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June 14, 2018 Witness

Witness: Coming Back to School

“Evelina,” 17, with her 3-year-old daughter “Hope,” in Migori county, western Kenya. Evelina is in Form 2, the second year of lower secondary school.
June 5, 2018 Dispatches

US Slammed for Failure to Address Poverty and Health

Health Care Should be Recognized as a Fundamental Right

People walk around the neighboring streets around the Fred Jordan Mission, in Los Angeles, California, U.S. May 12, 2018.
May 23, 2018 Witness

Witness: Leonardo’s Biggest Wish – to Live at Home

People with Disabilities in Brazil Forced to Live in Institutions

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May 23, 2018 News Release

Brazil: People With Disabilities Confined in Terrible Conditions

Ensure Community-Based Services, Right to Make Decisions

A girl with a disability in the walled yard of an institution for people with disabilities in Rio de Janeiro.
May 8, 2018 Commentary

Missouri Senate Should Act Now on Probation Flaws

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April 27, 2018 Dispatches

Alabama Town Cancels Contract with Private Probation Company

Residents No Longer Face Extra Probation Fees

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April 24, 2018 Commentary

Friends of Syria must speak up for refugee rights

Bar Elias, a town in Lebanon’s Bekaa valley, has become home to Syrian refugees who were evicted from the Rayak air base, and have settled here in informal encampments.
April 20, 2018 News Release

Lebanon: Mass Evictions of Syrian Refugees

Expulsions by Municipalities Appear Discriminatory, Lack Due Process

A clothesline in an informal tent settlement in Bar Elias, Bekaa Governorate, Lebanon. Refugees evicted from the Rayak air base area settled here in January 2018. The refugees say there was no procedure, no written notice, no opportunity to discuss or cha
April 14, 2018 Commentary

Soft-pedaling on Payday Debt Collectors Tramples Consumer Rights

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March 21, 2018 News Release

OECD: Probe Colombia's inaction on indigenous hunger crisis

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February 20, 2018 News Release

US: Private Probation Harming the Poor

Programs Shift Costs to Offenders

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February 20, 2018 Witness

The Steep Price of Probation in Missouri

State’s Private Probation System Cost Jason $10,000

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January 23, 2018 News Release

Thailand: Forced Labor, Trafficking Persist in Fishing Fleets

Reforms Fall Short of Addressing EU, US Concerns

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December 1, 2017 News Release

Lebanon: Waste Crisis Posing Health Risks

End Open Burning; Create Long-Term Waste Management Plan

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November 14, 2017 Witness

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Tanzania Weak Protections Leave Their Domestic Workers Exposed to Abuse in Gulf Countries

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