News & Commentary about Human Rights
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Dec 9, 2014
The US's Story of Torture Doesn't Have to End With Impunity
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Dec 8, 2014
Required Reading: Prequels to the Torture Report
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Dec 4, 2014
Aquellos que Obama dejó olvidados – y deportó sin una oportunidad de ser escuchados
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Dec 4, 2014
The Ones Obama Left Behind - And Deported Without a Chance to Be Heard
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Nov 25, 2014
The U.N. Acts to Protect the Human Right to Privacy
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Nov 20, 2014
US Joins Somalia and South Sudan in Failing to Support Child Rights
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Nov 14, 2014
The United States Admits It Crossed a Line. That’s the Least of It.
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Nov 11, 2014
THE SHADOW OF A DOUBT Circles Liberty’s Torch
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Nov 10, 2014
The U.N. Puts America on the Hot Seat for Torture