Plus: Iran presidential elections; 3 years of junta in post-coup Thailand; alleged mass executions in Libya; Palestinian children pay the price of Israel occupation; Venezuela crisis & military snipers; arbitrary detention & torture in Iraq; & Armenia should prioritize children over orphanages...

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Indonesia is set to impose a sentence of 85 lashes on two gay men in a matter of hours. Their crime? Private, consensual sex. It's only the latest travesty in an ongoing, targeted attack on LGBT people throughout Indonesia.
Donald Trump's first foreign trip as United States President will include a stop later this week in Brussels, where he will join international allies at a NATO summit. High on the agenda will be international cooperation on counterterrorism efforts. Given past Trump administration comments, it would be a good opportunity for world leaders to ensure that torture has no place in those efforts.
Today, President Trump met with Israeli leaders, where they discussed Israeli-Palestinian relations. Hopefully conversations also included the respect for rights.
Ilgar Mammadov has been in jail in Azerbaijan since February 2013. His case is an enduring and shameful example of Azerbaijan's relentless crackdown on free expression and political activism. Three years after Mammadov's incarceration, it's time he received justice.
The bombing of a hospital in Bangkok today wounded at least 24 people. The heinous attack targeted a military hospital also used to treat civilians. Similar attacks have occurred across Thailand in recent months, putting civilians in extreme danger.
From earlier today: “If countering violent extremism is a priority for this administration and it wants to defang this ideology, then Saudi Arabia is a very odd partner for that project,” Sarah Leah Watson, HRW's Middle East & North Africa executive director, told Voice Of America in a comment on US President Donald Trump's visit to Saudi Arabia this weekend. “The Saudi government and its policies are among the biggest sources of violent extremism," she added.
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