![A woman is silhouetted as she stands outside her hut near the bank of Yangon River March 18, 2012.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-07-burma-asia-woman-womens_rights.jpg?itok=QJl8faYI)
![A woman is silhouetted as she stands outside her hut near the bank of Yangon River March 18, 2012.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-07-burma-asia-woman-womens_rights.jpg?itok=QJl8faYI)
July 4, 2016
Dispatches: Bloody Attacks a Test of Iraq’s Resolve
Preventing Acts of Revenge, Finding Those Responsible Should be Priority
![A girl walks past the site after a suicide car bomb attack at the shopping area of Karrada, a largely Shi'ite district, in Baghdad, Iraq July 4, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-07-iraq-mena-isis-attack-baghdad-bombing.jpg?itok=yaUaUGkg)
July 4, 2016
Dispatches: UK Should Make EU Residents Welcome
Amid Rising Xenophobia, Don’t Leave People Hostage to Trade Talks
![A man and a woman walk past a Polish shop in Boston, Britain June 27, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-07-uk-eca-eu-citizen.jpg?itok=9yqixwIu)
July 1, 2016
Dispatches: US Court Rejects Religion as a Basis for Discrimination
Federal Judge Blocks Mississippi Law Allowing Prejudice Against LGBT People
July 1, 2016
Dispatches: France Destroys Its Cluster Munitions
A Leader in Rejecting Weapons So Deadly to Civilians
![A pile of shoes during the annual demonstration by NGO Humanity and Inclusion denouncing antipersonnel landmines and cluster munitions in Lyon on September 20, 2014.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/images/photographs/9.2014_Shoe%20Pyramid_Getty%20Images.jpg?itok=tMREJNLj)
June 29, 2016
Dispatches: Angolan Activists Conditionally Free
Book Club Members Who Discussed Democracy Await Appeal
![Book-club activists walk through the streets of Luanda after their provisional release.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/screen_shot_2016-06-29_at_10.20.30_pm.png?itok=baCP-k-G)
June 29, 2016
Dispatches: Ethiopia Ascends to UN Security Council Despite Dismal Rights Record
Credible Investigation Needed Into Deaths of Protesters
![The UN Security Council votes on a resolution at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on March 2, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/unsc-mar16.jpg?itok=wyQqjdwa)
June 27, 2016
Dispatches: US Supreme Court Strikes Down Abortion Restrictions
Calls Texas Measures an ‘Undue Burden’
![Demonstrators celebrate at the U.S. Supreme Court after the court struck down a Texas law imposing strict regulations on abortion doctors and facilities that its critics contended were specifically designed to shut down clinics in Washington June 27, 2016](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-06-us-abortion-supreme-court.jpg?itok=3GLN-IAo)
June 24, 2016
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
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June 23, 2016
Dispatches: Girls Speak Out against Child Marriage
Empowerment Key to Ending Africa’s Child Bride Problem
![Students at the Lusaka Girls School in Zambia who participate in an empowerment club run by Girls Not Brides member Continuity Zambia.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-06-zambia-africa-women-rights-crd-child-marriage.jpg?itok=eIS8D2ll)
June 22, 2016
Dispatches: Greece’s Prime Minister Should Uphold Refugee Rights at the Council of Europe
Tsipras should pledge Greece won’t deport people to Turkey without a fair appeal
![A Frontex officer (L) escorts a deportee onto a boat on the Greek island of Lesbos, April 4, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-04-greece-turkey-eca-refugees-deportation.jpg?itok=jo4S9G5h)
June 21, 2016
Dispatches: Incendiary Weapons Pose Civilian Threat in Syria
Video Footage Shows Incendiary Weapons Mounted on Russian Attack Aircraft
![Footage showing what Human Rights Watch arms experts have identified as RBK-500 ZAB-2.5SM incendiary bombs mounted on a Russian attack aircraft at a Russian air base in Syria, June 18, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-06-arms-incendiary-weapon-russia-eca.jpg?itok=ZB-5sdOR)