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Recent Corrections
The original news release stated that children had been denied free meals in government schools because they didn’t have Aadhar. While there was a government notification in February 2017 saying Aadhar was mandatory for children to get free meals in schools, authorities have denied that any child has been deprived of the benefits. The news release was revised on January 14, 2018 to reflect this.
An earlier version of this report stated that the Administration of Justice (Protection) Act had not yet come into effect. The law came into effect on October 1, 2017.
Due to a technical error calculating incidents on the Tracker, a previous version of this news release stated that the Tracker documented 11 incidents of mass rape between June and November 2017. The correct figure is 7. Other incidents have been reported, but they have not yet been published, pending further verification.
Trinh Kim Tien, one of the women attacked outside the court, is the daughter of Trinh Xuan Tung, who died in March 2011 from a police beating after a minor traffic violation. The month of his death was misstated in an earlier version.
An earlier version of this Dispatch misstated the relevant government agency involved in this incident. The Dispatch has been changed to reflect this.
The October 20 attack on a mosque in Ghor province killed up to 33 people. Bombings targeting Afghanistan’s minority Shia population at mosques and religious ceremonies are on the rise this year, with at least 149 people dead and more than 300 injured since January. An earlier version of this dispatch misstated the sect targeted in the October 20 attack at the mosque in Ghor province, and the number of people who have died in bombings targeting Afghanistan's minority Shia population at mosques and religious ceremonies.
An earlier version of this news release incorrectly listed opposition senator Thak Lany as being held in custody. In fact, she resigned from her Senate seat in February 2017 and is currently living in exile.
An earlier version of this press release incorrectly stated the year Jordan started hosting Syrian refugees. It has been corrected to reflect that “Jordan has hosted more than 654,500 Syrian refugees since 2011.”
An earlier version of this dispatch inaccurately stated the name of the documentary film targeted for restrictions by the Indonesian military. The dispatch has been changed to reflect this.
9/22: An earlier version of this incorrectly said that, "Last weekend, three children were killed by Houthi rebel gunfire while playing football in Taiz, the third largest city in Yemen." We have corrected this to read as, "Last weekend, three children, two while playing football, were killed by Houthi-Saleh artillery attacks in Taiz, the third largest city in Yemen."