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December 16, 2015
Slovenia: Marriage Equality Under Threat
Referendum to Decide LGBT People’s Rights
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December 16, 2015
Open Letter to the Prime Minister of Pakistan
Reimpose the Moratorium on the Death Penalty
![Relatives carry the coffin of Saulat Mirza, who was sentenced to death by an anti-terrorism court in 1999 and hanged on May 12, 2015, in Karachi, Pakistan.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/2015-12-pakistan-asia-deathpenalty.jpg?itok=r9sDZNlS)
December 16, 2015
Syria: Stories Behind Photos of Killed Detainees
Caesar Photos’ Victims Identified
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December 16, 2015
Dispatches: Finally Getting Tough on Azerbaijan
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December 16, 2015
Tunisia: 3-Year Sentence for Homosexuality
6 Students Subjected to Anal Examinations
December 16, 2015
Jordan: Deporting Sudanese Asylum Seekers
Police Take 800 From Protest Camp to Airport
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December 16, 2015
DR Congo: Kidnappings Skyrocket in East
Create Special Police Unit to Address Threat
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December 15, 2015
Thailand: Jailed Activist Needs Urgent Medical Care
Pressing ‘Like’ on Facebook Can Lead to Detention
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December 15, 2015
Dispatches: “Improving” Family Detention
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December 15, 2015
Dispatches: Greed and Death in Burma’s Jade Mines
![Rescue workers look for bodies of miners killed by a landslide in Hpakant jade mine, at Kachin state, Myanmar November 24, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/rtx1vrco_layout_comp.jpg?itok=MWbh9rV0)
December 15, 2015
Dispatches: Jailed for Discrediting the Police
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December 15, 2015
Dispatches: Domestic Worker Starved in Singapore
December 15, 2015
Counterterrorism 101: Don’t Ignore Lessons of 9/11
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