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Saudi Arabia: Google Should Halt “Cloud Region”

Click to expand Image Saudi Crown Prince and Defence Minister Mohammed bin Salman arrives to attend the first meeting of the defense ministers and officials of the 41-member Saudi-led Muslim...

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Nordic Countries: Repatriate Nationals from Northeast Syria

Click to expand Image Children fly a kite at al-Hol camp in northeast Syria.  © 2021 Sam Tarling Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden should promptly repatriate their nationals unlawfully held in...

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Outrageous Crackdown on Freedom of Expression Continues in Belarus

Click to expand Image Belarusians residents in Poland gathered outside the Embassy of Belarus to protest against the arrest of Roman Protesevich, dissident journalist on May 25th, 2021 © 2021 Attila...

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South Sudan’s Arms Embargo Still Crucial for Civilian Protection

Click to expand Image Personnel of the South Sudan People's Defence Forces (SSPDF) take part in a drill at their barracks in Rejaf, South Sudan, on April 26, 2019. © 2019 Lex McBride/AFP via Getty...

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Thailand: Child Prosecuted for Insulting Monarchy

Click to expand Image Thanakorn Phiraban speaking at a rally in Bangkok, Thailand, October 2020. © 2020 Private (New York) – Thai authorities should immediately and unconditionally drop insulting the...

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Iran: Ukraine Airline Victims’ Families Harassed, Abused

Click to expand Image People hold placards with images of the victims of Ukraine International Airlines flight 752, which Iran's Revolutionary Guards shot down near Tehran, marking its first...

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Ecuador: Implement Constitutional Court Rulings Protecting Rights

Click to expand Image Ecuador's newly sworn-in President Guillermo Lasso leaves the National Assembly after his inauguration ceremony in Quito, Ecuador on May 24, 2021. © 2021 Jonatan Rosas/Anadolu...

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OPT/Israel: Commission of Inquiry needed to advance accountability, address...

Click to expand Image  A Palestinian man evades teargas fired by Israeli security forces in front of the Dome of the Rock Mosque in the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem on May 10,...

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Human Rights Watch Mourns the Loss of Robin Munro

Click to expand Image Robin Munro and Sophie Richardson at the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony honoring Liu Xiaobo, in Oslo, Norway, December 10, 2010.  © 2010 Private (New York) – Human Rights Watch...

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Russia Should End Harassment of Opposition Activist

Click to expand Image Police detain opposition activist, Yulia Galyamina, at Zemskiy Syezd (meeting of municipal deputies), Velikiy Novgorod, Russia, on May 22, 2021. © 2021 Nikolay Kasyan Activist...

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Myanmar: Chevron, Total Suspend Some Payments to Junta

Click to expand Image In this file photo, the logo of French oil giant Total SA is pictured at company headquarters in La Defense business district, outside Paris. © AP Photo/Michel Euler, File (New...

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Ethiopia: Tigray Schools Occupied, Looted

Click to expand Image Children look at books in an elementary school in the village of Bisober, Tigray on December 9, 2020. The school was occupied by Tigray Special Forces and also damaged after...

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Menstrual Hygiene Day Marks Both Significant Progress and Work Still to Do

Click to expand Image A pupil removes a free organic sanitary napkin from a dispenser at a high school in Meaux, east of Paris, France, on January 7, 2021. The Ile-de-France region installed free...

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Safe Schools Declaration Protects Education for Millions

Click to expand Image Girls everywhere are at a heightened risk of not returning to school following closures. This file photo shows a sign reading "Education is a right for a girl child" at a refugee...

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Ex-Chad Dictator’s Victims Denied Reparations

Click to expand Image Supporters of Habre's victims, Dakar, 2015. © 2015 Reed Brody/HRW (Nairobi) – Victims of the former dictator of Chad, Hissène Habré, have not received a cent of reparations...

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US Tulsa Centennial a Timely Reminder Reparations Cannot Wait

Click to expand Image Ruins of Greenwood District after 1921 Race Massacre, Tulsa, Oklahoma. © GHI/Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Today marks 100 years since the...

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Brazil: Investigate Rio Police Command for Deadly Raid

Click to expand Image Activists hold a sign that reads in Portuguese "Justice for Jacarezinho. End massacres in favelas" during a protest a day after police killed 27 people during an operation in...

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Japan: Global Firms Back LGBT Non-Discrimination Act

Click to expand Image Supporters of Equality Act Japan gather in front of parliament before they submit a petition in Tokyo on March 25, 2021. © Kyodo News via AP (Tokyo) – Major corporations have...

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April 2015 – June 2020: A Chronology of Repression of Media and Civil Society...

Click to expand Image Burundian riot police chase away protesters after blocking the roads in Musaga, on the ourskirts of Bujumbura, on April 27, 2015. Police and opposition activists clashed on the...

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Hissène Habré’s Victims Continue Fight for Reparations

Click to expand Image Victims of former Chad dictator Hissène Habré, their lawyers, and supporters demonstrate for reparations, N'Djamena, Chad, February 2020. © 2020 Tchad Infos Five years ago, on...

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