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May 17, 2017 Letter

Submission for the 2019 Global Education Monitoring Report On Migration and Education

Syrian Kurdish refugees
May 16, 2017 Dispatches

Australia’s Cells of Horror

Neglect and Abuse in Mental Health System Caught on Camera

Miriam Merten shown on CCTV footage from a government hospital in New South Wales, Australia, 2014.
May 9, 2017 Dispatches

South Africa Needs a Global Reminder About Education Obligations

Human Rights Council Members Should Ask South Africa About Children With Disabilities

Drawing of a female student holding a placard that says “I want to learn” found in Boitumelo Special School in Kimberley, South Africa.
May 8, 2017 News Release

US: Detention Hazardous to Immigrants’ Health

More Preventable Deaths Likely Under Trump Policies

An illustration of a man in a prison uniform lying in fetal position at a crossroads (the roads have barbed wire)
May 5, 2017 UPR

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of South Africa

September 2016

A man reacts to tear gas fired by police fire to disperse rival marches by hundreds of protesters, after mobs looted stores this week believed to belong to immigrants in Pretoria, South Africa, February 24, 2017.
May 2, 2017 Report

2 Israelis Who Entered Gaza Held Incommunicado

Disappeared Men Have History of Mental Health Conditions

Hisham al-Sayed et Avera Mangistu.
May 2, 2017 Dispatches

Trump’s America Not So Great for People with Disabilities

Healthcare Bill Threatens Millions

Protesters with ADAPT, a disabled people's rights organization, stage a demonstration at the gates of the White House in Washington, April 20, 2015.
April 25, 2017 Dispatches

Angolan Police Attack Protesters in Wheelchairs

Video Highlights Concerns Raised by People with Disabilities

Video footage showing an Angolan police officer beating a peaceful protester in a wheelchair, Luanda, Angola, April 22, 2017.
April 24, 2017 Dispatches

What I Told My Son About Starving Children in Belarus Orphanages

Explaining the Inhuman Treatment of Children with Disabilities

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April 13, 2017 Dispatches

Free Primary Education Still Out of Reach in South Africa

Hefty Fees and Additional Costs Discriminate Against Children with Disabilities

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March 27, 2017 News Release

EU: Ensure Aid Reaches Refugees with Disabilities

Improve Monitoring of Refugee Assistance Funds

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March 15, 2017 Report

Greece: A Year of Suffering for Asylum Seekers

EU-Turkey Deal Traps People in Abuse and Denies Them Refuge

Asylum seekers from Algeria at a refugee squat on Lesbos. People of certain nationalities presumptively considered “economic migrants,” such as Algerians, are treated as having manifestly unfounded claims, and are often detained on that basis.
March 8, 2017 Commentary

Indigenous, Disabled, Imprisoned - the Forgotten Women of International Women’s Day

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March 7, 2017 Journal Article

Children with disabilities: Deprivation of liberty in the name of care and treatment

Children Deprived of Liberty
March 6, 2017 News Release

China: New Rules for Students with Disabilities Inadequate

Modest Reforms Undercut by Provisions Allowing Discrimination

A blind girl reads Braille text in her class at the Shanghai School for the Blind in Shanghai.

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