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Burma’s government should publicly revoke a discriminatory population control regulation that restricts Rohingya Muslims to having two children. Implementation of this policy is consistent with the wider persecution of the largely stateless Rohingya, violating international human rights protections, and endangering women’s physical and mental health.

Fawaz Mohsin Saleh Husn al-Jarmoozi, age 9, lost his leg after stepping on a landmine on April 12, 2013.

High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay.

Full inclusion of visually impaired people in the public life is part of the work of the OSCE Presence in Albania.

The first same-sex wedding in France, planned for May 29, 2013, will be the country’s start of an era of full marriage equality, Human Rights Watch said Monday.

Amal Mohamed B’ayou, an independent candidate in Benghazi, handed out election pamphlets in front of the courthouse on July 6, 2012. “For 42 years men have ruled Libya,” B’ayou said. “Now it’s time for the women to rule.”

Ambassador Andrii Deshchytsia, Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for Conflicts and Ambassador Jennifer Brush, Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova at the 5+2 talks on the Transdniestrian settlement process in Odesa, Ukraine, 23 May 2013.

American companies investing in Burma should not let new US government reporting requirements lull them into complacency on human rights concerns. The US “Reporting Requirements on Responsible Investment” in Burma went into effect on May 23, 2013.

Newly arrived Syrian refugees in Jordan after crossing the border.