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May 18, 2020
Qatar: Reported Covid-19 Outbreak in Central Prison
Overcrowding, Unsanitary Conditions Threaten Further Spread
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May 18, 2020
Development Finance for Covid-19 Crisis Should Uphold Human Rights
Global Coalition Calls for Essential Services, Economic Justice, Protection for Vulnerable Communities and the Environment
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May 18, 2020
Egypt: No Pretense of Judicial Review for Hundreds
Covid-19 Court Closure Exacerbates Grossly Unfair System
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May 17, 2020
Iraq: Human Rights Watch Submission to the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances
121st session - May 2020
May 16, 2020
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
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May 16, 2020
Indonesia: Blogger Held Over Land Dispute Report
Criminal Defamation Has Chilling Effect on Media Freedom
![Supporters of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship — known as the “Red Shirts” — held a remembrance service in Bangkok on May 13, 2020 to demand justice for those killed and wounded by the military during the crackdown on the 2010 political protests.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202005asia_thailand_redshirt_protest.jpg?h=dec22bcf&itok=DKutbRk_)
May 15, 2020
US: Free Detained Asylum Seekers in Pandemic
Petition to Governors to Protect Detainees, Press ICE for Release
![An ICE detainee rests his hands on the window of his cell in the segregation wing at the Adelanto immigration detention center, which is run by the Geo Group Inc, in Adelanto, California, on April 13, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/rts14nbi_resized.jpg?itok=fqrttQKT)
May 15, 2020
France: End Discriminatory Police Checks and Fines
Take Concrete Steps to End Biased Police Behavior, 24 Groups Say
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May 15, 2020
US: Lawsuit Over ‘Remain in Mexico’ Program Secrecy
Groups Seek Records on Treatment of Asylum Seekers Under US Migrant Protection Protocols
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May 15, 2020
Japan: Introduce LGBT Non-Discrimination Law
Nearly 100 Civic Groups Urge Prime Minister to Act
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