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September 7, 2021 Dispatches

Pakistan May Have its First Woman Supreme Court Justice

An Important Step Toward Ending Widespread Abuses Against Women

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September 7, 2021 Dispatches

Aid-for-Sex Alleged in Northern Mozambique

Investigate Abuses, Hold Violators to Account

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September 7, 2021 Dispatches

The Revolving Door of Persecution in Crimea

Crimean Tatar Leader Arrested on Bogus Criminal Charges

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September 7, 2021 Commentary

The Future of Afghanistan’s Schools – and its Children – is at Stake

Books, notebooks, and other school supplies are left behind after May 8's deadly bombings near a school in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 9, 2021.
September 7, 2021 News Release

Explosive Weapons Attacks on Afghanistan Schools Increase

Attacks on Education Rose 33 Percent Globally, Prompting Calls for Urgent Action

The mother of a schoolgirl who was among those killed in the brutal May 8, 2021 bombing of the Sayed ul-Shuhada girls' school stands inside a classroom with bouquets of flowers on empty desks as a tribute to the dead, in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 16, 2021. 
September 7, 2021 News Release

Egypt: ‘Shootouts’ Disguise Apparent Extrajudicial Executions

Partners Should Halt Weapons Transfer, Impose Sanctions

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September 7, 2021 Dispatches

Some Accountability for Attack on Burkina Faso School

Ensure Fair Trials, Support for Victims

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September 6, 2021 Dispatches

New Measures in Brazil Not Enough to Solve Amazon Crisis

International Community Should Push for Results in Curbing Deforestation, Protecting Rights

Fires near Novo Progresso, Brazil on August 23, 2020, burned land deforested by cattle farmers.
September 5, 2021 Commentary

What Brazil Can Do to Help Afghans at Risk

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September 3, 2021 News Release

Afghanistan: Humanitarian Crisis Needs Urgent Response

Rising Hunger; Collapsing Education, Health Systems

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September 3, 2021 Letter

Human Rights Watch Letter to UK Parliamentarians Regarding Impending Cut to Social Security Support

Cut to Universal Credit would breach UK’s international human rights obligations

September 2, 2021 Commentary

Venezuela: A Successful Political Negotiation Needs a Human Rights Agenda

Believe or not, there are reasons for both sides to include human rights in the Mexico talks

Jorge Rodriguez, left, representing the Maduro government, shakes hands with Venezuelan opposition delegate Gerardo Blyde Perez, in Mexico City, Friday, Aug. 13, 2021.
September 2, 2021 Dispatches

Afghans Stuck at Poland’s Border Need Protection

Polish Authorities Should Allow Access to Territory and Asylum Process

Polish security forces surround migrants at the border with Belarus in Usnarz Gorny, Poland on September 1, 2021. 
September 2, 2021 News Release

El Salvador: New Laws Threaten Judicial Independence

Congress Ousts Dozens of Judges

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele delivers his annual address to the nation before Congress, in San Salvador, El Salvador, Tuesday, June 1.

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