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A Year After Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka Remains in Crisis
New Leadership Has Failed to Uphold Basic Rights, Bring Accountability
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EU lawmakers Call Out Commission Inaction on Rights Decline in Tunisia
EU Parliament Members Call for Release of Jailed Critics
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Japan Passes Law to ‘Promote Understanding’ of LGBT People
Fight Continues for Comprehensive Nondiscrimination Legislation
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Remembering Chinese Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo
Six Years Since Liu’s Death, Activists Challenge Beijing’s Repression
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Vietnam Should Release Land Rights Activist
Progress Requires Rights Respecting Reforms
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Travesty of Justice Reaches New Low in Belarus
Lawyer and Journalist Charged with “Extremism” for Passing on Publicly Available Information
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Online Incitement Against LGBT People in Cameroon
Planned Visit by French Expert Met with Online Hate
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Volkswagen Announces Factory Audit in Xinjiang
Is Human Rights Due Diligence Possible amid Crimes against Humanity?
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Russia’s Sham Trial of Ukrainian Prisoners of War
Prosecuting “Azov” Soldiers for Participation in Conflict is a War Crime
Japan Should Push Back on Hong Kong’s Rights Violations
Politically Motivated Visa Denials Highlight Growing Range of Abuses
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Egypt Using Remote Hearings to Isolate Prisoners
New Proceedings by Videoconference Hide Detention Violations
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Nepal’s Historic Achievement on Marriage Equality
Becomes the Second Country in Asia to Register Same Sex Marriage
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Burundi Government Walks Out on UN Review
Authorities Refuse Dialogue in Presence of Civil Society
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Jordan Should Take Social Protection All the Way
Targeting a Limited Number Fails to Capture Economic Complexity of People’s Lives