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On Saturday, an estimated 200,000 people will participate in the Women’s March in Washington, DC. More than a million marchers are expected for the more than 600 “sister marches” around the world. That’s more than 2 billion steps in the right direction: the direction of human rights, dignity, and justice. The Women’s March will send a bold message that women’s rights are human rights. Human Rights Watch is partnering with the march in Washington, DC, because this is a critical time to safeguard hard-fought women’s rights progress achieved in recent decades. We’ll march to remind governments of their responsibility to survivors of sexual and domestic violence, trafficking, labor exploitation, sexual harassment – both in the United States and in other countries. Political leaders in the US and abroad who aim to curtail women’s rights, take note. Women’s demands that their rights be respected won’t end when marchers go home. This is #WhyWeMarch.
Jee’s killing is notably grotesque even amidst a “war on drugs” that has killed thousands, including children as young as 5, in the past six months. Since Duterte took office on June 30, his anti-drug campaign has claimed the lives of more than 6,000 people.
And it's good news. Human Rights Watch has long objected to both Manning’s prosecution under laws that allow no public interest defense, and to her grossly disproportionate sentence.
“Amra,” a 19-year-old woman from Afghanistan, said she had asked to see a doctor in the Kara Tepe camp in Lesbos about her suicidal thoughts. “I don’t want to hurt myself, I struggle myself,” she said. An aid group working in the camp counseled her twice, she said, then told her they couldn’t help her further...
Human rights exist to protect people from government abuse and neglect. Yet today a new generation of populists is turning this protection on its head.
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