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May 6, 2016 Commentary

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"Adam," arrested in Kenya in February 2015 on homosexuality charges and subjected to a forced anal exam, sorts through police documents on his case. © 2015 Zoe Flood

May 6, 2016 News Release

Kenya: Ending Refugee Hosting, Closing Camps

Ensure Required Protections for Refugees

Somali women and children fleeing their homes in Nairobi’s predominantly Somali suburb of Eastleigh on November 20, 2012, two days after an attack on a bus by unknown perpetrators caused Kenyan gangs to riot and attack Somali refugees and Somali Kenyans.

May 6, 2016 News Release

Turkey: Journalists Convicted for News Reports

Gunman Shoots at Editor Outside Court

Can Dundar, editor-in-chief of Cumhuriyet, accompanied by his Ankara bureau chief Erdem Gul, talks to media as they leave the Justice Palace in Istanbul, Turkey on May 6, 2016. © 2016 Reuters

May 6, 2016 News Release

Syria: Security Forces Storming Prison

Concerns for Safety of Inmates, Hostages

Still from a video showing protests inside of Hama Central Prison, north of Homs, Syria, that began on May 1, 2016.

May 6, 2016 News Release

Thailand: Junta Arrests Activist’s Mother

‘Insulting the Monarchy’ Charge Filed for Inaction to Facebook Message

May 6, 2016 Commentary

Refugees Children Snared in Russian Political Web

May 6, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: A First Step for Patients in Pain in Armenia

Gurgen G., who had a brain tumor, and his mother. Gurgen participated in a palliative care pilot project, which improved the quality of his remaining life. He died in August 2012, free from pain.

May 6, 2016 Commentary

Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week

A view shows the damage at al-Quds hospital after it was hit by airstrikes, in a rebel-held area of Syria's Aleppo.

May 6, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatch: US Contradictions on Landmines and Cluster Munitions

A sign indicating the presence of landmines hangs from a barbed wire fence inside the Demilitarized Zone separating North and South Korea October 27, 2010.

May 6, 2016 News Release

Yemen: Saudis Using US Cluster Munitions

End Production, Transfer of These Banned Weapons

A failed BLU-108 canister, with two submunitions still attached, that was delivered by a CBU-105 Sensor Fuzed Weapon during an attack on the quarry of the Amran Cement Factory on February 15, 2016.

May 6, 2016 Interview

Interview: The Bullying of LGBT Kids in Japan’s Schools

May 6, 2016 Commentary

10 Human Rights Goals for the President's 'Fourth Quarter'

May 5, 2016 News Release

Japan: Bullied LGBT Students Unprotected

Policies, National Curriculum Ignore Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity

manga drawing by Taiji Utagawa of a transgender man with head down in the dark with three white spots leading into the distance

May 5, 2016 Q & A

Q&A: The 7th Congress of the Worker’s Party of Korea

May 5, 2016 News Release

North Korea: Forced Labor Underpins Party Congress

Real Reform Requires Justice for Rights Abuses

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