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A College Student’s Guide to Giving Season

December 18, 2020

By Mary Gasparian, Intern

As the new year approaches, it is the perfect time to show gratitude and support meaningful causes, both local and global.…

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Hong Kong Human Rights Icon Albert Ho Battles On

December 15, 2020

Albert Ho’s law firm in Hong Kong is exactly what you’d expect. Halfway up a skyscraper, it’s noisy and busy and a little chaotic, full…

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How AI Could Help the Fight for Accountability and Justice

December 11, 2020

This time last year, I was in Hong Kong, meeting with human rights activists and documenting the large pro-democracy demonstrations. The police were cracking down…

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Push the Fringe to the Fringe

November 23, 2020

Twitter’s recent announcement that President Trump’s account will lose special “public interest” protections was met with mixed reactions— from “too little, too late” to…

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Bringing the Fight for Refugee Rights to SCOTUS

November 19, 2020

The Trump Administration is summarily sending refugees seeking protection from persecution or torture to immigration jail. They are often held there for months, or even…

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Letter from Retired Military Leaders on the Militarized Response to Protests

June 9, 2020

We the undersigned state the following:

President Trump has threatened to deploy active-duty military to try to quell the nationwide unrest sparked by the police’s…

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Two PRB Reviews and Two No-Shows as Detainees Continue to Opt Out

May 28, 2020

By Annie Himes

On Tuesday May 21, the Periodic Review Board (PRB) held back-to-back hearings for two Guantanamo detainees: Mustafa Faraj Muhammad Masud al-Jadid…

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Hong Kong’s Inquiry Into Police Behavior Falls At First Hurdle

May 27, 2020

By Brian Dooley
It’s big and it’s biased. The new study by Hong Kong’s Independent Police Complaints Council (IPCC) into police behaviour since the…

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