![A Hijra in Dhaka, Bangladesh.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/bangla_edit_main.jpg?itok=fhgPJfXf)
![A Hijra in Dhaka, Bangladesh.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/bangla_edit_main.jpg?itok=fhgPJfXf)
UN Security Council Should Renew South Sudan Arms Embargo
Neighboring Countries Still Blatantly Send South Sudan Weapons
![FILE: Opposition soldiers chant "Viva IO", meaning "long live the opposition", during a visit in August 2019 by a ceasefire monitoring team, at an opposition military camp near the town of Nimule in Eastern Equatoria state, South Sudan.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202005africa_ssudan_arms.jpg?h=859ac900&itok=a_RbzZsb)
Pakistan: Ahmadis Kept Off Minorities Commission
New Rights Body Should be Inclusive, Independent, Empowered
![A Pakistan Bureau of Statistics official and a soldier collect census information from an Ahmadi resident in Rabwah, Punjab, Pakistan in March 2017. © 2017 ARIF ALI/AFP via Getty Images](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202005asia_pakistan_ahmadi.jpg?h=527c4d74&itok=HwViBTl9)
Bangladesh: Mass Arrests Over Cartoons, Posts
Cartoonist, Journalists, Activists Face Charges for Criticizing Ruling Party Print
![A protester demands the release of Bangladeshi journalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka, Bangladesh on May 5, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202005asia_bangladesh_kajol.jpg?h=6f8e8448&itok=elXopfLB)
Human Rights Watch Film Festival, UK and Ireland
Empowering Stories Celebrating Courageous People
![Screenshot from the film I Am Not Alone.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202005filmfest_iamnotalone_still.jpg?h=c673cd1c&itok=KbQmxp91)
Lebanon’s LGBT People Reclaim Their Power
Videos, Report Highlight Coexistence, Solidarity, New Possibility for Rights
![Rana, 32, standing in Riad El-Solh Square, one of the main protest sites in downtown Beirut. December 22, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202005mena_lebanon_revolution.jpg?h=dc751c6d&itok=XKaw4cLf)
The Cruel Irony of Burundi’s Media Awards
State Regulator Insults Media as Journalists Appeal Conviction
![journalists in Burundi attend court session](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/2020-05/202005africa_burundi_court.jpg?h=7a08b30d&itok=wY8tdO4S)
Egypt: Covid-19 Cover for New Repressive Powers
Amendments Could Curb Rights in Name of ‘Public Order’
![Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi gives an address at the Ittihadiya presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, May 26, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/rtx37t68_0.jpg?itok=Q5D6dnx8)
Egypt: Covid-19 Cover for New Repressive Powers
Amendments Could Curb Rights in Name of ‘Public Order’
![Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi gives an address at the Ittihadiya presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, May 26, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/rtx37t68_0.jpg?itok=Q5D6dnx8)
Philippines: Put Network Back on Air
Duterte Should Rescind ABS-CBN Shutdown; Congress Should Renew License
![Employees light candles outside the headquarters of broadcast network ABS-CBN corp. on May 5, 2020, after the network was ordered to halt operations after its congressional franchise expired, in Quezon city, Metro Manila, Philippines.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202005asia_philippines_abs_cbn.jpg?h=a51a5cf9&itok=ebHoC0sp)
Belarus’s Parade Plans Defy Public Health Recommendations
Government’s Limited Covid-19 Protection Measures Risks Lives
![Servicemen of Belarus Ministry of Defence wearing protective gear spray disinfectant on each other after disinfecting a hospital in Minsk](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/2020-05/202005eca_covid_belarus.jpg?h=36c35a30&itok=hb5pE4So)
Ethiopia: Free Speech at Risk Amid Covid-19
New Emergency Law Raises Concerns of Further Arrests, Prosecutions
![Ethiopian men read newspapers at a cafe during a declared state of emergency in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201904africa_ethiopia_media_press.jpg?itok=n0q1XO8J)