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November 22, 2015 Commentary

Awaiting Justice For Trinco Five

People walk past the coffins of five killed Sri Lankan Tamil students during a funeral procession in Trincomalee, eastern Sri Lanka, on January 5, 2006.

November 21, 2015 Commentary

At Ex-Dictator’s Trial, Women Reveal Dark Secrets

November 20, 2015 Commentary

Remember Today That Transgender Kids Are Kids First

By Sam Winter and Kyle Knight

November 20, 2015 Commentary

Best of Dispatches: Top News Posts This Week

Syrian refugees line up to receive aid for the winter from the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) in Tripoli, northern Lebanon.

November 19, 2015 Commentary

Pakistan’s Scapegoating of Afghans

An Afghan girl

November 17, 2015 Commentary

How the World Can Save Lives in Syria

November 17, 2015 Commentary

Indonesia’s ‘opening’ of Papua still needs to bridge the gap between reality and rhetoric

Cartoonist's depiction of Indonesian government restrictions on media freedom and rights monitoring in Papua.

November 16, 2015 Commentary

Paris: A Moment of Profound Challenge

Reaffirming the Importance of Defending Human Rights

People hold hands to form a human solidarity chain near the site of the attack at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris

November 15, 2015 Commentary

Justice for a Sri Lankan Massacre

A member of the French aid group Action Contre La Faim places a wreath in front of the photographs of his 17 slain colleagues at their memorial in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka on August 11, 2006.

November 13, 2015 Commentary

If No Quick End to the War in Syria Can Be Found, at Least Protect the Civilians

Syrian opposition fighters and bystanders watch bulldozers clean the debris outside Dar al-Shifa hospital in Aleppo, northern Syria, on November 22, 2012.

November 13, 2015 Commentary

Australia's Treatment of Desperate Refugees Will Make it a Pariah Nation

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November 13, 2015 Commentary

Best of Dispatches: Top News Posts This Week

November 12, 2015 Commentary

2 Years Later, Papua New Guinea's Domestic Safety Law MIA

A woman holding a child looks down the valley from Kassam Pass.

November 12, 2015 Commentary

A Dictator on Trial In Africa

Hissène Habré at trial

November 12, 2015 Commentary

Can Aung San Suu Kyi control Myanmar's military?

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