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  1. Oct 2017
    1. The government failed to finalize and implement a draft National Human Rights Plan after consulting in 2015 with human rights organizations.

      Even though the DR is making great strides to be more modern, they still find difficulties in handling human rights

    2. A number of openly lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) candidates ran for seats in legislative and local elections to increase their political visibility and participation.

      It is nice to hear more about the LGBT's progression of being recognised in other parts of the world other than the U.S.

    1. A U.N.-backed study released this year estimated that there are nearly 210,000 Dominican-born people of Haitian descent and roughly another 34,000 born to parents of another nationality.

      I couldn't imagine going through this. Both my parents are European immigrants and I am an American citizen, and I can't imagine being told that I can no longer be an American citizen just because my parents aren't.

    2. SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Experts warned Friday that a Dominican court decision to strip citizenship from children of Haitian migrants could cause a human rights crisis, potentially leaving tens of thousands of people stateless, facing mass deportation and discrimination.

      All humans have basic rights, and by separating families you are violating their rights People of different nationalities are feeling in violation of their rights as they fear deportation and separation of their families