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August 31, 2018 News Release

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August 31, 2018 News Release

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Dangerous Attack on Rights of Women and LGBT People

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Ukraine: Ensure All Pensioners Have Access to Benefits

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August 31, 2018 News Release

Russia, Turkey, and Iran Should Act on Syria Detainees

Use September 7 Meeting to Address Arbitrary Detentions, Disappearances, Abductions

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India: 5 More Rights Activists Detained

Stop Prosecuting Dissent; Repeal Abusive Counterterrorism Law

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August 30, 2018 News Release

Cluster Munitions: Full Compliance by Ban Treaty States

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August 29, 2018 News Release

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Uphold Pledge to End Immigration Detention of Children

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August 29, 2018 News Release

China and human rights: Is Australia 'making a difference'?

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Trials Violate Rights to Legal Defense, Basic Liberties

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August 29, 2018 News Release

Statement by Human Rights Watch to the Convention on Conventional Weapons Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, Geneva

Delivered by Bonnie Docherty, Senior Researcher, Human Rights Watch

August 28, 2018 News Release

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August 28, 2018 News Release

Google: Safeguard Rights in China

Firm Should Protect Whistleblowers

August 28, 2018 News Release

Russia: Chechen Leader Threatens Human Rights Defenders

International Rights Groups Urge Putin to Curb Kadyrov

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