Don’t Blame Hamas for the Gaza Bloodshed
![Palestinian paramedics evacuate an injured man on the Gaza side of the Israel-Gaza border, as seen from the Israeli side of the border, during March 30 Land Day demonstrations.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201804mena_gaza_killings.jpg?itok=U6aRYYi0)
Egypt: Army Intensifies Sinai Home Demolitions
Destroys Homes, Farmland Around ‘Buffer Zones’
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World Cup No Time to Obscure Plight of Syrians
World Leaders Should Sit Out Opening Ceremony Unless Syria Abuses are Addressed
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Unending Repression in Thailand 4 Years After Coup
Hopes Dim for Democratic Restoration
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North Korea: Meeting Should Take Up Abysmal Rights Climate
President Moon Should Urge Trump to Highlight North’s Repression at Summit
![South Korea's President Moon Jae-in, in Tokyo, Japan, May 2018. © 2018 REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201805asia_korea_moontalks.jpg?itok=hBBbcs3A)
Brutality in Uniform in Brazil
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On Marielle’s Killing, Two Months of Anxious Waiting in Brazil
No Answers Yet in the Murder of a Rio City Councilwoman
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Saving European Democracy Starts at Home
If French President Emmanuel Macron is serious about pushing back against xenophobic populists, he needs to revamp his own legislative agenda
![French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech before a debate on the Future of Europe at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, April 17, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201805eca_macron_france.jpg?itok=SW2n_C6v)
Burkina Faso: Killings, Abuse in Sahel Conflict
“By Day We Fear the Army, By Night the Jihadists"
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In Thailand, No Justice 8 Years After Crackdown
Policymakers, Soldiers Escape Accountability for Violence Against ‘Red Shirts’
![On August 30, 2017, Phayao Akhard wears the bloody nurses gown worn by her daughter, nurse Kamolkate “Kate” Akhard, when she was killed by Thai Special Forces soldiers while tending wounded persons at the front of Wat Pathum temple on May 19, 2010.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201708asia_thailand_payao2_0.jpg?itok=SCpFzWdD)
Oklahoma and Kansas Enact Anti-LGBT Laws
Governors Sign Bills Allowing Adoption and Foster Care Agencies to Discriminate
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Hostages of Hunger in Venezuela
![Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a campaign rally in Caracas, Venezuela May 4, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201805americas_venezuela_maduroelections.jpg?itok=uTjhoRGZ)
Saudi Arabia: Women’s Rights Advocates Arrested
Jumping Ahead of Crown Prince’s Reforms Risks Jail Time
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