![Family members of those killed in the 4th of August massive Beirut port explosion take part in a vigil to mark nine months since the blast.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202106mena_lebanon_blast.jpg?h=f80261c6&itok=nUdqtGtL)
![Family members of those killed in the 4th of August massive Beirut port explosion take part in a vigil to mark nine months since the blast.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202106mena_lebanon_blast.jpg?h=f80261c6&itok=nUdqtGtL)
June 15, 2021
Time to Protect Education for Adolescent Mothers Across Africa
African Union Should Develop Model Policy for Governments
![A girl sits in a chair, with her back facing the camera, in a colorful dress and a white headscarf.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202106africa_senegal_womensrights_education.jpg?h=b56ae513&itok=oulXtptY)
June 15, 2021
Mladić Verdict Highlights Limits of Justice in the Western Balkans
Leaders Show Little Commitment to Truth and Reconciliation
![A woman among the graves of victims of the Srebrenica genocide, at the memorial cemetery in Potocari, near Srebrenica, Tuesday, June 8, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202105bosnia_ratko_miadic_ruling.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=6nVeQJ4y)
June 15, 2021
UN Shared Rohingya Data Without Informed Consent
Bangladesh Provided Myanmar Information that Refugee Agency Collected
![Rohingya refugees headed to the Bhasan Char island prepare to board navy vessels from the south eastern port city of Chattogram, Bangladesh on Feb.15,2021. © 2021 AP Photo](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/04/202104Asia_Bangladesh_BhasanChar.jpg?h=35bc5f31&itok=O0DoMG7S)
June 14, 2021
Mali: Basketball Federation Covers Up Sexual Assault of Girls
Government, IOC, FIBA Should Investigate Players’ Allegations
![Former President of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Hamane Niang attends the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 official mascot launch ceremony on April 18, 2018 in Beijing, China.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202106africa_Mali_basketball.jpg?h=fcaeada0&itok=ay08av51)
June 14, 2021
Myanmar: Stop Holding Family, Friends Hostage
Detaining People to Coerce Others is Collective Punishment
![This image from an April 18, 2021 news report by Myawaddy TV shows people who security forces detained in the Yankin township of Yangon, Myanmar.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202106asia_burma_prisoners.jpg?h=46e7932f&itok=PWAprBGd)
June 14, 2021
ICC One Step Closer to Probe of Philippines Murderous 'War on Drugs'
UN Human Rights Council Should Launch Own Investigation
![Protesters hold up pictures of victims of extrajudicial killings during Human Rights Day protests in Manila](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202105philippines_ICC_drug_war.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=Jsoc5sZv)
June 14, 2021
US: Action Needed to Protect Democratic Rights
Enact John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, For the People Act
June 14, 2021
Signs of Hope in Fight Against Child Marriage
Fifth US State Ends Marriage Under 18; UK Pledges to do the Same
![A demonstrator wearing a bridal gown takes part in a protest urging legislators to end Massachusetts child marriage](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202105crd_child_marriage_UK_rhode_island.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=_0w_VqiS)
June 11, 2021
Top Rights Tweets of the Week
![An aerial shot of a housing community](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/04/202104mena_israelpalestine_maaleadumim.jpg?h=3e43625b&itok=b-gbwU6Q)
June 11, 2021
Deadly Afghanistan Attack Shows Dangers to Humanitarian Workers
Bring to Justice Those Responsible for Killing 10 Deminers
![Clearance operator from the Halo Trust clearing a steep, rocky hillside in Afghanistan.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202105afghanistan_deminers_rights.jpg?h=2e4af638&itok=LhOPsWeQ)
June 11, 2021
G7 Leaders Can’t Ignore Ethiopia’s Looming Famine
UN Says 350,000 People in Tigray Starving, Millions More at Risk
![People walk from a rural area towards a food distribution site near the town of Agula, in Tigray, Ethiopia](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202105ethiopa_famine_g7.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=5qmB0hVp)
June 11, 2021
Hungary: Reject Bill Banning Discussion of LGBT Issues
Latest Attack on Diversity Could Affect Health Care, Education
![People march with a giant rainbow flag from the parliament building in Budapest during the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Pride Parade on July 6, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/11/202011eca_hungary_lgbtflag.jpg?h=2f7900b4&itok=G1QgjPDa)