![Ashraf Fawaqa and his daughter Sima, 4, stand next to the rubble of their East Jerusalem home on May 15; Israeli authorities demolished the house on May 4 because they lacked a permit.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-05-israel-palestine-mena-jerusalem-fawaqa-2.jpg?itok=OJarGEpH)
![Ashraf Fawaqa and his daughter Sima, 4, stand next to the rubble of their East Jerusalem home on May 15; Israeli authorities demolished the house on May 4 because they lacked a permit.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-05-israel-palestine-mena-jerusalem-fawaqa-2.jpg?itok=OJarGEpH)
June 19, 2017
EU: Suspend China Human Rights Dialogue
EU and its 28 Members Lack Strategy, Credibility to Bring Change
![European Council President Donald Tusk and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrive at the EU-China Summit in Brussels on June 2, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706asia_china_eu.jpg?itok=ITbVXUkA)
June 19, 2017
Canada: Police Fail Indigenous Women in Saskatchewan
Abuse, Neglect Raise Safety Concerns; Fuel Mistrust of Law Enforcement
![Two Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers talk at a blockade on a country road in the province of Alberta. © 2012 Reuters](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706wrd_canada_police.jpg?itok=wx9Ouf13)
![Aerial photograph of overcrowded migrant boat, taken at 05:01 UTC on May 10, 2017, and provided by Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre Rome to Sea-Watch 2 for identification purposes.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706eca_libya_aerial_photograph.png?itok=bsyxsAUK)
June 19, 2017
Egypt: Morsy’s Isolation Violates Rights
Years of Confinement Without Access to Family, Lawyers
![Deposed President Mohamed Morsy, wearing the red uniform of a prisoner sentenced to death, greets his lawyers and people from behind bars during his June 2015 court appearance with Muslim Brotherhood members on the outskirts of Cairo. © 2016 Reuters](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706mena_egypt_morsijail.jpg?itok=_bYqLPrt)
June 18, 2017
Vietnam: End Attacks on Activists and Bloggers
Pattern of Thuggish Assaults Against Rights Campaigners Across Country
![Activists protest violent assaults in Hanoi. The placards read “Strongly against villainous violence” and “Need to bring perpetrators to light”, May 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706asia_vietnam_main.jpg?itok=QAWcpNjS)
June 18, 2017
Bahrain: Only Independent Newspaper Shut Down
Al Wasat Suspension Follows Banning of Political Party
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June 18, 2017
Israeli Forces Kill Gaza Fisherman at Sea
Fisherman’s Family Already Lost Four Members in Israeli Attacks
![Portrait of Mohammad Bakr at his home.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706middle_east_israel_palestine_gaza_bakr.jpg?itok=OBSdSspe)
June 16, 2017
Africa: Make Girls’ Access to Education a Reality
End Exclusion from School for Married, Pregnant Students
![Cartoon for Tanzania Education Report](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/10s.jpg?itok=r_18bKtT)
June 16, 2017
The Deported: The Stories of Immigrants Caught in Trump Crackdown
HRW Launches a Series Profiling Immigrants Recently Deported
![A man, who was deported from the U.S. seven months ago, touches the fingertips of his nephew across a fence separating Mexico and US.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706us_mexico_thedeported.jpg?itok=SZ8BR9jQ)
June 16, 2017
The Rights Weekender
![Photo of smoking and burning white phosphorus streaking to the ground in west Mosul on June 2, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706arms_iraq_syria_white_phosphorus.jpg?itok=ce5PHIYx)
June 16, 2017
UN Rights Council should address DR Congo, Turkey, and Ethiopia; Greece should not block EU attention to human rights in China
Item 4 General Debate
![Armed security officials watch as protesters stage a protest against government during the Irreechaa cultural festival in Bishoftu, Ethiopia on October 02, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-wr-ethiopia.jpg?itok=5APU1npA)
June 16, 2017
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
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