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Turkmenistan: Hosting Asian Games Amid Widespread Repression
100-Day Countdown Puts Spotlight on Rights Abuses
![The main stadium in Ashgabat where the fifth Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games will be held.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-06-eca-turkmenistan-aimag.jpg?itok=BwV-yEmd)
Iraq: Civilian Casualties Mount in West Mosul
Coalition, Iraqi Forces Taking Inadequate Precautions
![Smoke rising from west Mosul where Iraqi Security Forces are fighting Islamic State fighters to retake the city. © May 8, 2017 Danish Siddiqui/Reuters](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-06-iraq-eme-main.jpeg?itok=srdKKOp4)
Thailand: Drop Defamation Charges Against Burmese Workers
Fourteen Face Criminal Charges for Speaking Out
![A worker cuts poultry at a factory in Chonburi province.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-06-asia-thailand-chicken.jpg?itok=HkLkry2T)
Women Excluded Again from Afghanistan’s Peace Talks
Participation by Women Even More Urgent in Light of Recent Attacks in Kabul
![Foreign delegation members listen as Afghan President Ashraf Ghani delivers a speech during a peace and security cooperation conference in Kabul, Afghanistan June 6, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-06-asia-afghanistan-peace-talks.jpg?itok=8CiGMNu-)
States should protect LGBTI persons from violence and discrimination; Philippines should cooperate with UN executions mandate
Item 3: Interactive Dialogue with Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity and Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
![Delegates arrive for the 34th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, February 27, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/rts10k8d_layout_comp.jpg?itok=5c-FiZo8)
In Poland, Being a Woman Can Be Bad for Your Health
Government Seeks to Limit Sales of ‘Morning After’ Pill
![Protesters hold coathangers to illustrate the danger to women’s safety posed by an outright ban on abortion © Reuters](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-06-poland-wrd-abortion.jpg?itok=5s-8akAc)
It’s Not Just About ‘Hebron Shooter’ Elor Azaria
![The father and relatives of Palestinian Abd Elfatah Ashareef watch the TV broadcast of the sentencing hearing of Israeli soldier Elor Azaria, in the West Bank City of Hebron February 21, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-06-israel-mena-elor.jpg?itok=cKPV31ln)
Russian Librarian Convicted of ‘Extremism’
Trumped-up Charges Against Director of Library of Ukrainian Literature in Moscow
![Natalia Sharina and her lawyers at Meshansky court, Moscow June 5, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-06-russia-eca-sharina.jpg?itok=xPbFVrc0)
Sofia LGBT Pride Should Showcase a Tolerant Bulgaria
Municipality Should Protect Pride March
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World's Most Neglected Conflict Rages On in Central African Republic
Violence in the Central African Republic has fallen from the world's radar, but that does not mean the conflict is over
![A displacement camp in Grimali, Central African Republic, for people fleeing violence in the vicinity of Bakala, Ouaka province. Photo taken on January 24, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/hrw_-_bakala-8.jpg?itok=aKjXGzgQ)