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Greece: Tajik Activist Faces Extradition
Forced Return Would Violate Ban on Torture, Ill-Treatment
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Armenia Has New Strategy to Help Terminally Ill
Legal Changes Are Next Step to Get Treatment to Those in Need
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Report in Lancet Calls for Needed Pain Relief
More than 61 Million Globally Suffer Severe Pain from Advanced Illnesses
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Mexico Improves Provisions for End-of-Life Care
Other Countries Should Follow Mexico’s Lead
![Doña Remedios and her daughter at the pharmacy of the National Cancer Institute in Mexico City, Mexico on September 1, 2014 to fill a prescription for morphine. They have to travel for several hours to procure the medication because there are no hospitals](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/PAL14013_1738.jpg?itok=PfPOLdLW)
Senegal Makes Strides on Palliative Care
Other Countries in Francophone Africa Should Follow Suit
![During a morphine shortage, a cancer patient in Dakar cluthes onto the railing of her hospital bed because she is in pain and the medication she needs is unavailable.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201710africa_senegal_health_palliative_care.jpg?itok=59V3yyF6)
Philippines’ Duterte Backpedals on Abusive ‘Drug War’
Police Operations Suspended Over Public Outcry, Trade Threat
![Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte stands during a call with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) economic ministers in Manila, Philippines, September 6, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201710asia_philippines_duterte.jpg?itok=IU9wPNcW)
Indonesia’s Supreme Court Upholds Water Rights
Court Rules Jakarta’s Water Privatization Failed the Poor
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Pakistan Should End Child Marriage
Regressive Step by Parliament on International Day of the Girl
![A girl crosses a stream as she walks to school in Margalla Hills, Islamabad, October 24, 2014.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201710asia_pakistan_womensrights_girl_education.jpg?itok=3afxUMLj)
UN Security Council: Protect Education from Attack
Endorse Safe Schools Declaration
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Spain: Police Used Excessive Force in Catalonia
Hold Independent Investigation into Violence During Referendum
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Brazil: Veto Military Trials in Homicide Cases
Bill Would Shield Soldiers Who Kill Civilians
Turkey: Renewed Torture in Police Custody, Abductions
Investigate Detention Abuses and Locate Missing Men
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California: New Laws Protect Children, Youth
State Will Limit Prison Terms, Offer Second Chances
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