June 24, 2016
June 24, 2016
Quote of the Week Twitter Poll
June 24, 2016
The Rights Weekender
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June 24, 2016
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
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![Somali photojournalist runs for cover while reporting on fighting between the Somali government and African Union forces against the Islamist armed group Al-Shabab in the Lower Shabelle region of Somalia, April 2012.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/som_foe_photo1.jpg?itok=f4s2RIr4)
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June 23, 2016
US: Supreme Court Ruling Endangers Immigrants
Increases Urgency for Immigration Reform
![Immigrants and community leaders rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court to mark the one-year anniversary of President Barack Obama's executive orders on immigration in Washington, November 20, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/rts85q6_layout_comp.jpg?itok=GkFLVB39)
June 23, 2016
Draconian Law Rammed Through Russian Parliament
Outrageous Provisions to Curb Speech, Privacy, Freedom of Conscience
![State Duma, the lower house of parliament, in session in Moscow, Russia on April 19, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/foreign_agents_26052016.jpg?itok=lHuvDFo8)
June 23, 2016
Italy: Children Stuck in Unsafe Migrant Hotspot
Extended Stays, No Separation from Adults
![A young Egyptian man in the main room at the Pozzallo “hotspot” on June 9, 2016. The center was at double capacity and held 185 unaccompanied children.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/image004.jpg?itok=8PjJ7vEq)
June 23, 2016
Dispatches: Girls Speak Out against Child Marriage
Empowerment Key to Ending Africa’s Child Bride Problem
![Students at the Lusaka Girls School in Zambia who participate in an empowerment club run by Girls Not Brides member Continuity Zambia.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-06-zambia-africa-women-rights-crd-child-marriage.jpg?itok=eIS8D2ll)
June 23, 2016
Egypt: Free Satirical YouTube Group
Video Performers Who Mocked Government Risk Terrorism Charges
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![People walk among rubble in an United Nations base in the northeastern town of Malakal on February 18, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/gettyimages-511137940.jpg?itok=uXfMqR8Z)
June 22, 2016
Lawsuit Reveals Challenges Facing Construction Firms
![Migrant workers gather on “Bank Street,” in downtown Doha, where many workers wire remittance money to their families in their home countries.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/qatar0612_coverimage.jpg?itok=jCzBHXi-)