May 29, 2020
Pandemic Adds New Threat for Rohingyas in Myanmar
Burmese Authorities Are Using Covid-19 Response Measures as a Pretext to Harass and Extort Rohingyas
![Rohingya refugees stand at the Kutupalong refugee camp, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, April 1, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202004asia_bangladesh_myanmar_rohingya_coronavirus.jpg?itok=ItAmAgnR)
May 28, 2020
To Be a Force for Good, the UK Should Work With Others
The UK is inconsistent in its commitment to human rights. If we truly want to be a force for good in this world, greater cooperation is vital
![Delegates applaud as Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives for the opening session of China's National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, May 22, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, Pool](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202005asia_hong_kong_npc.jpg?h=0f4230fa&itok=9oWqjBIl)
May 28, 2020
To Heal, Ethiopia Needs to Confront its Violent Past
![Visitors view photos of victims of the Derg regime in Ethiopia's Red Terror Martyrs' Memorial Museum in Addis Ababa on March 4, 2014. © 2014 Eitan Simanor/Alamy Stock Photo.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202005Africa_Ethiopia_Derg_memorial.jpg?h=51a72048&itok=c23Nn8AW)
May 22, 2020
Brazil’s Own Data Shows Amazon Fines Unenforced
Bolsonaro Administration Disputes Information It Provided
![A federal agent walks on top of timber illegally harvested and extracted from Pirititi Indigenous Territory in Roraima State, Brazil, on May 7, 2018. The Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA), Brazil’s main environmental law enforcement agency, apprehended 7,387 logs in that operation.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/052020Amer_Brazil_IBAMA.jpg?h=a1e1a043&itok=fHGGkfIx)
May 21, 2020
COVID-19 Running Rampant in Ohio Prisons
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May 20, 2020
This Year’s Forest Fire Season Could Be Even Deadlier
Countries are using the coronavirus crisis to lift environmental regulations, even as COVID-19 leaves populations more vulnerable to health impacts from fires.
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May 20, 2020
Thinking Beyond Punishment to Combat Digital Sex Crimes in South Korea
New Measures an Important First Step, But More is Needed
![Women protest to demand stronger government action to fight the spread of intimate photos and footage taken by hidden cameras in Seoul, South Korea, July 7, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201911asia_southkorea_women_hiddencamera.jpg?itok=XrOzI5cg)
May 19, 2020
Supreme Court Strikes Down Bigotry in Brazil’s Schools
Rulings Affirm Equality, Comprehensive Sexuality Education
![The Supreme Federal Court (Supremo Tribunal Federal) in Brazil.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202005LGBT_Brazil_STF.jpg?h=b2774bcf&itok=QK8JPpmS)
May 18, 2020
A Global Report Card on LGBTQ+ Rights for IDAHOBIT
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May 16, 2020
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
![Jisr al-Zarqa, the only Palestinian town in Israel on the Mediterranean, bordered to the south by an earthen berm separating it from the predominantly Jewish town of Caesarea; to the north by Kibbutz Ma’agan Michael, with its fish ponds; and to the east b](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202005mena_ip_jisr_comparative.jpeg?itok=6UC2Jn0A)