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September 06, 2012
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On September 7, 2004, leading Indonesian human rights defender Munir Said Thalib was poisoned with arsenic on a flight from Jakarta to Amsterdam. Eight years later,...
August 29, 2012
By Maron Soueid
This blog is part of the Olympics 2012 and Human Rights Series.
Though London’s Olympic caldron has been extinguished, the 2012 Olympic Games are far from over....
August 24, 2012
By Julius Kaggwa
This week a British playwright and producers will stage a play exploring homosexuality in Uganda in the hopes that the work can “normalize the gay character” in our country. A...
August 22, 2012
Human Rights First is running a series of profiles on human rights defenders we work with in various countries. These profiles help to explain their work, motivations, and challenges.
Mohammed...
August 21, 2012
Human Rights First is running a series of profiles on human rights defenders we work with in various countries. These profiles help to explain their work, motivations, and challenges.
Ahlam Oun is...
August 20, 2012
As many commentators feared, political forces historically antagonistic to U.S. policies in the Middle East -- and at best ambiguous in their commitment to human rights and democracy -- have...
August 15, 2012
This blog is part of the Olympics 2012 and Human Rights Series.
The London Olympics produced new world records, new superstars and, this year, crossed a number of new human rights...
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