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A fleeing Saudi woman faces grave risks after being returned to Saudi Arabia against her will while in transit in the Philippines, Human Rights Watch said on Apr 14. Saudi authorities should ensure that Dina Ali Lasloom, 24, is not subjected to violence from her family or prosecution by Saudi authorities for trying to flee, Human Rights Watch said.

Transgender activists protest against the rape of two transgender women in Faisalabad.

The United Arab Emirates should clarify its role in the apparent Saudi-led coalition attack on a boat carrying Somali civilians off the western coast of Yemen, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to the prime minister and defense minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum. The UAE should also provide information on the role of its forces in other unlawful coalition attacks, and endorse an impartial, international inquiry into laws-of-war violations by all parties to the conflict in Yemen.

A busy street in Istanbul, Turkey.

UNICEF and UNHCR on April 12th, welcome a new policy guidance from the European Commission as an important milestone for the protection of migrant and refugee children.

Mauritania/Malian refugee/ Fati, 13, poses for a picture in Mbera refugee camp, 50 km away from the Mali border, on 13 February 2013. Fati arrived to the camp in October 2012, when she was six months pregnant along with her husband. ©UNHCR/B.Malum

The suicide bombings at two Egyptian churches on April 9, 2017, that killed at least 45 people are a terrifying reminder of the escalating threats facing Egypt’s Christian minority, Human Rights Watch said on Apr 12. Two parishioners and a pastor at one of the churches told Human Rights Watch that police protection at the church gate was inadequate and may have allowed the bomber to enter.

Lebanon’s parliament should quickly pass legislation to end child marriage in the country, Human Rights Watch said on Apr 12.

California pressures poor people who cannot pay bail to plead guilty in order to be released from jail, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Apr 11. The system of money bail and pretrial detention also results in the unnecessary jailing of innocent people and undermines justice for all.

Indonesian authorities should immediately and unconditionally release two men detained in Aceh province under a local ordinance that criminalizes homosexuality, Human Rights Watch said on Apr 09.