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June 11, 2019
UN: Halt Handover to Abusive Forces in Sudan
Security Council Should Focus on Protecting Civilians, Human Rights
![United Nations Mission in Darfur peacekeepers stand guard in Shagra village, North Darfur, October 18, 2012. © 2012 Reuters](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706africa_sudan_unamid.jpg?itok=lVPCXZQy)
June 11, 2019
Uzbekistan: Release Retired Diplomat
Retired Official Tortured in Detention, Family Members Harassed
![Kadyr Yusupov with his family in Vienna, 2008, during a stint as head of Uzbekistan's mission to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201906eca_uzbekistan_yusupov.jpg?itok=qVnMJORE)
June 11, 2019
Senegal: Unchecked Abuses in Quranic Schools
President Sall should use second term to protect talibé children
![201906africa_senegal_main](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201906africa_senegal_main.jpg?itok=6YMvTKM9)
![A child in a Russian state orphanage for children with disabilities.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201906drd_russia_orphange.jpg?itok=dzz9jhDc)
June 9, 2019
Cambodia: Holding a Media Summit Without Media Freedom
Participants Should Call for Free Expression, Press Freedom
![201709Asia_Cambodia_Daily](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709asia_cambodia_daily.jpg?itok=T_McHwL-)
June 9, 2019
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
![Saudi Arabia's King Salman (L), Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Nayef , and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and his wife Ivanka Trump walk during a reception ceremony at the Royal Court in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia May 20, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-06-mideast-saudi-ivanka.jpg?itok=ww1A2oPZ)
June 7, 2019
Tunisia: Café Owner Jailed Over Ramadan Hours
Vague Morality Charges for Staying Open During the Day
![Imed Zaghouani outside his café in Kairouan, Tunisia.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201906mena_tunisia_cafeowner.jpg?itok=3d39Ri6p)
June 6, 2019
Human Rights Watch Mourns Loss of Herb Sandler
Philanthropist Helped Build Human Rights Movement
![Herb Sandler](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201906global_herb_sandler.jpg?itok=DsBGQJOW)
June 6, 2019
DR Congo: No Justice for 2014 Massacre
Attack on Ethnic Bafuliro in Mutarule Killed at Least 30 Civilians
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June 6, 2019
Hong Kong: Extradition Changes Threaten Civil Society
Activists Face Transfers to Torture, Unfair Trials in China
![FILE - In this May 22, 2019, file photo, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, center, arrives for a meeting at the Legislative Council as the pro-democracy lawmakers chant placard and banner against the new extradition law in Hong Kong. Hong Kong's gover](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201906asia_china_carrielam.jpg?itok=XYqXevwz)
June 6, 2019
Honduras: Abortion Ban’s Dire Consequences
Arrests, Criminal Charges, Health Issues, Bearing Rapist’s Child
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![Nguyen Ngoc Anh at an anti-Formosa protest in 2016. The signs he is holding say: Fish Need Clean Water, People Need Transparency.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201905asia_vietnam_nguyen_ngoc_anh.jpg?itok=dmoNuYrb)
June 4, 2019
Thailand: 3 Junta Critics Assaulted in Past Month
No Arrests in Beatings of Prominent Activists
![Sirawith Seritiwat, prominent pro-democracy activist, was assaulted in Bangkok on June 2, 2019, after he staged a peaceful protest against Thailand’s military junta.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201906asia_thailand_activist.jpg?itok=M3_KXfZS)
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