What if Equatorial Guinea Kept Its Promises on Human Rights?
Poverty, Corruption, Other Ills Should be Addressed
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Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee Review of India
126th session of the Human Rights Committee
![Schoolgirls participate in a protest rally against the rape of two teenage girls in Chatra and Pakur districts of Jharkhand state, in Ranchi, India May 8, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201807asia_india_womensrights_sexualviolence.jpg?itok=11hSu-qs)
UN: Shine Spotlight on Brutality in Cameroon
Security Council Meets Amid Rights Abuses in Anglophone Region
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US Counterterrorism Under the UN Spotlight
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UAE: Cancer-Stricken Female Prisoner Dies
Calls for Alia Abdel Nour’s Compassionate Release Ignored
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Joint Letter to Mr. Fabian Salvioli, Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence
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China: UN Secretary-General Should Press Xi on Mass Detentions
Publicly Urge End to Repression of Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang
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US Stance at UN a Backward Step on Women’s Rights
Trump Administration Threats to Veto Security Council Resolution on Sexual Violence
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'You Can and Should Do More to Ensure That People With Disabilities Are Included in All Aspects of Your Work – We Can’t Wait Any Longer'
Statement by Ms. Nujeen Mustafa during the United Nations Security Council briefing on the humanitarian situation in Syria on April 24, 2019
UN: Landmark Security Council Disability Rights Briefing
Syrian Disability Rights Activist Urges Stronger, Inclusive Humanitarian Action
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Egypt: African Rights Session Amid Dire Abuses
Commission Should Loudly Sound the Alarm
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China: ‘Belt and Road’ Projects Should Respect Rights
Commit to Transparency, Public Consultation at Upcoming Forum
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Despite Progress, Torture in Afghanistan Still ‘Disturbingly High’
UN Finds ‘Staggering’ Numbers Tortured in Kandahar
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