![North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends an event marking the 70th anniversary of the Korean Children's Union in an undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/songbun_main.jpg?itok=_MKvtCNG)
![North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends an event marking the 70th anniversary of the Korean Children's Union in an undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/songbun_main.jpg?itok=_MKvtCNG)
July 5, 2016
Restricted by Chains and by the Law
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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 3, 2016
Kenya: Investigate Killings of Lawyer, Two Men
Bodies Dumped in River after Enforced Disappearance
![The perpetrators of the killing of Willie Kimani, Josephat Mwenda and Joseph Muiruri should face justice for this horrific crime.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/grapphic_re_lawyer.jpg?itok=5j2KeNEA)
July 1, 2016
Pakistan: Renewed Threats to Afghan Refugees
Extend Legal Residency Status Through 2017
![An Afghan girl](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/pakistan1115_reportcover.jpg?itok=fQGV_GlF)
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
Quote of the Week Twitter Poll
July 1, 2016
The Rights Weekender
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July 1, 2016
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
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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)
![President Abdelaziz Bouteflika looks on during a swearing-in ceremony in Algiers on April 28, 2014.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/algeria_president.jpg?itok=jU6TRLVV)
July 1, 2016
Jordan must help, not punish, trapped refugees
July 1, 2016
Jordan: 70,000 Syrians Trapped at Border
Resume Food, Water, Medical Care for Asylum Seekers
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