May 19, 2017
The Rights Weekender
![Miriam Merten shown on CCTV footage from a government hospital in New South Wales, Australia, 2014.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-05-australia-asia-miriam-merten.jpg?itok=Rmu4uc7t)
May 19, 2017
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
![Police fire tear gas toward opposition supporters during clashes while rallying against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, April 20, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/reutersvenezuela050217.jpg?itok=e3TIwIew)
May 19, 2017
Military Might Alone Won’t Pull Mali From Quagmire
![French soldiers from Operation Barkhane stand outside their armored personnel carrier during a sandstorm in Inat, Mali, May 26, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/mali_photo.jpeg?itok=QQQQ6bLR)
May 18, 2017
Sri Lanka: Anti-Terror Bill Revives Concerns of Abuse
Draft Law Falls Far Short of Colombo’s Pledges to United Nations
![Sri Lanka: Anti-Terror Bill Revives Concerns of Abuse PHOTO](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/sri_lanka_presser_2.jpg?itok=k0Qo2AnR)
May 18, 2017
European Parliament Demands Investigation Into Ethiopia Killings
Resolution Calls for Urgent UN Inquiry Into Protester Deaths and Detention
![Demonstrators chant slogans while flashing the Oromo protest gesture during Irreecha, the thanksgiving festival of the Oromo people, in Bishoftu town, Oromia region, Ethiopia, October 2, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-11-ethiopia-africa-oromo-protest.jpg?itok=pBngnBBG)
May 18, 2017
US Congress: Reject Draconian Anti-Immigrant Bill
Would Criminalize Immigrants, Harm Families
![Immigration/Deportation](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/gradient-deport.jpg?itok=sqevST1P)
May 18, 2017
Part One: A Syrian Family Reunites
![On Boxing Day in the Osanas’ house in Greece, Dominique called Falak’s husband, Mohammed, on Skype and introduced his family. © 2017 Anna Pantelia](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/3_7.jpg?itok=xP3aMXx9)
![Mohammed finally spends time with his children and wife in their new home in Germany. © 2017 Anna Pantelia](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/10_0.jpg?itok=e6fs2rCT)
May 18, 2017
Migrant Children Denied an Education
Governments Should Change Laws, Policies Keeping Kids From School
![Syrian Kurdish refugees](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/turkey1115_reportcover.jpg?itok=LjvICLhX)
May 18, 2017
Iraq: Families Who Fled Mosul Forced Back
Facing Danger, and Lacking Food, Water, Health Care
![A camp resident talks to a member of the Iraqi forces after his arrival at Hammam al-Alil camp south of west Mosul, Iraq May 10, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/3_8.jpg?itok=VelEQSU5)
![A protester from the Refugee Action Coalition holds a placard during a demonstration outside the offices of the Australian Government Department of Immigration and Border Protection in Sydney, Australia, April 29, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-01-australia-asia-nauru-manus-refugees.jpg?itok=glxBNook)
May 17, 2017
17 Dead in Mass Escape from Papua New Guinea Prison
Authorities Need to Investigate Circumstances of Killings
![Buimo prison.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-05-australia-asia-papua-buimo.png?itok=nAUKjt27)
May 17, 2017
Trump Immigrant Crackdown Spurs Surge in Arrests
Tiny Proportion of Those Caught in Sweep Have Violent Criminal Records
![U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers conduct a targeted enforcement operation in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. on February 9, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-04-us-immigration-ice-enforcement.jpg?itok=kebUHXXu)