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Inequality, an issue which “defines our time”, risks destroying the world’s economies and societies, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in a hard-hitting speech on Saturday.

The container ship MSC Daniela at sea.

Women and children sit on mattresses on the floor at a detention centre in Tripoli, Libya.

A sample of gold taken from a mine.

Russian authorities have placed a prominent human rights defender under a travel ban and may soon formally bring criminal charges against him in relation to the “foreign agents” law, Human Rights Watch said on July 15, 2020.

Burundi’s new president, Évariste Ndayishimiye, should make protecting and promoting human rights a priority during his presidency, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to the president made public on July 15, 2020. The new administration has taken positive initial steps to tackle Covid-19 but faces enormous challenges.

The Maldives government is enforcing restrictions on protests that violate fundamental rights, Human Rights Watch said on July 14, 2020. New regulations also threaten civil society groups for supporting peaceful protests.

A Ukrainian journalist who wrote about the alleged influence of far-right groups on a fact-checking organization is receiving death threats, and her personal information has been published online, Human Rights Watch said on July 14, 2020.

On 23 April 2020, a child washes dishes in the Maarat Misrin camp north of Idlib, Syrian Arab Republic.

Fourteen Lebanese and international organizations announced on July 13, 2020 the formation of a “Coalition to Defend Freedom of Expression in Lebanon” to oppose the Lebanese authorities’ attempts to stifle free speech and opinion in the country, the organizations said on July 13, 2020.