![Abier Almasri, Human Rights Watch’s Gaza-based research assistant, from the balcony of her shared room at a Gaza City hotel that served as a makeshift quarantine center.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/08/202008mena_gaza_abier_oped.jpg?h=c12e0b96&itok=lfotkR3m)
![Abier Almasri, Human Rights Watch’s Gaza-based research assistant, from the balcony of her shared room at a Gaza City hotel that served as a makeshift quarantine center.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/08/202008mena_gaza_abier_oped.jpg?h=c12e0b96&itok=lfotkR3m)
Lebanon: Lethal Force Used Against Protesters
Attacks on Fleeing Demonstrators, Health Workers, Media
![A policeman strikes a protester during anti-government demonstrations on August 8, 2020 in Beirut, Lebanon.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/08/202008mena_lebanon_stick.jpg?h=34e43602&itok=mFIOzgjC)
Iraq: Basra Political Group Targeted
Hundreds of Protesters Dead Since October 2019; No High-Level Prosecutions
![Protesters take part in an anti-government demonstration outside the provincial council building in Basra, Iraq, August 17, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/08/202008mena_iraq_basra.jpg?h=7076c18d&itok=NUIvlvLv)
Indigenous Australian Boy’s Death and Inadequate Health Care
Report Documents ‘Significant Disadvantage’ to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
![Charlie Gowa (left), his mother Xernona PoiPoi, and brother Richard.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/08/202008asia_australia_charlie_0.jpg?h=b8a50bd7&itok=oX6qmRGU)
Comment to USAID regarding Draft Gender Policy
Will Serbia Release Covid-19 Data from Institutions?
Ensure Transparency, End Institutional Care
![A room in the Veternik Institution for children and adults with disabilities where 540 persons, including children with disabilities live. Up to eight people live in one room. © 2015 Emina Ćerimović for Human Rights Watch](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/dsc06903.jpg?itok=MvldmW9C)
US Congress Should End Marijuana Prohibition
Widely Supported Bill Key to Reforming Racist Policies, Investing in Communities
![illustration of many people in hand cuffs](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/us0916_main_illustration_web.jpg?itok=L22aaBlC)
Maldives: Covid-19 Exposes Abuse of Migrants
Overhaul System to Protect Foreign Workers at All Times
![Security personnel patrol a migrant worker accommodation block under quarantine for Covid-19, Malé, Maldives, May 9, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/08/202008asia_maldives_migrants.jpg?h=e7e9b6f3&itok=sEO_JsEO)
Cameroon: Boko Haram Suicide Bombers Strike Displacement Site
Apparent Children Used in Attack; 17 Civilians Killed
![Le site servant de camp de déplacés à Nguetchéwé, dans la région de l’Extrême-Nord du Cameroun, photographié le 10 août 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/08/202008africa_cameroon_tent2_0.jpg?h=4ff201c8&itok=ApJjHrzI)
Philippine Rights Group Under Attack
Duterte Government Should Stop Threatening Activists
![Zara Alvarez](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/08/202008asia_philippines_alvarez.jpg?h=9ea59734&itok=jqjY8cMI)
World Bank Group Failing at Remedies for Project Abuses
Independent Review Recommends Funding to Address Harms
![202008bhr_unitedstates_ifcmigacao](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/08/202008bhr_unitedstates_ifcmigacao.jpg?h=4c1fc98e&itok=4n041YSx)
Q&A: Justice for War Crimes in South Sudan
![201906africa_southsudan_displaced_civilians](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201906africa_southsudan_displaced_civilians.jpg?itok=gBTEv8Or)
Kenya: Denying Education to Pregnant Teens and Young Mothers
Harms Girls and Reduces Nation's Potential
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Myanmar: Rohingya Await Justice, Safe Return 3 Years On
Conditions Worsen in Rakhine State, Bangladesh Refugee Camps
![A man walks through a Rohingya refugee camp on January 23, 2020 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/08/202008asia_burma_rohingya.jpg?h=9202a37b&itok=pmoiAsRB)
Qatar: Little Progress on Protecting Migrant Workers
As World Cup Draws Closer, Government Yet to Meet Key Reform Promises
![Migrant workers in Qatar represent about 95 per cent of the country’s labor force. These workers are building the country’s infrastructure, hotels, and stadiums, and powering its service sector.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/08/202008mena_qatar_worldcup_0.jpg?h=9c26d6ec&itok=eYib7ZvO)