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September 13, 2021 Dispatches

Biden Administration Targets Out-of-Control US Drug Prices

Proposed Plan Could Improve Medicine Access for Millions

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September 8, 2021 News Release

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Investigate Human Rights Violations Involving Pegasus Spyware

Human Rights Watch, Access Now, Amnesty International, Committee to Protect Journalists, and Reporters Without Borders call for robust implementation of new EU export control rules on surveillance technology and investigation of EU member states’ role in Pegasus affair
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Corruption Settlement Returns Looted Funds to the Public They Were Stolen From

Proceeds from the Malibu home seized from Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, vice president of Equatorial Guinea, are now funding the country's Covid-19 vaccine drive.
August 31, 2021 News Release

US Congress: Sufficiently Fund Public Housing

Reinvestment Needed to Protect Residents’ Rights

First Houses in Manhattan, one of the earliest public housing developments in the United States
August 31, 2021 Letter

Letter to US Senate Banking Committee and US House Financial Services Committee

Reinvest in Public Housing to Protect Residents’ Rights

August 30, 2021 News Release

Preserve Evidence of Potential Rights Abuses in Afghanistan

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Cybercrime is Dangerous, But a New UN Treaty Could Be Worse for Rights

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July 30, 2021 Dispatches

The Biden Administration Should Bolster Predatory Loan Protections

Restoring “Ability to Repay” Rule Would Help Protect Human Rights in the US

A manager of a financial services counts cash being paid to a client as part of a loan in Ballwin, Missouri on August 9, 2018
July 30, 2021 News Release

Unchecked Spyware Industry Enables Abuses

Governments Should Halt Trade in Surveillance Technology

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July 28, 2021 News Release

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Paves Way for Equatoguineans to Regain Stolen Resources

Teodorin Nguema, Equatorial Guinea's vice president and son of President Teodoro Obiang.
July 22, 2021 News Release

Abuses in Aluminum Supply Chains a Blind Spot for Car Industry

Car Companies Should Drive Up Standards at Mines, Refineries, Smelters

Women from Hamdallaye village, in Guinea’s Boké region, in 2018. In 2020, Hamdallaye was relocated to a new site by La Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée, a mining company backed by mining giants Alcoa, Rio Tinto, and Dadco. The new site lacks adequate farmland, housing, water and sanitation.
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July 16, 2021 Letter

Joint Letter from Human Rights, Labor Rights, & Development Organizations to European Commission

Complementary Action Needed to Address Unfair Purchasing Practices and Achieve Goals of Upcoming Sustainable Corporate Governance Directive

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July 15, 2021 News Release

Japan: Stop Real Estate Project in Myanmar

Commercial Dealings with Abusive Military Undermines Rights

Activists demonstrate in front of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo to cut off funding for Myanmar's national army on June 18, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. 
July 12, 2021 News Release

Sri Lanka: Protect Garment Workers’ Rights During Pandemic

Compromised Safety, Pay Cuts, Representatives Threatened

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