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May 24, 2018 Letter

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May 22, 2018 Dispatches

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Stronger Official Action Needed to Combat Asia-Pacific’s Fastest Growing HIV Epidemic

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May 17, 2018 Letter

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Implementation of the 2016 UNGASS Outcome Document

May 14, 2018 Dispatches

US Bureau of Prisons Policy Change Endangers Transgender Prisoners

Transgender Prisoners Face Alarming Rates of Abuse in Detention

An illustration depicts a transgender woman housed in a men's immigration detention facility.
May 10, 2018 Dispatches

Russia’s ‘Gay Propaganda’ Censor Attacks Health Website

Shutdown of HIV Site the Latest Attack on Freedom of Expression

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May 1, 2018 Dispatches

Bangladesh’s Monsoon Season Threatens Rohingya Refugees

UN Security Council Should Act to Protect Population at Risk

Rohingya refugees try to take shelter from torrential rain as they are held by the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) after illegally crossing the border, in Teknaf, Bangladesh, August 31, 2017.
May 1, 2018 Dispatches

Calling on California To Respect Intersex Children

Surgeons’ Opposition to Senate Resolution Exposes Persistent Stigmatization

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April 20, 2018 Statement

Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on Argentina

78th session, 2018

April 13, 2018 Dispatches

Valuing Black Women’s and Infants’ Lives in the US

US Maternal Death Rates Are Rising, With Black Women at Greatest Risk

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April 5, 2018 Witness

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April 4, 2018 News Release

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March 27, 2018 Dispatches

Proposed US Healthcare Changes Would Undermine Patient Rights

Sweeping Religious and Moral Exemptions Put Women, LGBT People at Risk

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March 27, 2018 Letter

Human Rights Watch Letter to US Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar

March 25, 2018 News Release

Jordan: Step Forward, Step Back for Urban Refugees

They Get Legal Status, But Lose Health Subsidies

Syrian children attend class in a school in the Zaatari refugee camp in northern Jordan, October 20, 2015. The school taught Syrian girls in the morning and boys in the afternoon, but lacked electricity, heating, and running water.
March 22, 2018 News Release

Kenya: Court Finds Forced Anal Exams Unconstitutional

Victory for LGBT Rights Activists

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