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Israeli security forces apparently shot to death a Palestinian boy during a demonstration near the West Bank town of Bethlehem on October 5, 2015. The shooting raises concerns about the excessive use of lethal force by security forces.

On October 10, 2015, the 70th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Worker’s Party of Korea, North Korea fundamentally fails to respect labor rights, Human Rights Watch said on October 7. The North Korea government’s systematic and pervasive use of forced labor from ordinary citizens and prisoners to control its people and sustain its economy show how abuses are a central part of the government’s strategy to maintain power.

Two detainees behind the bars of the prison walls at the National Penitentiary of Haiti, 10 May 2012.

A landmark California law giving thousands of young adult offenders the chance to earn parole recognizes their potential to mature and rebuild their lives, Human Rights Watch said on October 5. On October 3, 2015, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Senate Bill 261, which will make over 12,000 prisoners in California eligible for relief.

A malnourished 2-year-old girl receives treatment at a hospital in Sana'a.

Volunteers help newly-arrived refugees on 28 September 2015, as they disembark from a large rubber boat, on the shores near the town of Mithymna, on the Greek island of Lesbos, in the North Aegean region.

The United Nations Human Rights Council missed a key opportunity to address alleged violations of the laws of war by all sides to the conflict in Yemen, Human Rights Watch said On October 2. The day, the council adopted by consensus a deeply flawed resolution that ignores calls for an international inquiry into mounting abuses in the country.

The killing of an Israeli couple in the occupied West Bank on October 1, 2015, apparently by members of a Palestinian armed group, is a serious violation of the laws of war. The Israeli authorities should prosecute those responsible and ensure that Palestinian civilians are protected from retaliatory attacks.

Cambodian authorities should end the prosecution of an opposition senator who has been wrongfully charged with forgery and incitement for posting online an inaccurate version of a 1979 Cambodia-Vietnam treaty, Human Rights Watch said on October 1. The next hearing in the case against Senator Hong Sok Hour is scheduled for October 2.