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![A woman is silhouetted as she stands outside her hut near the bank of Yangon River March 18, 2012.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-07-burma-asia-woman-womens_rights.jpg?itok=QJl8faYI)
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July 5, 2016
China: UN Chief Should Stress Rights Erosion
Use Visit to Urge Release of Activists, End Crackdown
![Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) attends a meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (2nd L) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, September 3, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/china_bkm-xi_1.jpg?itok=gkVBE4Nw)
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![North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends an event marking the 70th anniversary of the Korean Children's Union in an undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/songbun_main.jpg?itok=_MKvtCNG)
July 5, 2016
Restricted by Chains and by the Law
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July 4, 2016
Dispatches: Bloody Attacks a Test of Iraq’s Resolve
Preventing Acts of Revenge, Finding Those Responsible Should be Priority
![A girl walks past the site after a suicide car bomb attack at the shopping area of Karrada, a largely Shi'ite district, in Baghdad, Iraq July 4, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-07-iraq-mena-isis-attack-baghdad-bombing.jpg?itok=yaUaUGkg)
July 4, 2016
Dispatches: UK Should Make EU Residents Welcome
Amid Rising Xenophobia, Don’t Leave People Hostage to Trade Talks
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July 3, 2016
Kenya: Investigate Killings of Lawyer, Two Men
Bodies Dumped in River after Enforced Disappearance
![The perpetrators of the killing of Willie Kimani, Josephat Mwenda and Joseph Muiruri should face justice for this horrific crime.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/grapphic_re_lawyer.jpg?itok=5j2KeNEA)
July 1, 2016
Pakistan: Renewed Threats to Afghan Refugees
Extend Legal Residency Status Through 2017
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July 1, 2016
Dispatches: US Court Rejects Religion as a Basis for Discrimination
Federal Judge Blocks Mississippi Law Allowing Prejudice Against LGBT People
July 1, 2016
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July 1, 2016
The Rights Weekender
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