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US peace initiative can help bring Ukraine’s abducted children home

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Dagres quoted in The Washington Post on Iranians rallying online to stop the execution of three protesters
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Jul 17, 2020

India’s hijras find themselves further marginalized amid the pandemic

By Phillip Baumgart and Shariq Farooqi

While India’s hijras have made considerable strides in civil and political rights in recent years, the pandemic has underscored the fact that their communities remain woefully neglected. Only with equitable legal recognition and government support will the hijra community cease to be disenfranchised.

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Jul 17, 2020

Hudson quoted in the Middle East Eye on Sudan’s recent human rights reforms

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Jul 13, 2020

Qaddour in Syria Untold: Millions of Syrians now rely on just one border crossing for UN aid. How did we get here?
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Jul 8, 2020

Yade in Townhall: In defending human rights and free choice, we must all stand together

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Dagres joins BBC News to discuss ‘Honour killing’ in Iran
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Free World Commission condemns Hong Kong security law

The Free World Commission, composed of influential lawmakers from leading democracies across the globe, condemned China’s recent enactment of a new security law in Hong Kong and called for governments around the world to recalibrate their relations with Beijing.

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Jul 2, 2020

Salman as a moderator at the American Pakistan Foundation: Building Partnerships for Racial Justice

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Jul 1, 2020

COVID-19 highlights how we need better internet access everywhere

By Atlantic Council

To help us better understand the future of the internet, data usage, privacy, and the impact of new technologies on social networks and the future of communication, Ray Wang, CEO and founder of a Silicon Valley-based advisory firm Constellation Research, and Vala Afshar of ZDNet invited both Atlantic Council GeoTech Center Director Dr. David Bray and GeoTech Center Commissioner Vint Cerf to join their weekly show DisrupTV. The panelists discussed digital disruption in the COVID-19 era, considering what flaws the pandemic has revealed in our current digital ecosystem.

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Jul 1, 2020

What I dream of for Afghanistan

By Horia Mosadiq

I was very young when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan forty years ago. It was the first time that I heard the sounds of helicopters overhead and gunshots in the streets, sounds that were completely alien to me and the city I had grown up in. Since then, not a day has passed where I […]

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