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August 2, 2023 Dispatches

People with Disabilities in Gaza Languish after Israeli Airstrikes

Left Behind After Another Escalation, Year of Closure

Haneen Nabhan, who has physical and intellectual disabilities, next to the ruins of her family’s home in the Jabaliya refugee camp in Gaza, which was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike on May 14, 2023.
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EU Should Ban Use of Hazardous Herbicide

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No Justice 3 Years After Kyrgyzstan Rights Defender’s Death

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