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November 27, 2019
Armenia Should Invest More in Families, Not Institutions
New Criminal Allegations Puts Spotlight on Orphanages
![A boy sits on a swing in the courtyard of an orphanage for children with disabilities, Yerevan, Armenia.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/arm0217_coverimage.jpg?itok=bAo2JYXx)
November 27, 2019
Afghan Activists Exposing Child Abuse Detained
Investigate Alleged Rapes by Teachers, Police
![Afghan police officers search a vehicle at a checkpoint on the Ghazni highway, in Maidan Shar, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 13, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201911asia_afghanistan_police.jpg?itok=20xFkvTS)
November 27, 2019
South Korea Shouldn’t Backslide on LGBT Rights
Lawmakers Should Strengthen Protections, Not Weaken Them
![Participants march with a rainbow flag during a gay pride parade in Seoul](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201911lgbt_korea_pride.jpg?itok=Jceq_ssD)
November 27, 2019
Ukraine’s Maidan Victims Still Await Justice
Six Years Later, Investigations Stall into Killings of Protesters, Other Abuses
![A man lays flowers to the memorial of dead Maidan activists during the anniversary in Kyiv](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201911eca_ukraine_maidan.jpg?itok=AhN2Nf41)
November 27, 2019
New Leaked Documents Reveal China’s Chilling Crackdown on Muslims
![Barbed wire surrounds the walls around a cluster of schools on the outskirts of Kashgar, in western China's Xinjiang region, August 31, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201911asia_china_xinjiang_boarding_school.jpg?itok=KfuXnYfw)
November 27, 2019
Statement on Stockpile Destruction, Mine Ban Treaty Fourth Review Conference
Delivered by Mary Wareham, Advocacy Director
November 27, 2019
Correspondence with FIFA on China Club World Cup
![Gianni Infantino, president of FIFA, attends the FIFA Council Meeting, officially announcing the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup will be held in Shanghai, China, October 24, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201911asia_china_fifa.jpg?itok=qp_pnyxG)
November 27, 2019
China: FIFA Broke Own Rules for Club World Cup
FIFA Sidelines Human Rights, Keeps Beijing Hosting Arrangements Secret
![Gianni Infantino, president of FIFA, attends the FIFA Council Meeting, officially announcing the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup will be held in Shanghai, China, October 24, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201911asia_china_fifa.jpg?itok=qp_pnyxG)
November 27, 2019
New York Governor Cuomo Should Ban Chlorpyrifos
Dangerous Pesticide Threatens Children, Workers, and Environment
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November 27, 2019
UN: States Denounce Egypt’s Rights Record
Follow-Up Universal Periodic Review with Concrete Action
![The 36th Session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201711mena_isr_hrc.jpg?itok=mKIg8Vin)
November 27, 2019
Iran: Deliberate Coverup of Brutal Crackdown
12 Days After Protests, Authorities Refuse to Announce Death Toll
![Iranian protesters gather around a burning car during a demonstration against an increase in gasoline prices in the capital Tehran, on November 16, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201911mena_iran_protests.jpg?itok=wODaCINE)
November 27, 2019
Ghana: Faith Healers Defy Ban on Chaining
Enforce Ban on Chaining and Provide Community-Based Services
![In one traditional healing center, Human Rights Watch found 16 men in a dark, stifling room, all of them with short chains, no longer than half a meter, around their ankles. They called out: “We are suffering here. They are abusing our human rights. Pleas](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201911drd_ghana_picture3o.jpg?itok=6rFGE950)
November 27, 2019
The Legacy of Uganda’s Kasese Massacre
Three Years On, Families Still Awaiting Answers
![Women whose loved ones were killed in November 2016 when Ugandan security forces attacked the palace of Charles Wesley Mumbere, king of the Rwenzururu,in Kasese, Western Uganda, continue to look for answers since the killings.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801wr_uganda_human_rights.jpg?itok=HijSGyi0)