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Zaw Lwin, 42, lost his leg to a landmine 12 years ago in the eastern part of Myanmar's Bago Region

Rifle drill for Iraqi police - rights groups say attacks on minorities are rarely investigated creating a "climate of impunity"

The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday in a case testing whether the federal government is liable for damages when it violates the Privacy Act by disclosing that an individual is HIV-positive. The government does not dispute that it broke the law, but it asserts that the Privacy Act authorizes damage suits only for violations that cause economic harm, not for emotional harm.

When FBI agents arrive at the scene of a shooting or a terrorist attack, there's often someone else standing in the background. It's a representative from the FBI's Office for Victim Assistance, there to help people suffering in the aftermath of a disaster.

Violence against women is a major health and human rights concern in Pakistan. Women can experience sexual, physical or mental abuse throughout their life cycle, in infancy, childhood and during adulthood or older age. Violence against women has severe physical and psychological consequences and as a social problem warrants an immediate coordinated response from multiple sectors.

Residents of Port Harcourt’s shantytowns say they live in fear being forcibly evicted

Refugees in Egypt face unemployment, difficult living conditions and xenophobia

Protesters in Balochistan demand to know the wherabouts of missing relatives

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Children at an IDP camp in Kabo, northern Central African Republic