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![A child stands next to the ruins of houses, which were demolished by government officials during a special security operation called "Operation to Free the People" (OLP) in Valencia](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/child_venezuela.jpg?itok=cvOVIp_R)
April 29, 2016
Quote of the Day Twitter Poll
April 29, 2016
Top Human Rights Dispatches This Week
![Police escort a group of people deported from Kenya as they get off a plane at Beijing Capital International Airport on April 13, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-04-china-asia-taiwan.jpg?itok=gW5Vve6K)
April 29, 2016
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
![Residents remove debris after an airstrike on the neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria, April 11, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/rtx29ftk_layout_comp.jpg?itok=z7hy5L6Z)
April 29, 2016
Time to Ban Child Marriage in Malaysia
![Malaysia](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016_asia_malaysia_flags.jpg?itok=b_JwUiHh)
April 28, 2016
Dispatches: A Glimmer of Hope for US Military Rape Victims
April 28, 2016
Dispatches: How Archaic US Laws Punish Rape Victims
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April 28, 2016
Colombia: Constitutional Court Upholds Same-Sex Marriage
Landmark Ruling Ends Legal Uncertainty, Strengthens LGBT Rights
![Protesters wave rainbow flags and advocate for LGBT rights outside of the Congress building in Bogotá.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016_04_28_colombia_presser_photo.jpg?itok=18gfIHrt)
April 28, 2016
Colombia: Constitutional Court Upholds Same-Sex Marriage
Landmark Ruling Ends Legal Uncertainty, Strengthens LGBT Rights
![Protesters wave rainbow flags and advocate for LGBT rights outside of the Congress building in Bogotá.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016_04_28_colombia_presser_photo.jpg?itok=18gfIHrt)
April 28, 2016
Dispatches: Russia’s Growing Intolerance for Dissent
![Two protesters outside the venue of an award ceremony with posters that read “We do not need alternative history” and “Memorial, stop lying”, April 28, 2016, Moscow.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-04-russia-eca-protesters.jpg?itok=oeshJ--M)
April 28, 2016
Danger, Keep Out! Children’s Exposure to Toxic Substances
Human Rights Watch Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Hazardous Substances and Wastes