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July 17, 2017
Laos: No Progress on Rights
Australia Should Use Dialogue to Raise Free Speech, ‘Disappearances’
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July 16, 2017
Military Justice for War Crimes in Afghanistan?
Australian Inquiry Shows Promise; UK Inquiry Reportedly Shut Down
![A British soldier looks through the scope of a machine gun to observe an area in Kabul, Afghanistan November 26, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707asia_afghanistan_uk_soldier.jpg?itok=-udRzBPV)
July 16, 2017
Yet Another Military Trial in the Occupied Territories
Two Palestinian Rights Defenders Facing Charges Over Role in Protest
![Issa Amro and Farid al-Atrash at Ofer Prison in the occupied West Bank on March 26, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707middle_east_palestine_west_bank_amro_al_atrash.jpg?itok=Ts0uK5fY)
July 15, 2017
India: Top Court Orders Manipur Killings Inquiry
Ensure Transparent Investigation, Repeal Armed Forces Special Powers Act
![Women from Manipur state protest against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in New Delhi, January 25, 2008.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707asia_india_asfpa.jpg?itok=SkQrFpK7)
July 14, 2017
The Rights Weekender
![Image of men and women who were executed for petty crimes in Rwanda](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707africa_rwanda_executions_presser_web.jpg?itok=eSOsS4xh)
July 14, 2017
UN Human Rights Council Elections, Not Much of a Race After All
France Bows Out, Leaving an Open Field
![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)
July 14, 2017
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
![Liu Xiaobo](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707asia_china_liu_xiaobo_2.jpg?itok=8o8d-O-v)
July 14, 2017
Witness: Killed Over a Cow in Rwanda
Villagers living in fear as soldiers execute petty crime suspects
![Fulgence Rukundo was executed on December 6, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707africa_rwanda_executions_photo_07_0.jpg?itok=ugfdpkix)
July 14, 2017
Cambodia: Drop Charges Against Land Rights Defenders
Activist Tep Vanny Detained 333 Days for Peaceful Protests
![Activist Tep Vanny takes part in a land rights protest in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on November 7, 2012.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/tepvanny.jpg?itok=pfdgVmXo)
July 14, 2017
Australia's Shameful Silence on Liu Xiaobo
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July 14, 2017
Ukraine: Separatists ‘Disappeared’ Blogger
Stanyslav Aseev Held Incommunicado in Donetsk
![Stanyslav Aseev.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706eca_ukraine_vasin.jpg?itok=XupfQOj1)
July 13, 2017
Turkey: Free Peaceful Rights Defenders
![Human rights defenders detained by police in Istanbul on July 5, 2017. From bottom left: Nalan Erkem; Nejat Taştan; İlknur Üstün, İdil Eser, Özlem Dalkıran, Günal Kurşun.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707eca_turkey_defenders.jpg?itok=ouyelWjT)