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This Mom Is Thanking A Girls' Clothing Store For Making Her Gender-Nonconforming Child Feel Welcome (x)

In her post, Sirois explained that her 10-year-old had been wanting to shop at Justice, a chain that markets its clothing as “just for girls,” since he was 4. Often he ended up enviously watching his older sister shop there.

One of the store's managers, Stephnie, assured the family that “everyone is welcome at Justice.” Sirois wrote that on the Friday afternoon they arrived at the store, her son's eyes were “huge and overwhelmed with possibilities.”

Help Secure Access to Urgent Medical Care for Jailed IT Expert (Iran: UA 123/16)

The trial of Nizar Zakka, a Lebanese national and permanent US resident held in detention in Tehran's Evin Prison since September 2015, has concluded after two brief sessions before Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran. His health is deteriorating but the authorities are denying him access to medical care.

September 16, 2016

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Help Protect Human Rights Defender From Defamation Suit (Indonesia: UA 211/16)

I Wayan Suardana, a prominent human rights defender in Bali, is facing a defamation suit for posting mocking statements on his Twitter account against supporters of a large-scale land reclamation project in Benoa Bay, in southern Bali by a commercial developer.

September 16, 2016

 

I Wayan Suardana, a prominent human rights defender in Bali, is facing a defamation suit for posting mocking statements on his Twitter account against supporters of a large-scale land reclamation project in Benoa Bay, in southern Bali by a commercial developer.

 

On 15 August, I Wayan “Gendo” Suardana, a human rights defender from WALHI (Friends of the Earth Indonesia), was reported by activists from a mass organization with political affiliations, Pospera (Posko Perjuangan Rakyat or

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Help Release Prisoner of Conscience With Tumor (Viet Nam: UA 284/15)

Prisoner of conscience Trần Thị Thúy's health has seriously deteriorated since being diagnosed with a tumour in April 2015. Prison authorities continue to deny her proper medical treatment unless she confesses to the crimes for which she was convicted.

September 15, 2016

 

Prisoner of conscience Trần Thị Thúy's health has seriously deteriorated since being diagnosed with a tumour in April 2015. Prison authorities continue to deny her proper medical treatment unless she confesses to the crimes for which she was convicted.

 

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Fed September rate hike odds drop to 9% after retail sales

Fed September rate hike odds drop to 9% after retail sales

Help Release Fadhel Abbas (Bahrain: UA 142/15)

Bahrain's High Court of Appeals has set 26 October as the date on which it will issue its verdict in the case against political activist and prisoner of conscience Fadhel Abbas. He is serving a five-year prison sentence on the charge of “spreading false information that could damage military operations of Bahrain and its allies and calling for resistance”.

September 15, 2016

 

Bahrain's High Court of Appeals has set 26 October as the date on which it will issue its verdict in the case against political activist and prisoner of conscience Fadhel Abbas. He is serving a five-year prison sentence on the charge of “spreading false information that could damage military operations of Bahrain and its allies and calling for resistance”.

 

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Help Release Tran Thi Thuy (Viet Nam: UA 284/15)

Prisoner of conscience Trần Thị Thúy's health has seriously deteriorated since being diagnosed with a tumour in April 2015. Prison authorities continue to deny her proper medical treatment unless she confesses to the crimes for which she was convicted.

September 15, 2016

 

Prisoner of conscience Trần Thị Thúy's health has seriously deteriorated since being diagnosed with a tumour in April 2015. Prison authorities continue to deny her proper medical treatment unless she confesses to the crimes for which she was convicted.

 

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