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March 7, 2017
Thailand: Defamation Cases Dropped Against Activists
Permit Unhampered Rights Monitoring in South
![Somchai Homlaor, Pornpen Khongkachonkie, and Anchana Heemmina.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/pornpen_somchai_anchana.jpg?itok=JIf-JEQe)
March 7, 2017
On International Women’s Day, China Muffles Women’s Voices
Government Boasts of Equality Ring Hollow
![A woman wearing a protective mask makes her way on a heavily polluted day in Beijing, December 26, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-03-china-asia-woman-smog.jpg?itok=ij82y5Qc)
March 7, 2017
Indonesia’s Anti-Gafatar Campaign Ends in Blasphemy Convictions
Religious Community Leaders Get Up to 5 Years for ‘Deviant’ Beliefs
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![Asylum seekers in the arrivals hall at Brest train station, returned on the 13.46 pm train from Terespol, where their requests to seek asylum Poland were rejected. Brest, Belarus, December 7, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/img_1482_edited_002.jpg?itok=PRcBRJID)
March 7, 2017
The Philippines’ Alarming Death Penalty U-Turn
Capital Punishment Bill Could Reach President Duterte’s Desk Soon
![Members of the Philippine Congress attend the third and final reading of the death penalty bill inside the House of the Representatives in Quezon city, metro Manila, Philippines March 7, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-03-philippines-asia-death-penalty-congress.jpg?itok=LsI5gIsd)
March 7, 2017
Kenya: Hope for Survivors of Political Violence
![Nafula K.,46, was gang raped together with three other women by four men in January 2008 while at an IDP camp.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-02-kenya-africa-15.jpg?itok=0eeY5eVX)
March 7, 2017
Support consensus renewal of the mandate of Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders
Joint NGO letter to Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council
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March 7, 2017
Jailing the Messenger in Azerbaijan
Outspoken Journalist Imprisoned After Going Public About Police Abuse
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March 7, 2017
Hungary: Draft Law Tramples Asylum Seekers’ Rights
EU Should Seek To Halt Plan to Hold Asylum Seekers in Transit Zones
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March 6, 2017
China: New Rules for Students with Disabilities Inadequate
Modest Reforms Undercut by Provisions Allowing Discrimination
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March 6, 2017
North Korea: Crimes Against Humanity Demand Justice
ICNK Backs Recommendations of New UN Reports
![Kim Jong-Un watches a performance in Pyongyang, North Korea, on February 23, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-3-northkorea-asia-kimjongun.jpg?itok=ZGEcqZZH)
March 6, 2017
ISIS Accused of Unleashing Chemical Weapons in Mosul
Iraqi Government and Humanitarians Should do More to Protect Civilians
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