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Human Rights & Democracy Watch — September 22, 2026
Read →: Human Rights & Democracy Watch — September 22, 2026António Guterres on “We the peoples,” and a look at equal voting in the UN General Assembly as the 81st session’s General Debate begins.
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Daily Brief — September 22, 2026
Read →: Daily Brief — September 22, 2026Amartya Sen on development as expanding real freedoms, and a look at the large rural–urban gap in access to safely managed drinking water in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Human Rights & Democracy Watch — September 21, 2026
Read →: Human Rights & Democracy Watch — September 21, 2026On the International Day of Peace, a reflection on everyday peacebuilding and a look at the UN General Assembly’s High-level Week and the global issues moving to centre…
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Daily Brief — September 21, 2026
Read →: Daily Brief — September 21, 2026The UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders on the right to develop and advocate new human-rights ideas, and why defending human dignity is not reserved for people with…
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Human Rights & Democracy Watch — September 20, 2026
Read →: Human Rights & Democracy Watch — September 20, 2026September 20 Human Rights & Democracy Watch: civilian protection in Cameroon, ECOWAS human-rights justice, Russia–Ukraine, U.S. voting and press freedom, Canada’s diplomacy, UN High-level Week and peace.
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Daily Brief — September 20, 2026
Read →: Daily Brief — September 20, 2026Muhammad Ali on service to others, and a look at what lack of access to clean cooking means for hundreds of millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Human Rights & Democracy Watch — September 19, 2026
Read →: Human Rights & Democracy Watch — September 19, 2026September 19 Human Rights & Democracy Watch: Cameroon security, femicide in South Africa, deaths in custody in Nigeria, Eritrea sanctions, U.S. immigration and press freedom, Canada–India relations, and…
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Daily Brief — September 19, 2026
Read →: Daily Brief — September 19, 2026The disability-rights principle “Nothing about us without us,” and a look at the everyday barriers facing millions of children with disabilities in Eastern and Southern Africa.
