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World Cup 2022: Human Rights and Fostering Social Change in Qatar

Kevin SwainFebruary 20, 2018

“If the 2022 World Cup is held in a Qatar that looks the same as the Qatar of today, it is a burden that both FIFA and the Qatari monarchy will bear.”

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Charity From Above: George Soros and the Anatomy of Roma Rights Activism

Lisa QianMay 19, 2017May 19, 2017

Lisa Qian reflects on the lessons she took home from Central Euopre on effective activism, Roma rights and the state of NGOs in the region.

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Consequences of Friendship: Israel and Rwanda Build Ties

Katherine KidneyApril 13, 2017

Rwanda is actively violating its citizens’ rights and Israel may be complicit.

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You And Trump Can Do Anything

Jade HarveyNovember 11, 2016November 11, 2016

If you voted for a platform of violence, you bear responsibility for the results.

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War on Terror Culture and the Strangling of Human Rights

Jade HarveyOctober 18, 2016

The Islamophobic outpourings from War on Terror culture represent a clear and pressing threat to human rights.

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Human Rights 2016: Where We Are and How We Got Here

Jade HarveyOctober 14, 2016

Why are “human rights” at the center of international conversation surrounding the US election, but within domestic discourse, they are rarely mentioned, if at all?

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License To Kill: Duterte Clashes with the UN on Human Rights

Julia DingAugust 28, 2016

The United Nations has called Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s support for extra-legal death squads a “license to kill.”

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“We Live on the Edge of a Razor”: Inside Putin’s Prisons

Lina VolinMay 15, 2016June 3, 2016

On January 14, the Russian government banned fenya, the traditional slang of Russian prisons. Lina Volin ’19 explores how the ban is just one aspect of human rights issues in Russia, behind prison gates and outside of them.

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