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May 5, 2020 News Release

US: State Department Should Affirm Rights for All

Unalienable Rights Panel Shouldn’t Rewrite International Law

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, unveils the creation of Commission on "Unalienable" Rights, headed by Mary Ann Glendon, left, a Harvard Law School professor and a former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, during an announcement at the US State Dep
May 5, 2020 Letter

Open Letter to President Tokayev concerning the Draft Law on Peaceful Assemblies

May 5, 2020 Dispatches

Angola’s Prisons Ill-Equipped to Curb Covid-19 Spread

Release More Detainees to Reduce Overcrowding

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May 5, 2020 Report

China: Covid-19 Discrimination Against Africans

Forced Quarantines, Evictions, Refused Services in Guangzhou

An African restaurant is closed off along with other businesses in Guangzhou's Sanyuanli area, where a neighborhood is in lockdown after several people tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease, in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China, April 13, 2020. 
May 4, 2020 Dispatches

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Government Failure to Address Chronically Dire Prison Conditions

Prisoners stand on the roof of the "Reten de Cabimas" detention center to demand prison guards let their families, below, enter with food on visitor day in Cabimas, Venezuela, November 17, 2019.
May 4, 2020 Commentary

For Maternal Health and Covid-19, a Racial Divide

U.S. Representative Lauren Underwood (D-IL), co-founder and co-chair of the Black Maternal Health Caucus,  speaking at the Black Maternal Health Caucus Stakeholder Summit at the Capitol in Washington, DC on July 11, 2019.
May 4, 2020 Dispatches

Ecuador’s Constitutional Court Upholds Rights During Covid-19

State of Emergency Can’t Bar Access to Justice

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Turkmenistan Government’s Deafening Silence After Hurricane

Storm Survivors Need Help, Not Censorship

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Pakistan: Investigate ‘Disappearance’ of Activist

Idris Khattak. 
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Protect Kenya’s Journalists Reporting on Covid-19

Journalists Assaulted, Threatened, Harassed

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May 4, 2020 Interview

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Leaders Should Plan to Better Protect Everyone During Future

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European Commission Promises to Champion Corporate Accountability

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May 4, 2020 Letter

Letter to IMF Managing Director Re: Anti-corruption and the Role of Civil Society in Monitoring IMF Emergency Funding

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IMF: Empower Civic Groups Against Covid-19 Corruption

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