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Foreign Agent or Firefighter?
Environmental Groups Battling Wildfires in Russia Are Attacked
![Michael Kreindlin, a Greenpeace member, after being beaten by attackers in Krasnodar region, Russia, September 8, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-09-russia-eca-activist-greenpeace-krasnodar_0.jpg?itok=kISsRJAb)
US: Obama Should Pardon Edward Snowden
High-Profile Campaign to Bring Whistleblower Safely Home
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Why President Obama Should Pardon Edward Snowden Now
Sign Petition to Bring Whistleblower Home
![A supporter of Edward Snowden holds a combination photo featuring U.S. President Barack Obama and Edward Snowden, during a news conference in Hong Kong on June 14, 2013.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/rtx10n6r_layout_comp.jpg?itok=m1446UWv)
UN rights body should act to implement High Commissioner’s recommendations on key human rights situations
Item 2 Debate on the High Commissioner's Report
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Fatal Factory Fire in Bangladesh is Déjà Vu
Tampaco Disaster Should Fuel Concerns Over Poor Inspections
![People look at a fire at a food and cigarette packaging factory outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 10, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-09-bangladesh-asia-factory-fire-workers.jpg?itok=uEcnyXaU)
United States: Transgender Students at Risk
Schools Limit Access to Bathrooms, Locker Rooms
![Students hold stickers about to be placed on a new all-gender bathroom as members of the cheer squad applaud at Nathan Hale High School in Seattle, WA on May 17, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-09-lgbt-transyouth-cover.jpg?itok=LdGQlNPT)
Russia: Failing to do Fair Share to Help Syrian Refugees
Aid, Resettlement, Asylum Procedures Fall Woefully Short
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China: 1,000 Evictions from Tibetan Buddhist Centers
End Threats to Families, Demolitions of Dwellings
![The settlements of Larung Gar Buddhist Academy in Serta county, Sichuan province, China on July 23, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/larunggar.jpg?itok=LZmHsZUa)
Amending Uganda’s Constitution - Again?
Police Arrest Women Protesting Proposed Changes to the Constitution
![Police arresting women activists and taking them to Kiira road police station in Kampala, Uganda, on September 13, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-09-uganda-africa-arrest-women-protest.jpg?itok=gCFQzGWf)
HRW Letter to UN Security Council Members on South Sudan
Arms Ambargo on South Sudan Long-Overdue
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States should promote gender equality and non-discrimination in the enjoyment of the rights to water and sanitation
HRC33, Item 3 Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation
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Kenya Is Abandoning Somali Refugees
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Five Wrongfully Detained in Somalia Now Free
Intelligence Agency Held Policy Center Staff for Nearly a Month
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