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Thursday, April 21, 2016

Human Rights Watch: The Week in Rights - April 21, 2016

Human Rights Watch
  •  First Turkey Deportations Riddled With Abuse
  • Gambia Should Investigate a Death in Custody, Free Protesters
  •  Turning the Tide on Shackling in Indonesia
  •  Yezidi Women After Slavery: Trauma 
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