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Who will be silenced next?
By Alicia Koutsoulieris, Case Coordinator for Israel, the Occupied Palestinian Territories and the Palestinian Authority Freedom of speech has suffered a tragic start in 2015. As the world calls for…
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How Did the State of the Union Stack Up On Human Rights?
During tonight’s State of the Union address, President Obama touched on issues of national security, criminal justice reform, immigration policy and women’s health, all of which involve human rights. It…
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#DearObama: Freedom of Expression and the State of the Union – An Opportunity for the President
[caption id="attachment_52031" align="alignleft" width="594"] (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)[/caption] This blog is part of a series on human rights in the State of the Union address. The United States has an obligation to…
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“He Was Silent but You Could Tell That He Was in Real Pain”
An eyewitness account of the flogging today of Raif Badawi an activist in Saudi Arabia sentenced to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes for setting up a website for…
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Write for Rights on Alcatraz: From A Prison to A Fortress of Human Rights
By: Shaudee Dehghan, Humera Durrani, Lisa Mueller-Dormann, Sarah Rubiaco Upon disembarking from the ferry it immediately became clear to all of us why Ai Weiwei chose the island to showcase…
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What’s behind the arrests in Turkey?
[caption id="attachment_56211" align="alignleft" width="4172"] Over two dozen people were arrested in raids against media critical of Turkish president. (OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images)[/caption] A wave of arrests Sunday morning shook Turkey and…
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Evaporating Hope for My Missing Daughter
The mother of Syrian human rights attorney and activist Razan Zaitouneh shares her reflections on the one-year anniversary of her daughter's forced disappearance.
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My Mom is in Prison for Standing up for Human Rights in China
An act of kindness transformed Liu Ping from a factory worker into a passionate anti-corruption activist in China. Her daughter, 22-year-old Liao Minyue, tells their story. My mother, Liu Ping,…
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Ferguson: Today marks a pivotal moment for US human rights
Today, we learned that a grand jury in Ferguson decided not to indict Police Officer Darren Wilson for the shooting death of Michael Brown — an unarmed 18-year-old — in…
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Noose tightening around NGOs in Egypt
The noose is tightening around Egypt's non-governmental organizations (NGOs). These Egyptian NGOs -- essentially what we call “nonprofits” in the US – focus on everything from human rights to other…