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December 14, 2017
We Need a “Clean” Dream Act Now, More Reform Later
![201710usp_TheDeported_RioGrande](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201710usp_thedeported_riogrande.jpg?itok=YaNaPnNF)
December 14, 2017
The Year 2017 in Human Rights Tweets
![We the People Art by Shepard Fairey](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201712womens_march_poster.jpg?itok=Qex_JLhc)
December 14, 2017
I Didn’t Report Being Sexually Assaulted. Here’s Why.
US Student Rape Victims Still Need Title IX
![Protesters hold signs to raise awareness of sexual assault on campus at the Stanford University commencement ceremony in Palo Alto, California on U.S. June 12, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201712us_womensrights_rape_college.jpg?itok=WAtnzC-v)
December 14, 2017
Kenya: Sexual Violence Marred Elections
Prosecute Sexual Crimes; Address Victims’ Needs
![Judith Wavinya (not her real name), 30, was attacked by two men on the night of August 11, 2017, as she was walking home.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201712africa_kenya_violence_main.jpg?itok=Fy14Lkh7)
December 14, 2017
Witness: Silently Struggling with Rape in Kenya
Widespread Sexual Violence during Kenya’s 2017 Elections
![Judith Wavinya (not her real name), 30, was attacked by two men on the night of August 11, 2017, as she was walking home. They asked if she knew them, threatened her with knives, and took her to an isolated place where they beat her badly and one of them](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201712africa_kenya_violence_main.jpg?itok=Fy14Lkh7)
![The Broken Chair, a statue in support of the bans on landmines and cluster munitions, stands outside the United Nations in Geneva.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709arms_landmines_cluster_chair_un.jpg?itok=iLpEnxaA)
December 13, 2017
Singapore: Laws Chill Free Speech, Assembly
End Repressive Prosecutions, Regulations, and Civil Suits
![People light candles next to signs at a vigil in solidarity with protesters of the "Occupy Central" movement in Hong Kong, at Speakers' Corner in Hong Lim Park, Singapore, on October 1, 2014.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201712asia_singapore_censorship_main.jpg?itok=fmeSLbkL)
December 13, 2017
Censorship Still Alive and Well in Uzbekistan
Despite Some Advances in Media Freedom, Still a Long Way to Go
![201710eca_uzbekistan_bobomurod](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201710eca_uzbekistan_bobomurod.jpg?itok=5nm3b3_Y)
December 13, 2017
Raped, then Assaulted by the Afghan Justice System
Abusive ‘Virginity Exams’ Re-Traumatize Victims
![An Afghan woman in Chaghchran capital of Ghor province June 2, 2014.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-02-afghanistan-asia-women-virginity.jpg?itok=TC9GtkYN)
December 13, 2017
China: Minority Region Collects DNA from Millions
Private Information Gathered by Police, Under Guise of Public Health Program
![201712asia_china_xinjiang A mural in Xinjiang reads "Stability is a blessing, Instability is a calamity," Yarkand, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China on September 20, 2012.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201712asia_china_xinjiang.jpg?itok=tWFl953C)
December 13, 2017
Protect Open Internet in the US
Tell Congress to Stop Quest to Destroy the Internet
![Supporter of Net Neutrality Ginger Gibson (L) of Valley Glen, California, protests the FCC's recent decision to repeal the program in Los Angeles, California, November 28, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201712us_internetfreedom_netneutrality.jpg?itok=_SNxbBHP)
December 13, 2017
West Africa: G5 Sahel Force Should Prioritize Rights
Rule of Law, Governance Crucial to Counterterrorism Strategy
![Malian soldiers, part of the five-nation G5 Sahel military force, patrol in central Mali in November 2017. The 5,000-member force will comprise two battalions each from Mali and Niger and one each from Burkina Faso, Chad and Mauritania.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201712africa_mali_g5sahel.jpg?itok=tCHbMc7C)
![Rumonge prison, Burundi.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201712africa_burundi_rumongeprison.jpg?itok=u72ANEnv)