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Almost There: When Will the Biden Administration Support the ICC in Ukraine?

March 7, 2023

This article was first published on Just Security on March 4, 2023

By Adam Keith

Over the last year, the people of Ukraine have endured Russian war…

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Civil Rights Are Backsliding. We Need a Third Reconstruction.

February 28, 2023

By Licha Nyiendo

Last month another young Black man, Tyre Nichols, was murdered at the hands of rogue police officers.  The horror…

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No Room For Silence in Hong Kong’s Mass Trial

February 6, 2023

By Brian Dooley

Hundreds of people queued up this morning for 39 public seats available at the opening day of…

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Calling for Justice in the Murder of Human Rights Lawyer Thulani Maseko

January 24, 2023

What we long feared for human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko has happened. On Saturday night, he was murdered — shot dead in front of his…

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Ukrainian Activists Urge Reform on Prisoner Swaps and Military Ombudsman

January 12, 2023

By Brian Dooley

No one knows exactly how many Ukrainian civilians are detained by Russian forces, either in occupied zones in Ukraine or in…

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Ukraine’s Gwara Media Fights For Truth in Kharkiv

January 11, 2023

By Brian Dooley

Despite what United States Senator Hiram Johnson declared in 1918, truth wasn’t the first casualty of the Russian war on…

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DIVOCHE.MEDIA: Amplifying Voices of Women in Ukraine

January 10, 2023

By Brian Dooley 

Kyiv — For over a decade, the independent media outlet DIVOCHE.MEDIA has provided a feminist perspective on Ukrainian society, health…

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Coping in the Kharkiv cold

January 9, 2023

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By Brian Dooley

For months, the city of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine has been bracing for a bitter winter. Back in August…

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