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Myanmar: Release Students Jailed for Peaceful Protest
10 Rights Groups Call for Dropping of Charges, Lifting of Internet Restrictions
Human Rights Watch Names Washington Director
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Single Women in South Korea Have Rights to a Family Too
TV Star’s Parenthood Choice Highlights Barriers to Reproductive Rights
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Brazilian Forest Defenders Are Not Alone
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Egyptian Judiciary in Service of Repression
Authorities Ignore Release Orders, Set a Revolving Door of Pretrial Detention
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Why Won’t Lebanon Stand Up for Free Expression?
Coalition Criticizes Lebanon Abstention from Media Freedom Statement
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Somalia: Ensure Justice in Health Worker Massacre
Boost Stalled Investigation into Killing of 8 in Rural Village
Russia: New Move to Suffocate Civil Society
Rescind New Bill; Repeal Abusive ‘Foreign Agents’ Laws
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UN: Implement Human Rights Principles for Assistance in Syria
Existing Framework can Strengthen Rights Protections if Operationalized
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Mauritania: Revise Draft Associations Law
Bill Falls Short of International Standards
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Tanzania: Repression Mars National Elections
Stop, Investigate, and Prosecute Serious Abuses
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Kyrgyzstan: Bad Faith Efforts to Overhaul Constitution
Delay Reforms until New Parliament Is Sworn In
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Nepal: Stalling on Justice for Conflict-Era Crimes
Failure to Prosecute Enabling Fresh Abuses
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