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    Aug 27

    Among human rights advocates, few are as vulnerable as environmental defenders, whose work often includes standing up for the rights of indigenous communities and fighting to preserve a healthy environment:

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  2. 9 hours ago

    Imagine not being able to make the most basic decisions about how to lead your own life.

    Looking Differently at Disability and Decision Making
    Legal capacity is the right to make decisions that affect your own life. It’s a right that people with intellectual and cognitive disabilities are routinely denied.
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  3. 14 hours ago

    The fight to end HIV is also a fight for women’s rights.

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  4. 16 hours ago

    Rohingya babies are being born invisible. Their status as unregistered children make them more vulnerable to abuse—both now and later in life.

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  5. 17 hours ago

    We're seeking a Policy Analyst to work with us in Berlin. Apply by September 26:

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  6. Sep 8

    Without meaningful access to justice, people are more likely to face problems with health, employment, housing, and education. Small data can be a huge help.

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  7. Sep 8

    Have a great, fresh idea to reform the U.S. criminal justice system? Apply by October 22.

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  8. Sep 8

    Antidiscrimination laws, support for LGBTI rights, and efforts to protect women and girls have become weaponized by opportunist politicians and groups close to the dominant religious institutions to push an anti-Western agenda in post-Soviet countries.

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  9. Sep 7

    An artist found out the FBI was investigating him, so he decided to take the investigation into his own hands:

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  10. Retweeted
    Sep 5

    This week, Peru effectively abolished guardianship & legal capacity deprivations for people w disabilities. Its Civil Code was amended to guarantee legal capacity w a range of support options available. Here's a short video of advocates celebrating.

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  11. Sep 7

    The U.S. is facing a policing crisis. Although reforms such as better training and body cameras are necessary, they're not sufficient. Soros Justice Fellow Rachel Herzing's argument for reducing—and not simply reforming—policing:

    A young girl speaks during a protest following the death of Alfred Olango, who was shot by police in El Cajon, California, on September 29, 2016. PC: Patrick T. Fallon/Newscom
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  12. Retweeted
    Sep 4

    Sentenced to death for giving away medicine. Horrendous.

    A man has been sentenced to death by hanging in Malaysia for processing cannabis oil and distributing it to patients in need. The father of one did not profit from his endeavour, and would provide the oil for free to patients who could not afford it.
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  13. Sep 6

    For many Inuit hunters in Greenland, a dog is not simply a pet; she's a fellow worker. But as climate change has imperiled subsistence hunting, many of these dogs have become burdens, not helpers, for their owners. PC: More on our Instagram:

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  14. Retweeted
    Sep 6

    Congratulations to India and to all the activists involved in the work! Notice in the text that the law that has been defeated has been brought upon India by colonialism. A truly remarkable victory that will hopefully influence other countries in the...

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  15. Sep 6

    We're seeking a Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa to be based in Amman:

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  16. Retweeted
    Sep 5

    I traveled to Guatemala for to meet with parents separated from their children by the US. Worry over children has caused parents to stop eating, difficulty sleeping, nightmares, & hospitalization for anxiety. The anguish…is palpable.

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  17. Sep 5

    “We need to recognize and champion recovery—and the wide variety or forms it can take.” - , a 2015 Soros Justice Fellow, in

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  18. Retweeted
    Sep 5

    "Anyone who has studied the U.S. prison system knows that prisoners have a long list of things worth striking over." -my thoughts on the prison strike

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  19. Retweeted
    Sep 5

    Hungarian NGOs say Article 7 vote is also about alerting other EU members

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  20. Sep 5

    ¿Tiene una idea que promueve los derechos humanos en Puerto Rico? Estamos buscando activistas dinámicos de entre 18 y 27 años para la Beca Juvenil de Puerto Rico. ¡Solicite antes del 30 de septiembre!

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  21. Sep 5

    Have an idea for a project that advances human rights in Puerto Rico? Apply for the Open Society Puerto Rico Youth Fellowships by September 30!

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