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August 7, 2019 Dispatches

UK’s Unfair Child Welfare Support Rules

Time to End Arbitrary ‘Two Child Limit’ on Social Security Support

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Documents Reveal Government Meddling in Syria Aid Delivery

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Iranian Women Rebel Against Dress Code

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How Myanmar’s Armed Forces Fund Atrocities

UN Fact-Finding Mission Urges Sanctions on Military Enterprises

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Street Children Rounded up in Kampala

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Authorities Should Seriously Consider Protester Demands

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The End of Thailand’s Human Rights Commission?

Urgent Revamp Needed to Ensure Credibility, Independence

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Courts Strike Down ‘Repressive’ Laws

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July 31, 2019 Dispatches

UN Chief Should Order Inquiry into Syria Hospital Attacks

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