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Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi arrives for a meeting with Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang (not pictured) at the Presidential Palace at the sideline of the World Economic Forum on ASEAN in Hanoi on September 13, 2018. (Photo by KHAM / POOL / AFP) (Photo credit should read KHAM/AFP/Getty Images)

Press Release

Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi in shameful defense of Reuters journalists’ conviction

Responding to comments by Myanmar's State Counsellor, Aung San Suu Kyi, at the World Economic Forum in Hanoi today defending…

September 13, 2018

CHICAGO, IL - AUGUST 31: Pam Bosley holds a photo of her son Terrell Bosley who was killed in Chicago during a sit-in as they protest the recent uptick in homicides across the city on August 31, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago has seen over 80 people killed and over 400 people shot and wounded during the month of August, making it the most violent month in 20 years. (Photo by Joshua Lott/Getty Images)

Report

In the Line of Fire: Human Rights and the U.S. Gun Violence Crisis

The U.S. government has allowed gun violence to become a human rights crisis, according to “In the Line of Fire:…

September 12, 2018

Press Release

The US Must Support ICC Victims of Most Serious Crimes

Reacting to news that John Bolton, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, propose that the Trump administration ban…

September 10, 2018

Press Release

Cambodia: Release of Kem Sokha must be made permanent

Responding to the news that opposition leader Kem Sokha has been released from prison on bail and is now being…

September 10, 2018

Report

Curaçao: Authorities are denying protection to people fleeing the crisis in Venezuela

Authorities in the Caribbean island of Curaçao, part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, must protect people who are fleeing…

September 9, 2018

Press Release

Myanmar: ICC decision opens a clear avenue for justice for the Rohingya

Following the International Criminal Court (ICC)’s ruling on Thursday that it has jurisdiction over Myanmar’s deportation of the Rohingya population…

September 7, 2018

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Proposed Changes to Limits on Family Detention Would Inflict Further Harm on Children Fleeing Persecution

According to reports, the Trump administration is preparing to publish regulations that would effectively terminate the 1997 Flores Settlement Agreement,…

September 6, 2018

This picture taken on September 5, 2018 shows flags from the Pacific Islands countries being displayed in Yaren on the last day of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF). - PIF members on September 5 signed a security agreement promoting cooperation on issues such as trans-national crime, illegal fishing and cyber-crime.The agreement, called the Boe Declaration, also recognised the need for joint action on "non-traditional" threats, primarily climate change. (Photo by Mike LEYRAL / AFP) (Photo credit should read MIKE LEYRAL/AFP/Getty Images)

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Pacific Islands Forum: Australia must tackle refugee crisis in Nauru as regional summit closes

The Australian government must urgently evacuate the 107 refugee children and their families trapped in appalling conditions in Nauru, or…

September 6, 2018

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Supreme Court decriminalizing consensual same-sex relations marks a new era for LGBTI rights in India

The landmark ruling by India’s Supreme Court decriminalizing consensual same-sex relations is a historic step, which sends a message of…

September 6, 2018

Members of the LGBT community hold a protest outside of Guatemala Congress against the law 5272 that criminalizes LGBT community human rights and abortion -among others- in Guatemala City on September 4, 2018. (Photo by JOHAN ORDONEZ / AFP) (Photo credit should read JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

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Guatemala: Discriminatory law puts at risk the lives and rights of thousands of women, girls and LGBTI people

Guatemala’s Congress must reject proposed law 5272, also known as the “Law for the Protection of Life and Family,” because…

September 5, 2018

General view of the Palestinian Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar, east of Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank as Israeli police claimed the village closed military area on July 5, 2018. - Khan al-Ahmar, which Israeli authorities say was illegally constructed and the supreme court in May rejected a final appeal against its demolition, is located near several Israeli settlements along a road leading to the Dead Sea. Activists are concerned continued Israeli settlement construction in the area could effectively divide the northern and southern West Bank. (Photo by THOMAS COEX / AFP) (Photo credit should read THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images)

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Israeli court approves a war crime by ruling in favor of demolishing the entire village of Khan al-Ahmar

Responding to the Israeli Supreme Court’s decision, the second one in less than two months, to approve the demolition of…

September 5, 2018

Syrian women sit with children outside a tent at a camp for displaced civilians fleeing from advancing Syrian government forces, close to a Turkish military observation point near the village of Surman in the rebel-held northwestern Idlib province on September 5, 2018. (Photo by Amer ALHAMWE / AFP) (Photo credit should read AMER ALHAMWE/AFP/Getty Images)

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Syria: Millions of civilian lives depend on outcome of Tehran Summit

Ahead of the presidential summit which is set to take place in Tehran on Friday 7 September between Russia, Turkey…

September 5, 2018