![Josina with her niece, Luisa, both 8. “She is my best friend,” said Josina. “She is always asking if I’m ok, she helps me read after school and she looks after me.”](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/10/201906Africa_Mozambique_AlbinismJosina.jpg?h=f0b0903f&itok=uOfxiwV6)
![Josina with her niece, Luisa, both 8. “She is my best friend,” said Josina. “She is always asking if I’m ok, she helps me read after school and she looks after me.”](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/10/201906Africa_Mozambique_AlbinismJosina.jpg?h=f0b0903f&itok=uOfxiwV6)
June 30, 2019
Sri Lanka: Resuming Death Penalty a Major Setback
President Signs Warrants to Execute 4 Drug Offenders
![President Maithripala Sirisena said he has ordered the execution of four drug offenders, which, if carried out, would end Sri Lanka’s de facto 43-year moratorium on the death penalty.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201906asia_srilanka_sirisena.jpg?itok=H3EFrqh7)
June 30, 2019
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
![Italian Finance Police board the rescue ship Sea-Watch 3 after it disembarked 47 migrants at the Sicilian port of Catania, southern Italy, January 31, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201906europe_italy_migrants_seawatch.jpg?itok=oGCv4DFY)
June 28, 2019
Myanmar: Internet Shutdown Risks Lives
Immediately End Restrictions in Rakhine, Chin States
![A telecommunications tower in Mrauk U township, Rakhine State, Myanmar. The township is one of nine where the government has imposed an internet blackout since June 21, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201906asia_myanmar_internet.jpg?itok=Ja_SdLIM)
June 28, 2019
Africa Should Not Fail Cameroon
![A patrol of Cameroonian gendarmes in the Omar Bongo Square, Buea, capital of the South-West region, on October 3, 2018 on the sidelines of a political rally.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201905africa_cameroon_gendarmerie.jpg?itok=v1DxF1Ty)
June 28, 2019
Women Soccer Players’ Biggest Challenge is Changing FIFA Itself
The goal is equality, writes Minky Worden.
![Members of the US women's soccer team celebrating a goal at the FIFA Women's World Cup in France, on June 11, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201906global_fifa_uswomen.jpg?itok=X05CflUK)
June 28, 2019
Hong Kong: Independently Investigate Police Use of Force
Officers Should be Held Accountable to Restore Credibility
![Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam listens to reporters' questions during a press conference at the Legislative Council in Hong Kong, Tuesday, June 18, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201906asia_hong_kong_lam.jpg?itok=D1ErIYb7)
June 28, 2019
Statement to the CCW Consultation on lethal autonomous weapons systems
Delivered by Mary Wareham, Human Rights Watch for the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots
June 28, 2019
Farmers Face New Round of Eviction from Protected Forests in Côte d’Ivoire
Government Should Ensure Small-Scale Farmers Receive Adequate Notice, Compensation
![Children stand among houses burnt during an eviction operation in the protected forest of Goin-Débé, Côte d'Ivoire, in January 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/6_jim_photo_img_0088_2.jpg?itok=FCo4eKqd)
June 28, 2019
High Time for the UK Government to Face Facts on Hunger and Social and Economic Rights
![Volunteers at the Wisbech food bank, Cambridgeshire make up an emergency parcel suitable for a large family, April 20. This food bank can sometimes offer families with children an additional £5 voucher to be redeemed at the local butcher or greengrocers.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201905eca_uk_volunteers_wisbech_2_.jpg?itok=Swawz5ZF)
June 28, 2019
Syria: Government Co-Opting Recovery Efforts
Aid, Reconstruction Framework Threatens Syrians’ Rights
![201906mena_syria_main](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201906mena_syria_main.jpg?itok=8dTP6Qre)
June 28, 2019
Iran: Release Detained Labor Activists
Women Face Weeks of Interrogation, Poor Prison Conditions
![Activists, Neda Naji, Marzie Amiri, Atefeh Rangriz and Anisha Assadolahi remain in detention for peaceful protest. (C) Maydayarrests Telegram Channel.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201906mena_iran_maydayarrests.jpg?itok=g0ycxHrW)
June 28, 2019
Nigeria’s Wavering Commitment to Freedom of Expression
Broad Claims of National Security Threaten Rights
![Two men check their phones in Kaduna, Nigeria](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201906africa_nigeria_media_internet.jpg?itok=Wy_4YM0c)