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October 13, 2020 Dispatches

Protests Still Scare Egypt’s Government

Violent State Response No Guarantee of Stability

Protesters chant slogans against the government in Cairo, Egypt, September 21, 2019.
October 13, 2020 Dispatches

Death Penalty Not the Answer to Bangladesh’s Rape Problem

The Government Should Institute Real Reforms, Provide Services, Remove Barriers to Justice

Students protest against an alleged gang-rape and brutal torture of a woman in the southern district of Noakhali, in Dhaka, Bangladesh on October 8, 2020. 
October 13, 2020 Dispatches

Judgement In, Damage Done in Hungary

EU Action Needed to Reverse Rule of Law Breakdown

People in Budapest protest a draft law targeting Central European University, Hungary, April 4, 2017.
October 12, 2020 Dispatches

Prosecution of Former MP Casts Doubt on Reform in Burundi

Authorities Should End All Abusive Criminal Charges and Detention

Fabien Banciryanino.
October 12, 2020 Dispatches

Prolonged Political Crisis in Kyrgyzstan Puts Rights at Risk

Authorities Need to Safeguard Democratic Processes

Protesters react waving Kyrgyz national flags as they wait for Kyrgyz Prime Minister Sadyr Zhaparov speech in front of the government building in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020.
October 12, 2020 Dispatches

South Korea Partially Recognizes Reproductive Rights

Draft Law an Improvement, but Still No Freedom to Choose

Protesters shout slogans during a rally demanding the abolition of South Korea's ban on abortions
October 12, 2020 Dispatches

Fresh Calls to End Afghanistan’s ‘Virginity Exams’

Rights Commission Finds Abusive Practice Continues

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October 12, 2020 Dispatches

Child Marriage, Pregnancies Soar During Pandemic

Covid-19 Threatens Global Progress on Girls’ Rights

Bangladesh: Child Marriage
October 9, 2020 Dispatches

Building Equitable Futures by Investing in Girls

Governments Should Tackle Abuses, End Barriers to Education

Students strike against sexist violence in Madrid, Spain, March 6, 2020. 
October 8, 2020 Dispatches

Jonathan Price’s Killing Underscores Need for US Structural Police Reform

More Than 1,000 People Shot and Killed by Police in the US in the Past Year

Jonathan Price
October 8, 2020 Dispatches

Belarus Uses Children to Pressure Dissenting Parents

Judicial Harassment, Threatened Loss of Custody

Women stand in front of a police officer during an opposition rally to protest the official presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus, September 19, 2020.
October 8, 2020 Dispatches

Human Rights on the Ballot in California

Voters to Decide on Measures Affecting Criminal Legal System and Workers’ Rights

A mail-in ballot from the Los Angeles County Registrar Recorder for the November 3, 2020 election, September 5, 2020. 
October 7, 2020 Dispatches

Justice Delivered in Greece

Historic Conviction Against Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn Party

Magda Fyssa, the mother of late Greek rap singer Pavlos Fyssas, who was stabbed and killed by a supporter of the extreme right Golden Dawn party in 2013, celebrates immediately after the delivery of the verdict in Athens, October 7, 2020. 
October 7, 2020 Dispatches

Finally, Good News for Asylum Seekers in Italy

New Decree Rolls Back Some of the Worst Aspects of Immigration Policy

Italians and asylum seekers from the local specialized reception center work together to clear debris after floods in Belluno, Italy, November 2018.
October 6, 2020 Dispatches

39 Countries at UN Express ‘Grave Concerns’ About China’s Abuses

Call for International Monitoring of Human Rights Situation

Chinese police patrol a night market near Id Kah Mosque in Xinjiang, a day before the Eid al-Fitr holiday, June 25, 2017.

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