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Texas Officials Threaten Transgender Children and Families

Click to expand Image Demonstrators gather outside the State Capitol to speak out against anti-transgender legislation being considered in the Texas Senate and Texas House in Austin, Texas, May 20,...

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Russia: Arbitrary Detentions of Anti-War Protesters

Click to expand Image People attend an anti-war protest, in Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 24, 2022, after Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized a military operation in Ukraine. © 2022...

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EU: Disappointing Draft on Corporate Due Diligence

Click to expand Image “I don’t have gloves; when we pick up the fruit bunches it hurts us,” said a palm fruit harvester that has worked for the Congolese palm oil company PHC for over a decade....

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Russia: With War, Censorship Reaches New Heights

Click to expand Image Journalists work in the news room of the independent Dozhd (Rain) television channel in Moscow, Russia. © 2021 AP/Denis Kaminev (Berlin) – Russian authorities have threatened to...

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Pakistan: Repeal Amendment to Draconian Cyber Law

Click to expand Image Pakistani journalists and civil society activists take part in a demonstration called by the journalists’ union to condemn attacks on journalists, in Islamabad, Pakistan, May 28,...

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South Korea: Candidates Speak Out on Human Rights

Click to expand Image South Korea’s presidential candidates – (l to r) Lee Jae-myung, Ahn Cheol-soo, Shim Sang-jung, and Yoon Suk-yeol – pose for a photo before a televised debate for the March 9...

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Gambia Calls for Justice as Rohingya Face Dire Threats

Click to expand Image Rohingya refugees await the arrival of a U.N. Security Council team at the Kutupalong Rohingya refugee camp in Kutupalong, Bangladesh, April 29, 2018. © 2018 AP Photo/A.M. Ahad A...

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South Sudan: Government Critics Held on Dubious Charges

Click to expand Image South Sudan's President Salva Kiir, center, arrives for the opening session of the 33rd African Union (AU) Summit at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 9,...

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EU: Keep Borders Open for People Fleeing Ukraine

Click to expand Image People fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine arrive at a temporary camp in Przemysl, Poland, February 28, 2022. © 2022 REUTERS/Yara Nardi (Brussels) – The European Union and...

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France Expands Abortion Access in Two Key Moves

Click to expand Image People attend a rally to defend the right of abortion in Paris, France on September 26, 2020.  © 2020 Pierrick Villette/Avenir Pictures/Abaca/Sipa via AP Images Over the past 10...

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Afghanistan: Hunger Crisis Has Economic Roots

Click to expand Image Afghans waiting in lines to receive emergency assistance from the World Food Program (WFP) in Kabul, Afghanistan, November 3, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Bram Janssen (Washington, DC)...

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In Afghanistan, Burning Our Past to Protect Our Future

Click to expand Image Documents and laptop destroyed by a resident to avoid confiscation by the Taliban, in Kabul, February 28, 2022. © 2022 Private “I had to burn all of your books and your...

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United Kingdom: Provide Sanctuary to Those Fleeing Ukraine

Click to expand Image People fleeing Russia's invasion of Ukraine, cross train tracks to get to a train leaving for Poland, at the train station in Lviv, Ukraine, February 28, 2022. © 2022...

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Reinvigorating Public Housing by ‘Reimagining’ Eviction in NYC

Click to expand Image The Queensbridge Houses, managed by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), sit beneath the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge, November 16, 2018. © 2018 AP Photo/Mark Lennihan The...

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Global Plastics Treaty: A Historic Opportunity to Protect Human Rights

Click to expand Image UN Environment Assembly President Espen Barth Eide walks past a heap of plastic bottle waste during a field trip to Dandora Dumping site in Nairobi, Kenya ahead of the Fifth...

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Ukraine: Countries Request ICC War Crimes Inquiry

Click to expand Image Permanent premises of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, the Netherlands. © 2018 Marina Riera/Human Rights Watch Thirty-eight governments have taken a significant...

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Pending Execution Highlights Singapore’s Failures on Disability Rights

Click to expand Image Activists demonstrate against the impending execution of Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam, sentenced to death for trafficking heroin into Singapore, outside the Singaporean Embassy in...

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Afghan Women Watching the Walls Close In

Click to expand Image A woman wearing a burqa walks to her home in Kabul, Afghanistan, November 14, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris When the Taliban gained control of Afghanistan on August...

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Sri Lanka: UN Report Describes Alarming Rights Situation

Click to expand Image Tamil National Alliance lawmaker Shanakiyan Rasamanickam urges repeal of the abusive Prevention of Terrorism Act, Colombo, Sri Lanka, February 15, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Eranga...

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Greece Should Know that Refugees Can Come from Anywhere

Click to expand Image A dinghy with migrants, left, in the narrow stretch of water between the eastern Greek island of Lesbos and the Turkish coast on April 2, 2021. © 2021 Hellenic Coast Guard via AP...

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