August 2, 2020
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
![Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong shows his disqualification notice during a press conference in Hong Kong](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/07/202007asia_china_hongkong_wong.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=9yUKXkk4)
August 1, 2020
Mauritania: President Should Lead Reform Process
Celebrate Year in Office with Pledge to End Repressive Laws, Protect Women’s Rights
![President Mohamed Ould Ghezouani of Mauritania](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/07/202007mena_mauritania_president.jpg?h=fc5c5f0e&itok=e4ynhChB)
July 31, 2020
Kenya Stops Abusive Forced Quarantine Related to Covid-19
Officials Launch Guidelines for Self-Isolation of Covid-19 Patients
![Kenyans make their way home before the daily dusk-to-dawn curfew in Nairobi, Kenya, April 6, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202004africa_kenya_curfew_coronavirus.jpg?h=b4efd4ca&itok=9nQ2ab2H)
July 31, 2020
South Korea: Stop Intimidating North Korean Human Rights Groups
Political Crackdown with Targeted Reviews, Inspections Prompts Fears
![Activist Park Sang-hak holds a leaflet depicting the death of Kim Jong Nam, half-brother to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, during a press conference in Seoul on July 6, 2020. © 2020 Photo by ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/07/202007asia_southkorea_northkorea.jpg?h=5408d9e1&itok=PzQKWvF4)
July 31, 2020
Europe Can Help Us Save the Amazon
July 31, 2020
El Salvador: Police Officers Convicted for Transgender Murder
Further Efforts Needed to Prevent, Prosecute Hate Crimes
![A transgender woman shows a photograph of Camila Díaz, whom she met while migrating to the US, where they both turned themselves in to immigration authorities. Both women were eventually deported.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202003americas_elsalvador_lgbt_diaz.jpg?itok=WiUcfjpM)
July 31, 2020
'Why We Can't Wait' Coalition Statement Urges US Congress to Pass HR 40, Reparations Bill
![ReparationsNow](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/11/ReparationsNow-gradient.jpg?h=06ac0d8c&itok=RUOiHWYS)
July 31, 2020
US: Probation, Parole Feed Mass Incarceration Crisis
Onerous Rules, Harsh Penalties Add to Jail, Prison Time
![An illustration of man running away from shadowy figures](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/07/202007us_supervision_main.jpg?h=c673cd1c&itok=XSypIS12)
July 31, 2020
Vincent Schiraldi: The Criminal Law Reformer Who Transformed Probation in New York City
![Former Commissioner Vincent Schiraldi and others cut a ribbon at the opening of the Neighborhood Opportunity Network at the New York City Department of Probation.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/07/202007us_newyork_probation_2.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=xTyi7mEY)
![People gathered around the wreckage of a damaged road side tea shop following an explosion in Kaduna, Nigeria Monday, April 9, 2012.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/07/202007africa_nigeria_violece.jpg?h=82f92a78&itok=5VH2s5kn)
July 31, 2020
Global Call to Reject Hong Kong Security Law
Rights Groups Urge Governments to Support ‘Safe Haven,’ Sanctions
![202007asia_china_hong_kong_police](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/07/202007asia_china_hong%20kong_police.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=LgZP1f50)
July 31, 2020
Serbia: Release Covid-19 Data for Institutions
End to Institutional Living, Implement Right to Live in the Community
![A room in the Sremčica Home for children and adults with disabilities where 292 persons, including 49 children, with disabilities live. Up to 10 people live in one room. © 2015 Emina Ćerimović for Human Rights Watch](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/img_0008.jpg?itok=IAxLaVml)