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June 9, 2016 News Release

Iraq: Fallujah Abuses Test Control of Militias

Investigate Government Command Responsibility; ISIS Stops Civilians From Fleeing

June 9, 2016 Interview

Interview: Safely in Sweden, migrant children can fall through the cracks

June 9, 2016 News Release

Sweden: Migrant Children Face Barriers

Delays, Difficulties for Care, Asylum Claims

June 9, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: UK’s Failed Efforts to Curb Saudi Torture

David Cameron and King Salman of Saudi Arabia meet for talks at the G20 Summit in Turkey, November 16, 2015.

June 9, 2016 Commentary

Sweden Should Remain a Leader in Welcoming Children

June 8, 2016 News Release

Thailand: Drop Case Against Rights Defenders

Military Criminal Complaint in Retaliation for Torture Report

June 8, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Giving Justice the Slip in South Sudan

South Sudan's then-rebel leader Riek Machar (R) and South Sudan's President Salva Kiir exchange signed peace agreement documents in Addis Ababa in this May 9, 2014 file photo.

June 8, 2016 Commentary

Stopping the Suffering of Transgender Immigrants

An illustration of a transgender immigrant created for Translatin@ Coalition in honor of Trans Day of Resilience.

June 8, 2016 News Release

UN: Return Saudi-led Coalition to ‘List of Shame’

Secretary-General’s De-Listing Opens Door to Political Manipulation

A boy stands in a classroom at his school after it was hit by a Saudi-led air strike in Yemen's capital Sanaa July 20, 2015.

June 8, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: The Shocking Legal Gap for California’s Detained Immigrants

Melida Ruiz, a lawful permanent resident, pictured with her daughter, Mercedez Ruiz, and her grandson, Christopher Gonzalez.

June 8, 2016 Letter

An Open Letter to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

June 8, 2016 Impact

Holding Abusive UN Peacekeepers to Account

Women walk by a United Nations peacekeeping armored vehicle guarding the outer perimeter of a school used as an electoral center at the end of the presidential and legislative elections, in the mostly muslim PK5 neighborhood of Bangui.

June 8, 2016 Witness

Witness: As If My Child Were a Burden to Me

Julija Čuković, who spent ten months of her life in an institution, at home in Kragujevac with her parents, where she enjoys to play with her younger sister, also in the photo. © 2016 Zoran Stamenković

June 8, 2016 News Release

Serbia: Children With Disabilities Neglected

Government Should Invest in Community-Based Services

A room in the ward for the “most severely disabled” in Veternik home for children and adults with disabilities. Children are placed in the same rooms as adults and up to eight people live in one room. © 2015 Emina Ćerimović for Human Rights Watch

June 8, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Syrian Refugee Children in Lebanon Miss Out on Secondary Education

The order written on Amin’s expired residency papers: “Last chance to get ID or passport or to leave."

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