![A child places his hands on a fence as Greek police officers stand guard at a makeshift camp for migrants and refugees in Greece.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202004eca_greece_children_camp.jpg?itok=d2c4haVU)
![A child places his hands on a fence as Greek police officers stand guard at a makeshift camp for migrants and refugees in Greece.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202004eca_greece_children_camp.jpg?itok=d2c4haVU)
May 20, 2020
Burkina Faso: Credibly Investigate Apparent Executions
Suspend Commander Overseeing 12 Men Who Died in Custody in Tanwalbougou
![Family and community members in Fada N’Gourma bury 12 men allegedly killed after being detained by gendarmes on May 11, 2020. © Private 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202005africa_burkinafaso_Fadaburial.jpg?h=a41cec97&itok=mRuKrTPo)
May 20, 2020
Albanian Psychologists Prohibit Anti-LGBT “Conversion Therapy”
Becomes Third European Country to Ban the Practice
![Participants ride bikes during the Gay Pride Parade in Tirana, Albania, May 13, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202005europe_albania_lgbt_pride.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=3jmKP_q7)
May 19, 2020
LGBT Africans Share Challenges of Life During Pandemic
AfroQueer Podcast Explores Varied Experiences of Coping with Covid-19
![A Ugandan transgender woman in a town near Kampala, shortly before she fled the country. She left to escape police harassment and violence.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/_2014-Human-Rights-Watch.jpg?h=abce51c1&itok=97HQMA1r)
May 19, 2020
Urgent Opportunity to Assist Mozambique Civilians at Risk
SADC Meeting Should Focus on Civilian Protection
![Residents of Naunde, in Macomia, Cabo Delgado, flee their village following an attack on June 5, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/201910africa_mozambique_cabo_delgado_0.jpg?h=6822bf2b&itok=g55gfxrS)
May 19, 2020
Pakistan Reopens Malls Claiming No Covid-19 Crisis
Response to Pandemic Is Endangering People’s Health
![People rush to shop for the Eid holiday that marks the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan after the government relaxed a weeks-long lockdown that was enforced to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, in Quetta, Pakistan, May 18, 2020](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202005asia_pakistan_coronavirus.jpg?h=dc751c6d&itok=XFQooUE1)
May 19, 2020
Sri Lankan Officials Stoke Covid-19 Communal Hate
11 Years After Civil War’s End, No Reconciliation Efforts
![A Sri Lankan firefighter sprays disinfectants near a mosque in Colombo, Sri Lanka](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202005asia_srilanka_coronavirus_mosque.jpg?h=307bac68&itok=uP0824tw)
May 19, 2020
Kurdish Authorities Clamp Down Ahead of Protests
Kurdistan Region Authorities Squelch Protest, Make Pre-Emptive Arrests
![A view of the city of Dohuk in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202005mena_iraq_dohuk_kurdistan.jpg?h=fddebe02&itok=bI-7og5T)
May 19, 2020
Supreme Court Strikes Down Bigotry in Brazil’s Schools
Rulings Affirm Equality, Comprehensive Sexuality Education
![The Supreme Federal Court (Supremo Tribunal Federal) in Brazil.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202005LGBT_Brazil_STF.jpg?h=b2774bcf&itok=QK8JPpmS)
May 19, 2020
US: Abusive Transfers of Asylum Seekers to Guatemala
Agreement Denies Hondurans, Salvadorans Effective Protection
![Aslyum seekers hold bags from the Department of Homeland Security](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202005Americas_Guatemala_main.jpg?h=f2fcf546&itok=6ZaQ6ALH)
May 19, 2020
DR Congo: Bloody Crackdown on Political Religious Group
Justice Needed for 55 Deaths in Kongo Central, Kinshasa
![Police officers raid Ne Muanda Nsemi’s residence, where more than 200 BDK supporters had gathered, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, on April 24, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202005africa_drc_bdk_kinshasa1.jpg?h=02720872&itok=2ftL3kTs)
May 19, 2020
In Germany, Anti-Semitism Creeps into Covid-19 Protests
Attacks Against Jews, Jewish Institutions Rose 13 Percent Last Year
![Calling our racism: Demonstrators gather to oppose messages of discrimination at protests over Covid -19 containment measures. The sign reads “Against racism and anti-Semitism”. Rosa-Luxemburg Platz, Berlin, 16 May 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202005europe_germany_coronavirus_protest.jpg?h=0c2904f9&itok=d01JCHzL)
May 18, 2020
Letter to European Commission re: Access to Secondary Education for Syrian Refugee Children
![Syrian children attend class in a school in the Zaatari refugee camp in northern Jordan, October 20, 2015. The school taught Syrian girls in the morning and boys in the afternoon, but lacked electricity, heating, and running water.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/crd_jordan_1.jpg?itok=9ZA1XXme)
May 18, 2020
Nepal Failing to Protect Women from Online Abuse
Government Should Reform the Law and Police Response to Address Rising Tide of Abuse
![Women hold placards during a protest against sexual violence in Kathmandu, Nepal](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202005asia_nepal_womensrights_sexualharassment.jpg?h=dc751c6d&itok=3D7yflEI)
![Félicien Kabuga on his US Department of State wanted poster.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202005africa_rwanda_kabuga.jpg?h=ac956acd&itok=-YQyfZfR)