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March 16, 2017 Dispatches

A Return to the Failed ‘War on Drugs’ in the US?

Revolving Door of Prison Will Not Solve Problematic Drug Use

March 16, 2017 Dispatches

US Sends Group Rejecting Rights to UN Women’s Commission

C-Fam Vehemently Opposed to LGBT and Women’s Rights, Equality

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Iraqi Troops Using Indiscriminate Weapons in Fight Against ISIS

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March 15, 2017 Dispatches

What Merkel Should Say to Trump

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Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) and United States President Donald Trump.
March 14, 2017 Dispatches

France Should Face up to Azerbaijan’s Rights Record

Hollande Should Call for Release of Imprisoned Activists, Journalists

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March 14, 2017 Dispatches

Sudan’s New Image Can’t Disguise Harsh Reality

Recent Release of Political Prisoners Shouldn’t Fool Anyone

 Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir speaks during a press conference after the oath of the prime minister and first vice president Bakri Hassan Saleh at the palace in Khartoum, Sudan March 2, 2017.
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No Light Three Years After Chinese Activist’s Death

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March 10, 2017 Dispatches

UN Plan to Stop Peacekeeper Abuse Puts Victims First

Focus on Victims a Refreshing Change

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March 10, 2017 Dispatches

Azerbaijan Suspended Over Rights Crackdown

Baku Responds by Quitting the Transparency Group

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A Radical Idea for Europe

Why Would We Abandon a System That Delivered Generations of Peace?

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March 9, 2017 Dispatches

Philippine President Encourages War Crimes

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte speaks before local town mayors in Davao city in southern Philippines March 9, 2017.

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