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October 7, 2019 Report

Afghanistan: Little Help for Conflict-Linked Trauma

Government, Donors Should Expand Mental Health Programs

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October 2, 2019 News Release

Iran: Schools Shut Out Children with Disabilities

End Discrimination; Ensure Inclusive Education with Reasonable Support

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October 1, 2019 UPR

HRW Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Kazakhstan

September 23, 2019 Dispatches

Without Sign Language, Deaf People Are Not Equal

Governments Should Ensure Equal Access to Information and Services

The names of the months in French and sign language are depicted inside a classroom for deaf students in Leveque
September 13, 2019 News Release

US: Rollback of Nursing Home Protections

Proposed Rules Would Expose Older People to Greater Risks

Lenora Cline, 88, has lived in a nursing home for years. She has Alzheimer’s disease.
September 9, 2019 Dispatches

Remembering a Powerful Voice in the Disability Rights Movement

Human Rights Watch Mourns the Passing of Marca Bristo

Marca Bristo, President of Access Living, speaks at an event marking the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilites Act in Washington
September 9, 2019 Dispatches

Disability Rights Should Be Central in US Presidential Race

Widespread Inaccessibility Blocks Many from Full Inclusion in Elections

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September 3, 2019 Impact

Indonesia Upholds Rights of People with Mental Health Conditions

Agreement Signed to Monitor Social Care and Mental Health Institutions

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August 30, 2019 Dispatches

Trump Administration to Deport Sick Children, People with Disabilities

Policy Change Jeopardizes Rights to Health, Life

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August 19, 2019 News Release

Australia: Inquiry into Rule Putting Older People at Risk

End Coercive Aged Care Practices; Ensure Supportive Intervention

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August 6, 2019 Dispatches

Mental Health Stigma No Way to Fight Bigotry in US

Trump Again Scapegoats Psychosocial Disabilities After Mass Shootings

President Donald Trump speaks in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, in Washington
August 5, 2019 Report

Cameroon: People With Disabilities Caught in Crisis

Funds Needed to Scale Up Humanitarian Response

Staff from the Coordinating Unit, a network supporting people with people with disabilities in the South-West region of Cameroon, April 2019.
July 18, 2019 Dispatches

Indonesian Woman with Mental Health Condition Charged with Blasphemy

Revoke Abusive Law, Drop Pending Cases

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July 17, 2019 Commentary

Lebanon Steering Further Away from Inclusion

Austerity Budget Could Further Marginalize Children with Disabilities

School-age children in Lebanon.
July 17, 2019 Report

Kazakhstan: Children in Institutions Isolated, Abused

End Institutionalization, Provide Community-Based Support

Sixteen beds fill a room with barred windows in a closed institution for children with disabilities.

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