![Fighting since April 2019 resulted in considerable damage to residential areas in the surroundings of Tripoli Airport, shown here on June 2, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/06/202006arms_libya_mosque_1.jpg?h=4c4a34cc&itok=ON5CPONv)
![Fighting since April 2019 resulted in considerable damage to residential areas in the surroundings of Tripoli Airport, shown here on June 2, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/06/202006arms_libya_mosque_1.jpg?h=4c4a34cc&itok=ON5CPONv)
June 22, 2020
Joint Letter by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International to Russia’s Prosecutor General
On the Unfounded Criminal Prosecution of Emir-Usein Kuku, an Ethnic Crimean Tatar Human Rights Defender from Crimea, and His Five Co-defendants
![Crimean Tatar activists protest politically motivated arrests of terrorism charges in Moscow’s Red Square on July 10, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201907eca_ukraine_protestredsquare.jpg?itok=Ef0L0RLr)
June 21, 2020
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
![People with Rainbow flags dance as they take part in a rainbow disco flashmob in front of the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, June 11, 2020. Polish President Andrzej Duda had signed a homophobic and discriminating document called Family Card.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/06/AP_20163775307746.jpg?h=b300e15d&itok=1j2ypdgJ)
June 21, 2020
Bangladesh Should Listen to its Health Workers
![Patients sit on the ground as they wait in queue outside of a hospital for Covid-19 test in Dhaka, Bangladesh on May 16, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/06/202006asia_bangladesh_healthcare.jpg?h=290a74cd&itok=0bFAUNvp)
June 20, 2020
For World Refugee Day, the US Plans to Reject Them All
![People in the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos wait to use one of the few overcrowded water stations in the camp.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202004europe_greece_refugees_moria.jpg?itok=DFMO-K4d)
June 19, 2020
EU: Make China Rights Crisis a Summit Priority
Hong Kong, Xinjiang Responses Should Top Agenda
![European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel participate in a media conference after a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the European Council building in Brussels, March 9, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/06/202006asia_china_eu.jpg?h=4e344ca3&itok=nvwQKQGn)
June 19, 2020
US Supreme Court Allows Dreamers ‘To Breathe Again’
Congress Should Permanently Protect DACA Recipients from Deportation
![Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) students celebrate in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, June 18, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/06/202006us_immigration_daca.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=N-s_iw4f)
June 19, 2020
US: Congress Should Back Open Technology Fund
Dismantling Independent Non-Profit Would Undermine Online Freedoms
![A view of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on May 28, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202005CRD_us_earnit.jpg?h=28121b77&itok=ONgdqEA9)
June 19, 2020
Ecuador: Limit Use of Force by Armed Forces
Rules Grant Overly Broad Powers to Intervene in Protests, Apply Lethal Force
![Soldiers in riot gear arrive to reinforce authorities after street merchants protested the seizure of their merchandise by the municipal police of Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, May 21, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/06/061820Amer_Ecuador_Force.jpg?h=a4a5b913&itok=CATfIFVS)
June 19, 2020
Blogger Targeted by Russian Authorities for Anti-Racism Posts
Prosecutor’s Office Goes After Video Blogger Who Has Suffered Racist Abuse
![Тункара](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/06/Tunkara.jpg?h=fc7e13e1&itok=3hiTngCE)
June 19, 2020
Myanmar: End World’s Longest Internet Shutdown
Lift Restrictions in Embattled Rakhine, Chin States
![A telecommunications tower in Mrauk U township, Rakhine State, where the Myanmar government has imposed an internet blackout.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/06/202006asia_myanmar_internet.jpg?h=a5f2f23a&itok=gnQUt66q)
June 19, 2020
Vietnam: Crackdown on Peaceful Dissent Intensifies
New Wave of Arrests Ahead of the 13th Party Congress
![Top row: Pham Chi Dung, Nguyen Tuong Thuy, Le Huu Minh Tuan. Bottom row: Pham Chi Thanh, Tran Duc Thach, Dinh Thi Thu Thuy.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/06/202006asia_vietnam_collage.jpg?h=caa731b8&itok=QfCtF89h)
June 18, 2020
Myanmar: Kirin Should Cut Ties to Military
Japan Beverage Giant Pledges to Address Human Rights Concerns
June 18, 2020
Bangladesh Coal Plants Threaten World’s Largest Mangrove Forest
Important Coastal Barrier at Risk from Increased Pollution
![Men working in a coal mine in Bangladesh](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/06/202006asia_bangladesh_coal.jpg?h=82f92a78&itok=sEEeMHCb)