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A Tale of Two Tyrants: Nestlé’s Role in Prayuth’s Thailand
The Swiss multinational and the Thai military junta are not so different when it comes to human rights abuses.
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Transphobic “Bathroom Bills”: Public Hoopla Over Private Parts
Lawmakers have no business following trans people into the bathroom.
Resistance and Persistence: An Interview With Aida Seif al-Dawla of the El Nadeem Center
A leading voice in Egypt's struggle against police violence is facing threat of closure.
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Walling Off Common Sense
Trump's border plan is such a loser.
Iran’s Kurdish Leftists Share Experience of Post-Revolution State Repression
Leftist Kurdish groups resisting Iranian state repression following the revolution faced bombings, torture and executions.
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Vulture Funds Put to UN Human Rights Test
Latin American countries lead the fight for business accountability, but countries in the north ignore and frustrate their efforts.
Human Rights Activists Dispute “Success” of “Plan Colombia“
Less public attention has been paid to the more than 6 million Colombian citizens victimized since the program began.
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Turning US Communities Into War Zones, Death by Death
No US city is immune from the epidemic of police killings - not even a liberal bastion like San Francisco.
Will Obama’s Guantánamo Plan Close the Prison or Just Relocate It to a New ZIP Code?
Obama wants to transfer all detainees to their home countries or to US military or civilian prisons.
MarShawn McCarrel: Remembering the Black Lives Matter Activist Who Shot Himself at Ohio Statehouse
MarShawn organized against the police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson and worked to aid the homeless.