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November 29, 2017 Dispatches

Power at All Costs: Where Missiles and Human Rights Overlap in North Korea

People watch a TV broadcasting a news report on North Korea firing what appeared to be an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that landed close to Japan, in Seoul, South Korea, November 29, 2017.
November 29, 2017 Dispatches

Japan Forces Sterilization on Transgender People

Government Shouldn’t Require Surgery for Rights Protection

Participants March during the Tokyo Rainbow Parade. On October 22, hundreds of activist groups throughout the world will gather to mark the 8th annual International Day for Trans Depathologization.
November 28, 2017 Dispatches

Global Principles Protecting LGBTI Rights Updated

‘Yogyakarta Principles Plus 10’ Call for Action Against Discrimination

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November 28, 2017 Dispatches

Your Private Information is a Gift

You Should Decide Whether to Give It – Not Have the US Government Take It Away

A surveillance camera is pictured in front of the U.S. flag, September 20, 2016.
November 28, 2017 Dispatches

North Carolina Citizens’ Commission Examines US Torture

Holds Hearings on State’s Role in CIA Secret Renditions Program

The lobby of the CIA Headquarters Building in Langley, Virginia, U.S. on August 14, 2008.
November 28, 2017 Dispatches

‘Making Haste Slowly’ is a Tired Refrain in Sri Lanka

Officials Cite Politics for Failing to Implement Promised Reforms

Overview of the United Nations Human Rights Council is seen in Geneva, Switzerland June 6, 2017.
November 28, 2017 Dispatches

South Korea Kicks Issue of Abortion Down the Road

Government Claims Research Needed, So Women’s Rights Must Wait

A woman holds a sign at a pro-choice rally at the Cheonggye Plaza in Seoul on August 31, 2010.
November 28, 2017 Dispatches

New Mexico Cases Highlight Risks of Secret Evidence

Shadowy Practice of Parallel Construction Threatens Rights

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November 27, 2017 Dispatches

Lawyer Disbarred in Azerbaijan After Filing Torture Complaint

Authorities Should Ensure Effective Investigation into All Ill-treatment Allegations

Yalchin Imanov.
November 27, 2017 Dispatches

Another Day, Another Tragedy in Crimea

Prominent Crimean Tatar Activist Dies After Raid in Crimea

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November 27, 2017 Dispatches

Why No Sense of Urgency on ‘Killer Robots?’

Progress Sluggish at Key UN Meeting on Fully Autonomous Weapons

November 27, 2017 Dispatches

War is Driving Girls Out of School

Governments Need to Better Protect Girl Students from Attack

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November 23, 2017 Dispatches

Not the Time to Look Away on Burundi 

UN Experts Threatened, Criticized by Government

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November 22, 2017 Dispatches

Philippines’ Duterte Signals Resumption of Murderous ‘Drug War’

Return of Police Anti-Drug Operations Boosts Risk of Summary Killings

Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte gestures during the opening session of the ASEAN and European Union summit at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay, metro Manila, Philippines on November 14, 2017.
November 22, 2017 Dispatches

Tanzania is Not ‘Doing Well’ on Violence in Schools

Urgently End Corporal Punishment Against Children

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