![Still from a video showing protests inside of Hama Central Prison, north of Homs, Syria, that began on May 1, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/screen_shot_2016-05-06_at_4.11.48_pm.png?itok=ly_u9ees)
![Still from a video showing protests inside of Hama Central Prison, north of Homs, Syria, that began on May 1, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/screen_shot_2016-05-06_at_4.11.48_pm.png?itok=ly_u9ees)
May 6, 2016
Thailand: Junta Arrests Activist’s Mother
‘Insulting the Monarchy’ Charge Filed for Inaction to Facebook Message
![Thailand 2016_05_06](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/thailand_5_6_16.jpg?itok=PU4VLK9E)
May 6, 2016
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
![A view shows the damage at al-Quds hospital after it was hit by airstrikes, in a rebel-held area of Syria's Aleppo.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/screen_shot_2016-04-30_at_12.57.43_pm.png?itok=rNeSyRAo)
May 6, 2016
Yemen: Saudis Using US Cluster Munitions
End Production, Transfer of These Banned Weapons
![A failed BLU-108 canister, with two submunitions still attached, that was delivered by a CBU-105 Sensor Fuzed Weapon during an attack on the quarry of the Amran Cement Factory on February 15, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/9.jpg?itok=-CWNeTNW)
May 5, 2016
Japan: Bullied LGBT Students Unprotected
Policies, National Curriculum Ignore Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity
![manga drawing by Taiji Utagawa of a transgender man with head down in the dark with three white spots leading into the distance](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-05-asia-japan-main-new.jpg?itok=8V6-8Bqu)
May 5, 2016
North Korea: Forced Labor Underpins Party Congress
Real Reform Requires Justice for Rights Abuses
![North Korea](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016_asia_north_korea_kimjongun.jpg?itok=qS34ZMWV)
May 5, 2016
Letter to Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
Re: Prosecutions Linked to Terai Violence
May 4, 2016
Pakistan: Crackdown on Farmers’ Protest
Excessive Force, Anti-Terror Law Used Against Peaceful Demonstrators
![Pakistan](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016_asia_pakistan_farmer.jpg?itok=zS8DlQrW)