May 5, 2017
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
![Philippines: UN Members Should Denounce Killings, Abuses PHOTO](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/philippines.jpg?itok=7vutF01p)
May 5, 2017
US: Religious Freedom Order Opens Way for Bias
License for Actions Harmful to Women, LGBT People
![Supporters of contraception rally before Zubik v. Burwell, an appeal brought by Christian groups demanding full exemption from the requirement to provide insurance covering contraception under the Affordable Care Act, is heard by the U.S. Supreme Court.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/religious_freedom_pic.jpg?itok=o6OF2lEJ)
![Military police riot control the protest against Brazil's President Michel Temer in São Paulo, Brazil. September 4, 2016](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/gettyimages-599443948_master.jpg?itok=0FutxEbI)
May 5, 2017
Canada Levels the Playing Field for LGBTI Refugees
New Guidelines Promote Respect for Diversity
![Revellers hold a giant pride flag during the "WorldPride" gay pride Parade in Toronto, June 29, 2014.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-05-canada-americas-lgbt.jpg?itok=BWUf5CXg)
May 5, 2017
South Korea Should Get Real on HIV
South Koreans With HIV Are 10 Times More Likely to Commit Suicide
![Participants work on a campaign for World AIDS Day in Seoul, South Korea, December 1, 2011.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/rtr2uonl.jpg?itok=QklkPoQ_)
May 5, 2017
Human Rights Watch Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of South Africa
September 2016
![A man reacts to tear gas fired by police fire to disperse rival marches by hundreds of protesters, after mobs looted stores this week believed to belong to immigrants in Pretoria, South Africa, February 24, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-02-south-africa-protest-violence-immigrants.jpg?itok=5Kin4VEH)
May 5, 2017
Malaysia: Longtime Turkish Residents Detained
Authorities Should Allow Immediate Access to Lawyers, Family
![Khalid Abu Bakar, Malaysia’s inspector general of police.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-5-asia-malaysia-police.jpg?itok=hjGvwYcg)
May 5, 2017
Will the Next UK Government Curb Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia?
Alleged War Crimes In Yemen Demand Urgent Review
![The remains of a community hall in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, after Saudi-led coalition warplanes attacked a funeral ceremony there on October 8, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/rtsrfsr_0.jpg?itok=ZeamtniV)
![People stand near a border post on the Algerian side of the Morocco-Algeria border in the north east of Morocco July 31, 2011. © 2011 Youssef Boudlal /Reuters](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/rtr2pi5z_layout_comp.jpg?itok=zltuhxve)
May 4, 2017
Indonesia: ‘Gay Porn’ Arrests Threaten Privacy
Discriminatory Raid May Bring 15-Year Prison Terms
![A picture of an anti-LGBT demonstration.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/screen_shot_2016-08-09_at_11.04.42_am.png?itok=-hOVjnP_)
May 4, 2017
Brazil’s Disappointing Human Rights Policies
UN Member Countries Should Press Brazil to Address Police, Prison Abuses
![A military police armored vehicle passes by a person killed by police on April 7, 2016 in the Jacarezinho favela. Military police killed two other people during the same raid. © 2016 Carlos Cout](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-07-americas-brazil-photo-01.jpg?itok=hCJKHS5g)
May 4, 2017
Punishment for Prison Misconduct is Sometimes Death
Inmates with Mental Health Conditions Abused by Guards
![Image of Paul Schlosser III, who is diagnosed with bipolar disorder and depression, being pepper sprayed on June 10, 2012 by a correctional officer at the Maine Correctional Center in Windham, Maine.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/usprisoner0515_coverimage.jpg?itok=EGqM9DY_)
May 4, 2017
Health Care Act Would Harm Millions
![The floor of the U.S. House chamber is shown in this video grab as the House of Representatives voted on the American Healthcare Act, to repeal major parts of Obamacare and replace it with the Republican healthcare plan, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-05-us-congress-healthcare.jpg?itok=ySpLacj2)