![Families of massacre victims, in Kumasi Ghana, April 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201805africa_gambia_families_0.jpg?itok=qsLI3m89)
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July 21, 2020
English Premier League: Adopt Human Rights Policy
Saudi Bid to Acquire Newcastle United F.C. Faces Scrutiny
![Newcastle United players warm up before the Premier League match at the Amex Stadium, Brighton, United Kingdom on July 20, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/07/202007mena_saudi_newcastle.jpg?h=bdd1ee52&itok=UjfywboS)
July 20, 2020
Japan: Child Abuse in Pursuit of Olympic Medals
Host of 2021 Summer Games Should Undertake Urgent Systemic Reforms
![Soccer player holding ball in front of Olympic rings](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/07/2020ASIA%20Japan%20Taibatsu.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=yefgUuSn)
July 20, 2020
Myanmar Needs to Answer to UN Rights Body
Universal Periodic Review Should Address Broken Commitments, Impunity
![Rohingya refugees gather behind a barbed-wire fence in the “no-man’s land” border zone between Myanmar and Bangladesh, April 25, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201808asia_myanmar_rohingya.jpg?itok=OCg3FnEq)
July 20, 2020
Stars Back Human Rights Watch’s Vision for Post-Covid World
Mindy Kaling, Annie Lennox to Headline Virtual Event on July 23
![Future We Build Together](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/07/GettyImages-1125020979.jpg?h=06ac0d8c&itok=zARW-aL0)
July 19, 2020
Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Arabs Blocked From Returning
Lift Unlawful Restrictions on Thousands
![Map of five villages in Rabia subdistrict that the Kurdistan Regional Government has prevented Arab residents from returning to.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/07/202007mena_KRG_map_eng.jpg?h=933661e9&itok=sk4qgypg)
July 17, 2020
Libya: Reveal Missing Politician’s Whereabouts
International Inquiry Could Include Seham Sergewa’s Abduction
![Seham Sergewa, Libyan politician and member of the House of Representatives abducted in Benghazi on July 17, 2019, attends a session at the Human Rights Council, Geneva, Switzerland, 2015. © Private](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201908mena_libya_sergewa.jpg?itok=WTi9lbW0)
July 16, 2020
Nepal’s Universal Periodic Review
Human Rights Review Should Address Broken Commitments, Impunity
![Permanent premises of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, the Netherlands.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/07/2020ij_icc_hague.jpg?h=a141e9ea&itok=1z4s84qL)
![Semyon Simonov](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/07/202007eca_russia_simonovheadshot.jpg?h=7fb5dd32&itok=kkvTRdw_)
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July 14, 2020
Maldives: Free Speech, Assembly Under Threat
Broad Restrictions on Protests Violate Rights
![Foreign workers from Bangladesh gather in an alleyway of an accommodation block after being put under quarantine to contain the spread of Covid-19, May 9, 2020 in Male, Maldives.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/07/202007asia_maldives_migrants.jpg?h=f5ae1b10&itok=BRzAuZrW)
July 14, 2020
Cambodia: Micro-Loan Borrowers Face Covid-19 Crisis
Suspend Debt Collection, Stop Coerced Land Sales
![The National Bank of Cambodia in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, January 2011. © 2011 Brent Lewin/Bloomberg via Getty Images](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/07/202007asia_cambodia_nationalbank.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=BvhmhmmS)
July 14, 2020
Ukraine: Independent Journalist Threatened
Online Posts Target Reporter and Her Family
![Катерина Сергацкова, незалежна українська журналістка, яка стикнулася з погрозами онлайн через свою публікацію.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/07/202007eca_ukraine_sergatskova_1.jpeg?h=d93b6e07&itok=CuigWCGD)
July 13, 2020
Lebanon: New Coalition to Defend Free Speech
At least 60 investigated for social media posts since October 17
![Lebanese protesters wave national flags during demonstrations to demand better living conditions on October 21, 2019 in downtown Beirut.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202003mena_lebanon_freespeech.jpg?itok=HkI0AX0w)