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![An illustration showing a boy being forced to stand with his bare heels over a plank of nails](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202003crd_egypt_illustration1.jpg?itok=_az3k_4Y)
May 5, 2020
US: State Department Should Affirm Rights for All
Unalienable Rights Panel Shouldn’t Rewrite International Law
![US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, unveils the creation of Commission on "Unalienable" Rights, headed by Mary Ann Glendon, left, a Harvard Law School professor and a former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, during an announcement at the US State Dep](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202001us_cur_pompeo.jpg?itok=B8yTS2u2)
May 5, 2020
Angola’s Prisons Ill-Equipped to Curb Covid-19 Spread
Release More Detainees to Reduce Overcrowding
May 5, 2020
China: Covid-19 Discrimination Against Africans
Forced Quarantines, Evictions, Refused Services in Guangzhou
May 4, 2020
Dozens Killed, Injured in Venezuela Prison Uprising
Government Failure to Address Chronically Dire Prison Conditions
![Prisoners stand on the roof of the "Reten de Cabimas" detention center to demand prison guards let their families, below, enter with food on visitor day in Cabimas, Venezuela, November 17, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202005americas_venezuela_prison_0.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=YS3WTM3W)
May 4, 2020
Ecuador’s Constitutional Court Upholds Rights During Covid-19
State of Emergency Can’t Bar Access to Justice
![Families wearing masks wait outside their homes in the neighborhood of Cristo del Consuelo for food handouts from the local government in Guayaquil, Ecuador, April 14, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202005americas_ecuador_coronavirus.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=HXEhQdAu)
May 4, 2020
Turkmenistan Government’s Deafening Silence After Hurricane
Storm Survivors Need Help, Not Censorship
![Hurricane damage to a residential building in Turkmenabad, Lebap province, Turkmenistan, May 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202005eca_turkmenistan_hurricane.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=EWrvsg2C)
May 4, 2020
Protect Kenya’s Journalists Reporting on Covid-19
Journalists Assaulted, Threatened, Harassed
![Ferry passengers flee from police firing tear gas, after new measures aimed at halting the spread of the new coronavirus instead caused a crowd to form outside the ferry in Mombasa, Kenya Friday, March 27, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202004afr_kenya_police_brutality_curfew_2.jpg?itok=B0uSNhUR)
May 4, 2020
‘The Country is Bleeding’: Covid-19 in the US
Leaders Should Plan to Better Protect Everyone During Future
![Covid mural in Seattle, Washington](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202004us_covid_mural.jpg?itok=wBUJFHu9)
May 4, 2020
European Commission Promises to Champion Corporate Accountability
Covid-19 Galvanizes Momentum for Regulating Companies
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May 4, 2020
IMF: Empower Civic Groups Against Covid-19 Corruption
Public Oversight Key to Monitoring Emergency Funding
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