![Children attending class on the first day of school. An airstrike damaged the school during fighting between Saudi-led coalition-backed Yemeni government forces and Houthi forces, Taizz, Yemen, September 3, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/202001wr_yemen_human_rights.jpg?itok=JSFGlwo-)
![Children attending class on the first day of school. An airstrike damaged the school during fighting between Saudi-led coalition-backed Yemeni government forces and Houthi forces, Taizz, Yemen, September 3, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/202001wr_yemen_human_rights.jpg?itok=JSFGlwo-)
August 10, 2020
Killer Robots: Growing Support for a Ban
Shared Concerns, Desire for Human Control Should Spur Regulation
![Illustration of missiles being fired at a person](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/07/202008arms_killer_robots_main.jpg?h=18f9eaef&itok=Zr45RF7H)
August 10, 2020
The Murder of Three Russian Journalists Should Not Go Unsolved
Russian and Central African Authorities Have Put Little Effort Into Finding the Perpetrators
![Flowers are placed by portraits of slain journalists Alexander Rastorguyev, Kirill Radchenko, and Orkhan Dzhemal, at the Russian Journalists’ Union building in Moscow on August 1, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/08/202008africa_car_russianjournalists.jpg?h=73cbfcc7&itok=eRLWZIJG)
August 9, 2020
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
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August 8, 2020
Brazil: Killings, Abuses in Amazon Police Operation
Deploy Federal Officers to Protect Rights of Indigenous People, Local Residents
![The urban area of Nova Olinda do Norte municipality](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/08/Nova%20Olinda%20do%20Norte%202.jpg?h=18eb80dd&itok=MOQS0q0I)
August 8, 2020
Thailand: Drop Charges, Release Democracy Activists
Crackdown Belies Government Pledges to Respect Rights
![202008asia_thailand_Anon_Panupong](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/08/202008asia_thailand_anon_panupong.jpg?h=1323c1d8&itok=7bp-kk-a)
August 8, 2020
Sri Lanka: Increasing Suppression of Dissent
Parliamentary Elections Heighten Fears of Renewed Crackdown
![Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the independence day celebrations in Colombo, February 4, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/08/202008asia_srilanka_photo.jpg?h=b90a022e&itok=qTNimfc3)
August 7, 2020
EU Council President Should Push for Beirut Blast Probe
EU Needs to Show More Than Solidarity with Grieving Lebanese
![People clean up after a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/08/AP20218606349273.jpg?h=0a365b51&itok=5qr4yV16)
August 7, 2020
Poland: Crackdown On LGBT Activists
Respect Freedom of Expression, Equality for Everyone
August 7, 2020
Submission by Human Rights Watch to the UN Human Rights Committee in advance of its review of Iraq
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August 6, 2020
Zimbabwe: SADC, AU Should Denounce Crackdown
Dozens Arrested, Harassed for Peaceful Protests
![Zimbabwean novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga (center) and her colleague Julie Barnes hold placards as they are arrested during an anti-corruption protest march in Harare, Zimbabwe, on July 31, 2020. © 2020 ZINYANGE AUNTONY / AFP](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/08/2020Africa_Zimbabwe_protest_Tsitsi.jpg?h=67d66e5e&itok=_0oomGms)
August 6, 2020
Cambodia: End Violence Against Detainees’ Families
Allow Peaceful Protests, Release Wrongfully Held Activists
![Family members of detained opposition activists hand in a petition calling for the British Embassy to speak out on human rights in Cambodia, July 24, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/08/202008asia_cambodia_protestukembassy.jpg?h=49cc764a&itok=rgtjNyy8)
August 6, 2020
Covid-19’s Devastating Impact on Older People in Australia
Failing Aged Care Facilities Risk Lives of Residents and Staff
![201910DIS_Australia_main](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201910dis_australia_main.jpg?itok=EXvICK6V)
August 6, 2020
Comprehensive Sex Ed for All Can Improve People’s Health
![Desks in an empty classroom](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/07/202006us_alabama_sexed_main.jpg?h=a7ccef3d&itok=JkgdHoYC)