How UK can help #ProtectSchools; fallout from terrible Burma violence continues; six months since arbitrary arrest of UAE's Ahmed Mansoor; Muslims face discrimination in EU job market; silencing Cameroon's journalists; concerns as Brazil overturns ban on "conversion therapy"; the long arm of Ethiopia; China and the UN.

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Thousands of Filipinos rallied today to denounce President Duterte and what some called an "emerging dictatorship." Duterte's abusive policies have led to a "war on drugs" that has claimed the lives of more than 7,000 people in the Philippines, most of them suspected drug users and dealers, since he took office in June 2016.
A man arrested by Immigration and Customs (ICE) agents at a Texas courthouse has been killed in Mexico. His wife had tried to warn a federal judge that his life would be in danger if he was deported. This heartbreaking story is a stark reminder that for many people in the United States, President Trump's immigration policies could be deadly.
After 18 months of government-fueled animus against LGBT people in Indonesia that has stoked a surge in violence and harassment, the Indonesian government had a chance this week at the UN Human Rights Council to offer support to gender and sexual minorities. It could have done better.
A factory fire in Bangladesh killed at least six workers this week. It's not the first time. And with the government's half-hearted implementation of safety measures, it likely won't be the last.
From earlier today: Thousands of students across Britain will start university soon, among them the remarkable Malala Yousafzai, who is starting at Oxford five years after she was shot by the Pakistani Taliban for promoting girls’ education. Malala’s story is well known, but her tireless campaigning on education has yet to be matched by comparable political action, not least in Britain, which has still not joined the Safe Schools Declaration.
Food, water and shelter are still desperately needed for many of the more than 400,000 Rohingya who have fled recent violence in Burma for Bangladesh, aid groups say. It comes amid reports that a Buddhist mob tried to block a boat carrying aid to Rohingya still trapped inside Burma's Rakhine state.
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