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An Invalid Vote of Consequence: The Results of Hungary’s Refugee Referendum

October 4, 2016

By Dora Illei

On Sunday, the Hungarian people voted on the E.U. plan to relocate 1,294 refugees to their country, part of a larger plan…

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Washington Week on Human Rights: October 3, 2016

October 3, 2016

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Refugee Resettlement

The Obama Administration has reached its refugee resettlement goal for Fiscal Year (FY) 2016, which…

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The Syrian Refugee Crisis: A Greenhouse for Human Trafficking

October 3, 2016

By Rachel Buchan

Jordan has the third largest population of Syrian refugees in the world, with 635,000 registered Syrian refugees in the country. Additional unregistered refugees…

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Voices for Equality: Russia

September 30, 2016

By Shawn Gaylord

Two years removed from the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, the Russian LGBT community is still fighting for inclusion. Two years from…

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Why Religion Matters: Fighting Intolerance with Broad Coalitions

September 30, 2016

By Erika Asgeirsson

This week I attended #RadCon, a Religion and Diplomacy Conference hosted by the State Department’s Office of Religion and Global Affairs. The…

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Washington Week on Human Rights: September 26, 2016

September 26, 2016

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Global Refugee Crisis

On Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Immigration and National Interest Subcommittee will hold a hearing…

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Anti-Immigrant Platform Leads German Far-Right Party to Berlin’s State Parliament

September 22, 2016

By Dora Illei

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), continued to lose voters in the September 18 German state election. It…

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A Missed Opportunity on Burma, Human Trafficking

September 21, 2016

By Alexander Strain

Burmese Nobel Peace Prize laureate and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi met with President Obama last week. It was an ideal…

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