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August 7, 2017
Partisan Security Forces a Key Election Threat
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August 7, 2017
State of Emergency Ends in Ethiopia
Government Should Use Reform, Not Force, to Avoid More Protests
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August 7, 2017
The Toxic Impact of Indonesia’s Abusive Blasphemy Law
A Strain of Intolerance is Fueling the Recent Spate of Blasphemy Prosecutions
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August 7, 2017
SADC: Recommit to Human Rights Protection
Little Progress as Regional Body Marks 25th Anniversary
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August 5, 2017
The Toxic Impact of Indonesia’s Abusive Blasphemy Law
August 4, 2017
Rex Tillerson and the Thai Regime
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August 4, 2017
Leaked Transcript Exposes Australia’s Unlawful Refugee Policy
A Study in Hypocrisy and Cruelty
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August 4, 2017
The Rights Weekender
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August 4, 2017
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
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August 4, 2017
Qatar: Residency Reform Doesn’t End Gender Bias
Mother’s Nationality Still Won’t Transfer
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August 4, 2017
South Korea: Supreme Court Affirms LGBT Rights
Judgment Orders Government to Allow LGBT Foundation to Apply for Charity Status
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