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Australia: Prioritize Protection for Fleeing Afghans
Increase Humanitarian Aid, Support UN Reporting on Abuses
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US Bans Toxic Pesticide on Food Crops
Long Chlorpyrifos Battle Highlights Need for Regulation Reform
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Afghanistan: Taliban Rights Pledges Raise Concerns
International Monitoring Mechanism Urgently Needed
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After Intervention, UK Bill Still Allows Justice for War Crimes
Important Problems Remain
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Ethiopia: Ethnic Tigrayans Forcibly Disappeared
Discriminatory Arrests, Detentions, Business Closures in Addis Ababa
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UK: Police Scotland Reviews Sri Lankan Police Training
Rights Groups Express Concern Over Sri Lankan Police Abuses
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Burundi: The Human Rights Council Should Continue Its Scrutiny and Pursue Its Work Towards Justice and Accountability
Joint Letter To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council, Geneva, Switzerland
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The Fragility of Women's Rights in Afghanistan
Now that the Taliban are back, what does that mean for women's rights?
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Bangladesh: 86 Victims of Enforced Disappearance Still Missing
UN Should Ban Death Squad from Peacekeeping Missions
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Covid-19 Surge in Myanmar’s Prisons
Junta Packs Jails with Opponents as Virus Thrives
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Updated Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child’s Review of Afghanistan
88th Session - August 2021
Joint Letter on Police Scotland Training for Sri Lankan Police
To Keith Brown, Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Scotland
From Rio, a Cautionary Tale on Police Violence
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