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The Year in Rights: Where We Advanced and Where We Fell Back in 2011
This was a remarkable year for people seeking full human and civil rights and liberties. From gays in America to women in Tunisia, most marginalized groups are ending 2011 with more rights than when the year began. But on almost all fronts, there'
Free Speech Rights
Regimes across the world cracked down on people who assembled peacefully to speak their minds. According to Amnesty International’s 2011
Civil Rights
Support for the death penalty in America hit an
Privacy Rights
The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse released a study showing that there have been 535 data breaches jeopardizing more than 30 million sensitive
Reproductive Rights
More than 80 abortion-restricting laws—everything from bans on when and how woman can get abortions to barriers
Voting Rights
Democratic uprisings broke out across the Middle East and North Africa, toppling dictators in Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya. In a series of ongoing protests in each of those nations, women
Gay Rights
New studies showed increasing acceptance of LGBT Americans. (See our infographic here.) The U.S. military finally began allow
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