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March 18, 2019
Philippines Pullout From ICC Won’t Block Justice for ‘Drug War’
President Duterte Could Still Face Prosecution by International Criminal Court
![Philippines: UN Members Should Denounce Killings, Abuses PHOTO](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/philippines.jpg?itok=7vutF01p)
March 17, 2019
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
![Candles lit by activists protesting the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi are placed outside Saudi Arabia's Consulate in Istanbul. © 2018 Lefteris Pitarakis/AP Photo](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201901wr_saudiarabia_human_rights.jpg?itok=r1rU6wJK)
March 16, 2019
Why the US needs the Equality Act
![In response to the state’s “license to discriminate” bill, Steve Long displays a sticker welcoming LGBT customers to his restaurant in Jackson, MS, on October 2, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201802us_lgbt_religious_main.jpg?itok=LffThYwq)
March 15, 2019
On the Road to Freedom from Guardianship in Mexico
Court Decision a Move Forward for Rights of People with Disabilities
![201903americas_mexico_flag](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201903americas_mexico_flag.jpg?itok=SC2UJbzN)
March 15, 2019
#FridaysForFuture Sets Off New Wave of Youth Activism
Students Stage Global Protests for Action on Climate Change
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March 15, 2019
Philippine Lawyer Possible Victim of ‘Drug War’ Murder
38 Lawyers Killed Since President Duterte Took Office
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March 15, 2019
In US, Oregon Tables Forced Opioid Reductions Vote – For Now
Denying Patients Pain Medication Won’t Solve Opioid Crisis
![Maria Higginbotham’s medication bottles, including hydromorphone, an opioid she uses for breakthrough pain.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201812hhr_opioids_photo2.jpg?itok=0yWnue_C)
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March 15, 2019
Systemic abuses and mass detentions in China demand Human Rights Council action
UPR Adoption – China
![Security Council members cast their votes in favor of the adoption of the agenda on human rights abuses in New York on December 10, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016_asia_northkorea_hrc.jpg?itok=t2CiEDoV)
March 14, 2019
For Rohingya, Bangladesh’s Bhasan Char ‘Will Be Like a Prison’
Relocating Refugees to Unsafe Island Would Risk Lives, Livelihoods
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March 14, 2019
Vietnam: 6 Activists Headed to Prison
Upcoming Trial, Appeal Over Peaceful Opposition
![Photos of Nguyen Van Duc Do (right), wearing a human rights hat, and Luu Van Vinh (left), at a pro-environment protest carrying a sign that reads, "Return Clean Sea to the People".](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201810asia_vietnam_nyugenvanduc_luuvanvinh.png?itok=yhJGa-GA)
March 14, 2019
Malaysia: Drop Investigation of Women’s March Organizers
Repeal Draconian Sedition Act
![Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, left, passes the opening speech to King Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah during the opening of the 14th parliament session at the Parliament House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, March 11, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201903asia_malaysia_iwd.jpg?itok=PZ9xxadu)