![In this March 20, 2020, photo, garment factory workers wear face masks as they walk out at the end of their work shift near Phnom Penh, Cambodia.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202005asia_cambodia_letter_0.jpg?h=9864219f&itok=AroS7nPl)
![In this March 20, 2020, photo, garment factory workers wear face masks as they walk out at the end of their work shift near Phnom Penh, Cambodia.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202005asia_cambodia_letter_0.jpg?h=9864219f&itok=AroS7nPl)
Nepal: Amend Intrusive Intelligence Bill
Unlimited Surveillance Powers Are Among a Series of Attacks on Freedoms
![Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli attends this year's fiscal policy and programs during complete nationwide lockdown at federal parliament in Kathmandu, Nepal on Friday, May 15, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202005asia_nepal_sharmaoli.jpg?h=cb1e5cb6&itok=eOAj4Wgt)
Pandemic Adds New Threat for Rohingyas in Myanmar
Burmese Authorities Are Using Covid-19 Response Measures as a Pretext to Harass and Extort Rohingyas
![Rohingya refugees stand at the Kutupalong refugee camp, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, April 1, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202004asia_bangladesh_myanmar_rohingya_coronavirus.jpg?itok=ItAmAgnR)
US: Provide Reparations for 1921 ‘Tulsa Race Massacre’
State, City Should Compensate Survivors, Descendants; Adopt Broad Plan
![Reverend Robert Turner of the historic Mount Vernon African Methodist Episcopal (AME) church, damaged in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202005_us_reparations_tulsa.jpg?h=36dd900b&itok=KNJzh3e5)
![Reverend Robert Turner of the historic Mount Vernon African Methodist Episcopal (AME) church, damaged in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202005_us_reparations_tulsa.jpg?h=36dd900b&itok=KNJzh3e5)
Senegal/Chad: No Reparations for Ex-Dictator’s Victims
Four Years After Hissène Habré’s Conviction, African Union and Chad Fail Victims
![Habre's victims, their lawyers and supporters demonstrate for reparations](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202002africa_chad_habre_0.jpg?h=3cb807bd&itok=0DJohqe1)
Germany to Protect Meatpacking Workers Better
US Should Emulate Germany’s Workers-First Response
![201909bhr_usp_meatpacking_main](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201909bhr_usp_meatpacking_coverillo.jpg?itok=PUdR3eqV)
People with Disabilities Needed in Fight Against Climate Change
UN Releases First Report on Disability Rights in the Context of Climate Action
![201907us_disabilities_environment](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201907us_disabilities_environment.jpg?itok=3uOuYHPP)
Yemen Keeps Religious Minority Members Locked Up
Houthis Detain Baha’is Despite Release Order
![In this file photo, members of the Baha'i faith protest in Sanaa, Yemen, during a hearing in the case of a fellow Baha'i man suspected of contacts with Israel and charged with seeking to establish a base for the community in Yemen, April 3, 2016. Arabic writing on the poster reads, "Baha'is are demanding justice and law in the case of Hamed."](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202005mena_yemen_bahai.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=cTdkW7r4)
New Zika Cases in Brazil Overshadowed by Covid-19
579 Cases in 3 Months Show Need for Reproductive Rights, Sanitation
![Raquel, 25, holds her daughter Heloisa in Areia, Paraíba state, Brazil. Raquel gave birth to twin daughters with Zika syndrome in April 2016. “I want to give my best to my daughters,” she said in an interview with Human Rights Watch.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707womensrights_brazil_zika_photo_presser.jpg?itok=qNfc-DdS)
Confirmed Death of Alleged Rwandan Genocidaire
Remains of Augustin Bizimana Found in Congo-Brazzaville
![Augustin Bizimana.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/020729_bizimana_wanted300.jpg?h=dc1a5897&itok=2LSzh6VX)
To Be a Force for Good, the UK Should Work With Others
The UK is inconsistent in its commitment to human rights. If we truly want to be a force for good in this world, greater cooperation is vital
![Delegates applaud as Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives for the opening session of China's National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, May 22, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, Pool](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202005asia_hong_kong_npc.jpg?h=0f4230fa&itok=9oWqjBIl)
To Heal, Ethiopia Needs to Confront its Violent Past
![Visitors view photos of victims of the Derg regime in Ethiopia's Red Terror Martyrs' Memorial Museum in Addis Ababa on March 4, 2014. © 2014 Eitan Simanor/Alamy Stock Photo.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202005Africa_Ethiopia_Derg_memorial.jpg?h=51a72048&itok=c23Nn8AW)
Ai Weiwei’s Mass Activism Partnership with Human Rights Watch
Covid-19 Art Project to Benefit Humanitarian Action
![Masks imprinted with artwork by Ai Wei Wei, including symbols of free speech, surveillance, persecution, mass obedience, and defiance. These and others are for sale on eBay for Charity.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202005aiweiwei_coronavirus_masks_0.jpg?h=82f92a78&itok=9xhIVQ4I)
Kazakhstan’s ‘Reformed’ Protest Law Hardly an Improvement
Serious Restrictions on Right to Free Assembly Remain
![Kazakh President President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev takes the oath during his inauguration ceremony in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201908eca_kazakhstan_tokaev.jpg?itok=EwHjTtvR)