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October 7, 2021 Dispatches

Biden Administration Falls Far Short of US Refugee Admissions Cap

Fewer Than 12,000 Admitted; More Than 51,000 Places Unfilled

Abdisellam Hassen Ahmed, a Somali refugee who had been stuck in limbo after President Donald Trump temporarily banned refugee entries, walks with his wife Nimo Hashi, and his 2-year-old daughter, Taslim, who he met for the first time after arriving at Salt Lake City International Airport, February 10, 2017.
October 6, 2021 Dispatches

UN Rights Body Should Act to Recognize Right to a Healthy Environment

Governments Should Prioritize Addressing Global Environmental Crisis

A woman walks through a flooded street during heavy rains in Mumbai, India on June 12, 2021.
October 6, 2021 Dispatches

Congo First Lady’s Foundation Accuses Activists

Criminal Charges Brought Against Group Alleging Corruption

Parfait Muhani (left),  Ghislain Muhiwa
October 5, 2021 Dispatches

Ensuring All Iraqis with Disabilities Are Able to Vote

Progress Toward Accessibility Ahead of Elections, but Gaps Remain

A voter who uses a wheelchair at a polling place in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, on May 12, 2018.
October 5, 2021 Dispatches

UN Rights Body Should Stand with Yemeni People

Renewing Vital Mandate Essential to Support Victims, Stem Abuse

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October 5, 2021 Dispatches

Ukrainian Families Stranded in Afghanistan

When Flights Resume, Step Up Evacuation Efforts for Citizens, Afghans at Risk

Ukrainian citizens gathered outside Hamid Karzai International airport in early September 2021 asking Ukraine to evacuate them, Kabul Afghanistan.
October 1, 2021 Dispatches

Illinois Should Protect Reproductive Rights

Legislators Need to Ensure Access to Safe, Legal Abortion Care for All

 People rally downtown for the Second Annual Women's March on January 20, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois.
October 1, 2021 Dispatches

Millions at Risk as Ethiopia Expels UN Officials

Challenge Chokehold on Desperately Needed Humanitarian Aid, Call for Independent Inquiry

An organizer asks displaced Tigrayans to queue as they wait to receive food at a school in Mekele, in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, May 5, 2021.
September 30, 2021 Dispatches

US Government Should End Child Labor at Home

Farmworker Children Under 18 Need Better Protection

A 15-year-old girl works on a tobacco farm in North Carolina. July 2013.
September 28, 2021 Dispatches

Sudan’s Rights-Abiding Transition is Under Threat

Sudan and the UN Human Rights Council Should Work Together to Deliver Reforms

Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok chairs a cabinet meeting in the capital Khartoum, Sudan on September 21, 2021. 
September 28, 2021 Dispatches

US Congress Should Create Pathway to Citizenship

Budget Reconciliation Bill an Opportunity to Pass Needed Immigration Reform

Hina Naveed, DACA recipient, discusses the urgent need for a pathway to citizenship with US Vice President Kamala Harris and other DACA recipients, Thursday, July 22, 2021, at the White House. 
September 27, 2021 Dispatches

Beijing to Reduce ‘Non-Medically Necessary’ Abortions

New Guidelines Raise Alarms for Reproductive Rights

A promotion for China's defunct one-child policy remains on the outer wall of a government office in Bobai, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, August 26, 2021.
September 27, 2021 Dispatches

French Court Confirms Dissolution of Anti-Discrimination Group

Decision Likely to Have Chilling Effect on Civil Society in France and Beyond

Protesters hold a banner at a demonstration against a bill dubbed as "anti-separatism" and islamophobic in Paris, France on March 21, 2021.
September 27, 2021 Dispatches

Kenya Censors Another Gay-Themed Film

Struggle for LGBT People’s Rights Will Not Be Silenced

“I Am Samuel” documentary, 2020
September 24, 2021 Dispatches

Afghan Women Fleeing Violence Lose Vital Protection

For Survivors of Abuse, Shelters Offered Lifeline

Afghan women sew in their bedroom at a women's shelter in Kabul, March 20, 2017. A non-descript building tucked away in a residential neighborhood is one of the few hidden sanctuaries where battered women can seek support. 

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