August 12, 2016
August 12, 2016
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
![Beach volleyball competition. Doaa Elghobashy of Egypt and Laura Giombini of Italy compete. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/beach-volleyball-egypt.jpg?itok=JElWxoAb)
August 12, 2016
The Rights Weekender
![Line to purchase diapers, toothpaste, and margarine in a market in La Urbina, Caracas, June 1, 2016. © 2016 Human Rights Watch](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/line_to_purchase_diapers_toothpaste.jpg?itok=kHPARny3)
August 11, 2016
Colombia: Sexual Violence By FARC Guerrillas Exposed
Colombia’s Peace Agreement a Dirty Deal, Without Justice for Atrocities
![A Colombian guerilla woman holds her AK-47 as she takes part in a line of rebels during an army parade of fighters of the FARC in Villa Colombia camp near San Vicente del Caguan, Caqueta province, April 29, 1999.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-08-colombia-americas-farc-woman-soldier.jpg?itok=TMaCBGnq)
August 11, 2016
The Piety of Shinta Ratri
When Militant Islamists Attacked a Transgender Madrasa, They Attacked Pluralism Itself
![Indonesia](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016_asia_indonesia_lgbt_0310.jpg?itok=60GKAeIU)
August 11, 2016
What Olympic Fans Won’t See in Rio de Janeiro
![Residents of the Mangueira favela watch the Olympics’ opening-ceremony fireworks at Maracanã stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 5, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-brazil-rio-olympics-favela.jpeg?itok=Dc7lZw1-)
August 11, 2016
Interview: Indonesia's LGBT Community Under Threat
![A picture of an anti-LGBT demonstration.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/screen_shot_2016-08-09_at_11.04.42_am.png?itok=-hOVjnP_)
![Composite showing US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (L) speaking on the campus of Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 29, 2016, and US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (R) speaking at a campaign rally in](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-08-us-presidential-election-clinton-trump_0.jpg?itok=37SQmbWh)
August 11, 2016
Syria: Government Airstrikes Closing Down Hospitals
UN Should Build Case to Prosecute
![Men and civil defence members look for survivors after an airstrike on a hospital in the town of Meles, western Idlib city in opposition armed forces-held Idlib province, Syria on August 6, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/rt_1.jpg?itok=MDaHivCI)
August 10, 2016
Indonesia: ‘LGBT Crisis’ Exposed Official Bias
Government Drove Discriminatory Campaign
![A picture of an anti-LGBT demonstration.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/screen_shot_2016-08-09_at_11.04.42_am.png?itok=-hOVjnP_)
August 10, 2016
Leaked Nauru Files Show Horrors of Australia’s Refugee Detention System
Canberra Should Close Operations on Nauru
![Nauru kids in detention](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-08-nauru-australia-asia-refugees-children.jpg?itok=xxZvfUZN)
August 10, 2016
Email Hack Leads to Threats Against Journalists in Ukraine
Journalists Covering the Conflict in Eastern Ukraine Targeted
![Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko addresses the parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, May 12, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-08-ukraine-eca-poroshenko.jpg?itok=rGICRRzU)
August 10, 2016
Angola: Military Fatally Shoots Boy at Protest
Investigate, Punish Soldiers for Child’s Death
![Some of the more than 600 houses demolished by the government in the Zango II area of Luanda, Angola since July 31, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/photo_1-sized.jpg?itok=4Z6qTlGw)
August 9, 2016
Thailand: New Charter Enshrines Military Rule
Referendum Passes Amid Junta Repression of Constitution’s Critics
![Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-ocha casts his ballot during the constitutional referendum vote in Bangkok, Thailand on August 7, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-8-thailand-asia-prayut.jpg?itok=FacUsLf0)