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December 7, 2017 Dispatches

Smokescreen Justice for ‘Drug War’ Deaths in the Philippines

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December 6, 2017 Dispatches

Saleh’s Unjust End to an Unjust Rule

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December 5, 2017 Dispatches

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December 5, 2017 Dispatches

US U-Turn on Contraception is Damaging and Dangerous

Sign Petition to Demand Trump Administration Rescind Harmful New Rule

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December 5, 2017 Dispatches

Survivors of Rape in Conflict Should be in School

Victims of Sexual Violence Need More Support to Continue Education

Josephine, 28, said she fled her home in Bangui with her husband and five young children due to fighting in the city in October 2014. When she returned to her neighborhood to collect clothes and dishes for the family, three anti-balaka stopped her and t
December 4, 2017 Dispatches

Children with Disabilities in South Africa Cannot Wait

Government Should Make Education Free for All

An estimated half-a-million children with disabilities have been shut out of South Africa’s education system, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today at a joint event with South Africa’s Human Rights Commission.
December 3, 2017 Dispatches

Too Many Children Still Die from Pollution

UN Pollution Meeting Should Embrace Child Rights in its Resolutions

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December 3, 2017 Dispatches

Poland No Friend to Women

Government Refuses to Fund Women’s Support Groups

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December 1, 2017 Dispatches

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December 1, 2017 Dispatches

Turkey Squelching LGBT Events

Bans Violate Human Rights

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November 30, 2017 Dispatches

Prime Minister Trudeau Shouldn’t Ignore China’s Jailed Activists

Visit Provides an Important Opportunity to Speak Out for Human Rights

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November 30, 2017 Dispatches

Kyrgyzstan Supreme Court Upholds Rulings that Muzzle Free Speech

Lawsuits Mar Former President’s Record

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November 30, 2017 Dispatches

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No Excuse for Sending a 13-Year-Old to War

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November 29, 2017 Dispatches

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