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February 3, 2016
Norway/Russia: Don’t Jeopardize Asylum Seekers
Fast-Track Returns Put Refugees at Risk
![Refugees and migrants gather near a checkpoint on the Russian-Norwegian border in Murmansk region, Russia on October 30, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/norwarruss_refugees.jpg?itok=sdCZO6s8)
![Operating under a pseudonym which means "no boundaries" - North Korean defector Sun Mu doesn't just paint about his troubled life in the worlds most reclusive and repressive state - he paints images of hope.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/sunmuportrait.jpg?itok=zukuL11x)
February 2, 2016
South Korea: Act to Promote Rights in North Korea
North Korea Rights Bill Would Support Accountability
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February 2, 2016
India: Supreme Court Revisits “Sodomy” Law
Opportunity to Overturn Discriminatory Law Against LGBT People
![LGBT rights activists in Mumbai cover themselves with a rainbow flag after the Supreme Court announced on February 2, 2016 that it would hear an appeal of its 2013 decision that upheld a discriminatory law criminalizing same-sex relations. © 2016 Reuters](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/option_1.jpg?itok=5puM9AIu)
February 2, 2016
Dispatches: Protecting Afghanistan’s Journalists
![Afghan policemen and fire-fighters inspect the wreckage of a minibus in Kabul targeted in a suicide attack that killed seven journalists affiliated with Tolo TV, January 20, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-02-afghanistan-asia-journalists-media.jpg?itok=Nu3aVt8S)
February 2, 2016
US: Repeal Mandatory Federal Drug Sentences
Task Force Recommends Sweeping Prison Reform
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February 2, 2016
Innovative Lab Launched to Strengthen Human Rights Work
Joint Initiative of Columbia and NYU Law Schools, Human Rights Watch
February 2, 2016
Tunisia: Widespread Abuses Under Drug Law
Draft Bill Eases Penalties, but has Troubling Flaws
![Samia Marsni, student.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/tunisia-drug-sentence.png?itok=v5HELMZE)
February 2, 2016
Colombia/US: Obama Should Press Santos on Justice
Sustainable Peace Requires Meaningful Accountability
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February 2, 2016
Kuwait: Progress on Domestic Workers Rights
Laws Encroach on Free Speech; Death Penalty Returns
February 1, 2016
Dispatches: On Africa and the ICC, Don’t Buy All the Hype
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February 1, 2016
Dispatches: Achieving Pain Relief For Millions
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February 1, 2016
A way for Europe to remove chaos from the migration crisis
![Asylum seekers and migrants descend from a large fishing vessel used to transport them from Turkey to the Greek island of Lesbos. October 11, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/_j5a0118_web.jpg?itok=aooh_5gy)