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November 6, 2019 Dispatches

Funeral Killings Ahead of New Round of Guinea Demonstrations

Three Allegedly Killed on November 4 During Funeral for Slain Demonstrators

People protest on the streets of Conakry, Guinea, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019.
November 5, 2019 Dispatches

US Cuts Cameroon Trade Privileges Over Rights Abuses

Global Pressure Needed on Executions, Unlawful Detention, and Torture

United States President Donald Trump (L) and Cameroon President Paul Biya.
November 4, 2019 Dispatches

Germans Reflect on 30 Years Since Fall of Berlin Wall

Anniversary a Time to Celebrate Human Rights Wins, and Highlight Work Still to Do

Workers prepare an art installation in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, November 1, 2019, to mark the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
November 3, 2019 Dispatches

Bride Trafficking to China Spreads Across Asia

China’s Gender Imbalance Having Devastating Regional Consequences

A young woman who was trafficked at age 17 by a friend’s mother who promised her a well-paid child care job and then sold her to a family in China as a “bride.” Once purchased, she was confined and subjected to sexual slavery, but managed to escape after
November 1, 2019 Dispatches

Lebanon’s Women Have Fought for Change – and Should Get It

Reform Personal Status Laws, End Child Marriage

Women shout slogans and wave the Lebanese flag during a demonstration in down town Beirut.
November 1, 2019 Dispatches

Russia’s Crackdown on Human Rights Defenders Escalates

Court Case and Smear Campaign Won’t Defeat Defenders

Russian human rights activist Lev Ponomarev speaks to the media at the For Human Rights movement headquarters in Moscow, Russia
October 31, 2019 Dispatches

Indonesia to Expand Abusive Blasphemy Law

Revoke New Provisions Violating Basic Rights

Muslim protesters display flags with Arabic writings that read: "There's no God but Allah and Muhammad is his messenger"
October 31, 2019 Dispatches

Ghana Should Resist World Congress of Families’ Anti-LGBT Message

Domestic Violence Against Lesbians All Too Common in Ghana

A young lesbian woman at an LGBT community center in Accra, Ghana.
October 31, 2019 Dispatches

More Aid Workers Killed in South Sudan

Government Should Investigate Attacks, Lift Restrictions on Access to Aid

A man raises a flag outside the IOM compound in South Sudan
October 31, 2019 Dispatches

A New, Uncertain Era Begins for Kashmir

Serious Rights Violations Persist

A paramilitary trooper patrols a street during the shutdown.
October 30, 2019 Dispatches

Countries Blast China at UN Over Xinjiang Abuses

Joint Statement Urges End to Repression of Turkic Muslims

Village officials swear allegiance to the Chinese Communist Party in Kashgar, Xinjiang.
October 29, 2019 Dispatches

Persecution Against Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia Escalates

Camp Raid the Latest in Deepening Crackdown on Members

A woman holds a bible during a service
October 29, 2019 Dispatches

Art Exhibit on Pakistan’s Police Killings Shuttered

Target Abusive Law Enforcement, Not Artists

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October 28, 2019 Dispatches

Internet Bringing New Forms of Violence Against Women

Resignation of US Rep. Katie Hill Highlights Severe Protection Gaps

Katie Hill
October 28, 2019 Dispatches

EU Parliament Urges Tough Action Against Egypt’s Crackdown

EU Should Use ‘All Tools at Its Disposal’ to Secure Human Rights Progress

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi gives an address at the Ittihadiya presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, May 26, 2017.

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