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China Bans Many Muslim Baby Names in Xinjiang
Absurd Edict Part of Growing Restrictions on Uyghurs
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Honduras Should Give Women More Access to Abortion
Lawmakers Set to Discuss Loosening Notoriously Strict Anti-Abortion Law
You’d Never Guess 2017 is the ‘Year Of Ecology’ in Russia
21 Environmental Groups in Russia Have Now Been Branded ‘Foreign Agents’
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Will “America First” Mean Refugees Last?
Regardless of if you look at United States, Europe, or the Pacific, the global asylum system is quickly falling apart.
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Egyptian Soldiers Appear to Execute Civilians – Yet Again
Video Shows Troops Shooting Detained Men in North Sinai
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Germany/Egypt: Agreement Risks Complicity in Abuses
Pact Could Tie Berlin’s Agents to Torture, Disappearances
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A Message to Global Brands from a Rana Plaza Survivor
Companies Pressed to Provide More Information About Suppliers
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What I Told My Son About Starving Children in Belarus Orphanages
Explaining the Inhuman Treatment of Children with Disabilities
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Three Months, Still No Word on Disappeared South Sudanese Men
Fears South Sudan Government Abused and Detained Activist, Opposition Official
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China: Don’t Force 8 Refugees Back to North Korea
Fleeing North Koreans Require Assistance and Urgent Protection
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What the World Needs to do About Venezuela
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Algeria: Inadequate Response to Domestic Violence
Women Abandoned to Abusers, Left Without Services
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The Irony of Resurrecting the Human Rights Ministry
Morocco Expands Its Own Rights Machinery While Shrinking Space for Independent Activity
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