Trump sued by civil rights organizations, as further police brutality against peaceful protesters shocks the United States; the authorities in Mexico are failing to protect people with disabilities; how digital contact tracing for Covid-19 could worsen inequality; children have become collateral damage in 'drug war' in Philippines; and we're celebrating Pride Month with a focus on Lebanon.

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Protesters who were attacked by federal troops in front of the White House on Monday evening as they were demonstrating against police brutality are suing US President Donald Trump and other top officials for violating their constitutional rights. This happened against the backdrop of more shocking police violence against protesters across the country last night.

Police violence is not just a big problem in the United States. 

The Mexican government is failing to protect people with disabilities from severe abuse and neglect by their families. Read Human Rights Watch' new report on-topic, watch the video with testimony from people who are suffering the abuses, and follow our researcher Carlos Ríos Espinosa.

Amid protests against racism and police brutality in Minneapolis, Minnesota Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington has likened police investigations of arrested protesters and their associates to contact tracing for Covid-19. This reckless analogy stokes fear that governments will seize on the pandemic to introduce intrusive surveillance in the guise of measures for the public’s health.

Children in the Philippines have become collateral damage in the 'drug war' of President Rodrigo Duterte.

And we're celebrating Pride Month. Check out this special web feature, focusing on how queer and trans people reclaim their power in Lebanon’s revolution

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