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May 4, 2018
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
![201801asia_indonesia_saudiprinceIND Putra Mahkota Mohammed bin Salman menghadiri upacara wisuda di King Faisal Air College di Riyadh, Arab Saudi, 25 Januari 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201706mena_saudi_prince_mohammed_bin_salmanind.jpg?itok=Su6dGnhi)
May 4, 2018
Ireland’s Cervical Cancer Crisis Began in the US
Women Were Incorrectly Cleared as Cancer-Free
![Vicky Phelan speaks on the Ray D'Arcy Show. Phelan was first diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2014, although a screening test from 2011 should have found strong indications of the presence of cancer.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201805wrd_ireland_cervicalcancer.png?itok=hwYGEdQ3)
May 4, 2018
Mauritania: Mandatory Death Penalty for Blasphemy
Law Passed as Country Hosts African Human Rights Body
![Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mohamed.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2_1.jpg?itok=hLKTVB9k)
May 3, 2018
Mozambique’s Veteran Opposition Leader Afonso Dhlakama Dies
Renamo Legacy Marred by Decades of Human Rights Abuses
![Afonso Dhlakama, head of Mozambique's opposition party Renamo, addresses an election rally in Matola, near Maputo, on the last day of campaigning October 25, 2009. © 2009 Reuters/Grant Lee Neuenburg](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201805africa_mozambique_dhlakama.jpg?itok=eQ3kPO0t)
May 3, 2018
Standing Up for a Free Press
![A member of the College Editors Guild of the Philippines protests outside the presidential palace in Metro Manila, Philippines, January 17, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201805asia_philippines_pressfreedom.jpg?itok=MEUrDEZC)
May 3, 2018
Rising Hostility to Media Threatens Real Democracy
Free Press Uncovers Life’s Hidden Dangers
![A member of the College Editors Guild of the Philippines protests outside the presidential palace in Metro Manila, Philippines, January 17, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201805asia_philippines_pressfreedom.jpg?itok=MEUrDEZC)
May 3, 2018
Kenyan Media Has Little to Celebrate on Press Freedom Day
Authorities Should Allow Open Reporting on Issues of Public Interest
![An anti-riot police officer aims a teargas canister while journalists cover an anti-corruption protest in Kenya's capital, Nairobi. November 3, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/foepresser3.jpg?itok=wO7onBF0)
May 3, 2018
EU Looks to Rein in Funding to Abusive EU Governments
Plan Would Link EU Funds to Rule of Law, Functioning Judiciary
![European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, October 28, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-03-eu-flag-brussels-eca.jpg?itok=2OnNne7e)
May 3, 2018
ICC Prosecutor Can Spur National Justice
Case Studies of Colombia, United Kingdom, Georgia, Guinea
![Relatives hold pictures of their beloved during a March 6, 2009 march in Bogota against the “false positive” killings and enforced disappearances.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201804ij_icc_colombia.jpg?itok=tHw1p0Ao)
May 3, 2018
Scant Justice for Palestinian Boy Killed in Protest
Light Sentence for Israeli Officer Reflects Culture of Impunity
![Nadim Nuwarah, 17, in Ramallah in 2014. On May 15, 2014, an Israeli border officer fatally shot Nadim in a protest near Ramallah.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201805mena_nadim_deathtrial.jpg?itok=0l9nlu6F)
May 3, 2018
Russia: FIFA Should Urge Kremlin to Free Chechen Activist
Human Rights Defender Behind Bars in Chechnya as it Hosts 2018 World Cup Team
![Oyub Titiev stands in front of a portrait of his murdered colleague, Natalia Estemirova, in Memorial's Grozny office, Grozny, Chechnya, Russia.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801eca_russia_titievgrozny.jpg?itok=SAEhkTEO)
May 2, 2018
Journalists Watch from Prison as Myanmar Backslides
Media Under Assault on World Press Freedom Day
![Detained and handcuffed Reuters journalist Kyaw Soe Oo carries his daughter Moe Thin Wai Zin while arriving for a court hearing in Yangon, Myanmar May 2, 2018. REUTERS/Ann Wang](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201805asia_myanmar_journalist.jpg?itok=30plGif1)