reforms to the Service

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December 14, 2020 Dispatches

US Architects Join Movement Against Capital Punishment, Torture

Revised Code Prohibits Design of Death Chamber, Solitary Confinement

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