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May 29, 2019
Palestine: No Letup in Arbitrary Arrests, Torture
Palestinian Authority, Hamas Muzzle Critics, Opponents
![201903mena_israel_palestine_hamas_protest](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201903mena_israel_palestine_hamas_protest.jpg?itok=CdM6nD3o)
May 28, 2019
Kyrgyzstan: Pressure Builds to Protect Women and Girls
On Anniversary of Woman’s Murder, Act to Halt Violence Against Women
![Burulai Turdaaly kyzy’s portrait on a building at the medical college she attended in Bishkek, November 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201905eca_kyrgystan_kizy_portrait.jpg?itok=OLUVhuzs)
May 28, 2019
Increasing Pressure on Venezuela’s Government
Other Latin American Countries Speaking Out Against Maduro
![Venezuela’s Journalists Can’t be Silenced](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/202806americas_venezuela_journalist5_0.jpg?itok=4EV_QMs4)
![A boy sitting at his desk in his room doing homework](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201811drd_europe_euschools.jpg?itok=dxSHcN22)
May 28, 2019
Human Rights Watch Mourns Founder Robert Bernstein
Focus on Activists, Fellowships for Youth Define His Legacy
![201905bobbernstein_hrw_director](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201905bobbernstein_hrw_director.jpg?itok=fhapRCsN)
May 28, 2019
Another Bloodbath in Brazil’s Prisons
State has Long Failed to Guarantee Security to Inmates
![201905americas_brazil_prison](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201905americas_brazil_prison.jpg?itok=DtbB3WYh)
May 28, 2019
Russia: Chechnya Gay Purge Responders Threatened
Reports of Forced Entry, Death Threats
![Igor Kochetkov speaking at the European Parliament about persecution of LGBT people in Chechnya.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201902lgbt_chechnya_igorkochetkov.jpg?itok=PTKSC5Fa)
May 28, 2019
Somali Torture Victim Wins Small but Important Step Toward Justice
US Court Holds Siad Barre Era Commander Liable for Torture
![201905africa_somalia_civilwar](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201905africa_somalia_civilwar.jpg?itok=rwfBKtkm)
May 28, 2019
Giving Preschoolers the Best Building Blocks
Work Needed to Reach Global Goal for Pre-Primary Education
![201905asia_nepal_education](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201905asia_nepal_education.jpg?itok=20leyjag)
![United Nations peacekeepers from Pakistan using a school building in Mourouba, Ouaka province, as their base in violation of UN guidelines and regulations. The forces left the school in January 2017 after Human Rights Watch informed UN authorities.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/car_occupied_schools-47_web.jpg?itok=Rb9YQxo2)
May 28, 2019
UN: Focus on Civilians With Disabilities in Wartime
UN, Governments Should Ensure Needed Protections
![“Thierry,” a 42-year-old polio survivor lives in the “MINUSCA” camp in Kaga-Bandoro. “I want to work, but I can’t find any here,” he said.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706africa_car_handicap10.jpg?itok=VxtHcco4)
May 28, 2019
Egypt: Serious Abuses, War Crimes in North Sinai
Army’s Conduct Crushed, Alienated Local Residents
![Egyptian army tanks and armored vehicles in Rafah in North Sinai sometime in 2018. The army has demolished thousands of homes in the city that borders Israel and Gaza, forcibly evicting almost the entire population.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201905mena_egypt_main.jpeg?itok=jsvtnpWD)
May 28, 2019
Why Did You Leave Sinai?
Civilians Brutally Treated by Egypt’s Military and ISIS-Affiliate in North Sinai Conflict
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