![An Afghan policeman stands guard at the entrance of a local school sponsored by Japan’s International Cooperation Agency in Kandahar City May 11, 2010. © 2010 Nikola Solic / Reuters](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-08-asia-afghanistan-main.jpg?itok=CtpvGD5n)
![An Afghan policeman stands guard at the entrance of a local school sponsored by Japan’s International Cooperation Agency in Kandahar City May 11, 2010. © 2010 Nikola Solic / Reuters](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-08-asia-afghanistan-main.jpg?itok=CtpvGD5n)
June 20, 2017
Côte d'Ivoire: UN Rights Body Should Ensure Continued Monitoring
Item 10 Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on Côte d’Ivoire
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June 20, 2017
Libya: Ensure Safe Return of Displaced Tawerghans
Security for Residents, Rehabilitation of Town
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June 19, 2017
Sri Lanka: Minister Threatens Defender of Minority Rights
Investigate, Prosecute Attacks on Muslims, Christians
![201606Asia_SriLanka_Islam](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201606asia_srilanka_islam.jpg?itok=sRNqKcdz)
June 19, 2017
China: Tibet Propaganda Masks Repression
Illustrated Glossary Decodes Surveillance Systems and Abuses
![The Chinese term shehui zhili is normally translated into English as "social governance."](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706asia_tibet_glossary.jpg?itok=F2BpBkGE)
June 19, 2017
On LGBTI Rights, Malta Learns the Rewards of Progress
![Boris Dittrich, Human Rights Watch LGBT Rights Advocacy Director, with Monsignor Scicluna, Archbishop of Malta, June 9, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706lgbt_malta_archbishop.jpg?itok=0XGxZD4i)
June 19, 2017
Cancun, the OAS, and Venezuela’s Prosecutor General
![Venezuela's chief prosecutor Luisa Ortega Diaz talks to the media during a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela April 25, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706americas_venezuela_diaz.jpg?itok=04st6yAV)
![Ashraf Fawaqa and his daughter Sima, 4, stand next to the rubble of their East Jerusalem home on May 15; Israeli authorities demolished the house on May 4 because they lacked a permit.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-05-israel-palestine-mena-jerusalem-fawaqa-2.jpg?itok=OJarGEpH)
June 19, 2017
EU: Suspend China Human Rights Dialogue
EU and its 28 Members Lack Strategy, Credibility to Bring Change
![European Council President Donald Tusk and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrive at the EU-China Summit in Brussels on June 2, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706asia_china_eu.jpg?itok=ITbVXUkA)
June 19, 2017
Canada: Police Fail Indigenous Women in Saskatchewan
Abuse, Neglect Raise Safety Concerns; Fuel Mistrust of Law Enforcement
![Two Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers talk at a blockade on a country road in the province of Alberta. © 2012 Reuters](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706wrd_canada_police.jpg?itok=wx9Ouf13)
![Aerial photograph of overcrowded migrant boat, taken at 05:01 UTC on May 10, 2017, and provided by Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre Rome to Sea-Watch 2 for identification purposes.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706eca_libya_aerial_photograph.png?itok=bsyxsAUK)
June 19, 2017
Egypt: Morsy’s Isolation Violates Rights
Years of Confinement Without Access to Family, Lawyers
![Deposed President Mohamed Morsy, wearing the red uniform of a prisoner sentenced to death, greets his lawyers and people from behind bars during his June 2015 court appearance with Muslim Brotherhood members on the outskirts of Cairo. © 2016 Reuters](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706mena_egypt_morsijail.jpg?itok=_bYqLPrt)
June 18, 2017
Vietnam: End Attacks on Activists and Bloggers
Pattern of Thuggish Assaults Against Rights Campaigners Across Country
![Activists protest violent assaults in Hanoi. The placards read “Strongly against villainous violence” and “Need to bring perpetrators to light”, May 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706asia_vietnam_main.jpg?itok=QAWcpNjS)