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Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
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Venezuelan Migrants Face Covid-19 Risk in Aruba Detention Centers
Migrants Held for Months in Dangerous Conditions Amid Pandemic
![A photo showing the outside of a Guarda Nos Costa (GNC) immigration detention center in Aruba.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/08/202008americas_aruba_gnc_immigration.jpg?h=54aaf891&itok=qt4QcxWC)
Greece Is Still Denying Migrant Pushbacks
Prime Minister Denies Growing Evidence of Abuses by Coast Guard and Border Police
![The Greek Coast Guard has been accused of using rescue equipment - namely inflatable, motorless life rafts - to leave asylum seekers and migrants adrift in open water close to the Turkish sea border. May 25, 2020](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/07/202007_refugee_greece_turkey.jpeg?h=23d7a3d3&itok=D1Hq8TfE)
Unprecedented Glimpse of Crisis in North Korea
Kim Jong Un Announces Rare Workers’ Party Congress
![North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during a plenary meeting of the Workers’ Party in Pyongyang, North Korea, August 19, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/08/202008asia_northkorea_kimjongun.jpg?h=9b7faa18&itok=uGzQyTAQ)
Russia Needs an Investigation into Navalny’s Illness
Kremlin Critic is Fighting for His Life
![Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny takes part in a march in memory of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov in Moscow, Russia, February 29, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/08/202008europe_russia_navalny.jpg?h=eb59fd83&itok=D4YPbU6Z)
Another Youth Drowns Trying to Row to Safety in the UK
The Death Should Prompt Policy Change in London and Paris
![A group of people thought to be migrants crossing the Channel in a small boat headed in the direction of Dover, Kent, United Kingdom, August 10, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/08/202008europe_uk_migrants_refugees.jpg?h=81d14fe0&itok=vFfxqmri)
Commission of Inquiry on Burundi Vital in Prompting Meaningful Human Rights Progress
Joint Letter to the Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council
![The seat of Burundi delegation is pictured before a special session of the Human Rights Council on the situation in Burundi in Geneva, Switzerland December 17, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-09-burundi-africa-hrc-un.jpg?itok=hP_0lEBx)
Former Spanish King Finds New Home in UAE
Juan Carlos I Moves to a Country Where Human Rights Conditions Are Dire
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Thailand: Drop Charges, Free Democracy Activists
Authorities Disregard Own Pledge to Allow Dissent
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Japan: Foreign Minister Should Raise Rights Abroad
Trip Covers Papua New Guinea, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar
![Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi meets the media in Tokyo on May 28, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/08/202008asia_japan_motegi_0.jpg?h=8adbe104&itok=LhKNx_pB)
Protecting Ecuador’s Students from Sexual Violence
Government Should Fully Implement Inter-American Court Ruling
![The flag of Ecuador.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/08/202008americas_ecuador_flag.jpg?h=9e499333&itok=84A885h4)
Myanmar: Drop Charges Against Free-Speech Activist
Repeal Laws Criminalizing Peaceful Protest, Expression
![Poet Maung Saungkha](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/08/201605burma_asia_maung.jpg?h=9d0ff62f&itok=LRL2dm9b)
A 10-Year-Old Girl’s Ordeal to Have a Legal Abortion in Brazil
Reproductive Rights Reform, Greater Access to Care Needed
![Pro-choice demonstrators at a protest in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 8, 2018. © 2018 AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/06/061220Amer_Brazil_ReproductiveHealth_0.jpg?h=a21def44&itok=SErk43i3)
Renters in England Are Braced for Mass Evictions
A Ban on Evicting Private Tenants during Covid-19 Pandemic Ends this Weekend
![Letting agents boards in London, March 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/08/AP%20Image%20Housing.jpg?h=1490aae3&itok=Bxkw3rBL)