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The Philippines government is on the verge of enacting a counterterrorism law that will eliminate critical legal protections and permit government overreach against groups and individuals labeled terrorists, Human Rights Watch said on June 05, 2020. The draft Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 passed both the House of Representatives and the Senate, and President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to quickly sign the bill into law.

The Mexican government is failing to protect people with disabilities in Mexico from severe abuse and neglect by their families, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on June 04, 2020. The government should protect people with disabilities from violence, including by developing services for independent living.

Protests against police brutality have been taking place in cities across the United States including in New York city.

An armed group and affiliates fighting for control of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, appear to have used antipersonnel landmines and booby traps there in late May 2020, Human Rights Watch said on June 03, 2020.

The United States government should initiate an internal investigation into the Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico” program, Human Rights Watch said after submitting a formal complaint to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on June 02, 2020. The department should be held accountable for its failure to protect asylum seekers under the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) program from routine targeting in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.

Two recent incidents in which six people were killed show the Nepali government has systematically failed to confront entrenched caste – or descent – based discrimination against Dalits, Human Rights Watch said on June 01, 2020. The government should ensure prompt and rigorous investigations by the police, free from political interference.

Serious allegations of abuse during Burundi’s May 20, 2020 elections should be investigated and those responsible held accountable.

Protests have been taking place in cities across the United States including in New York city.

The United States Senate Judiciary Committee should reject a proposed law that would jeopardize privacy and free expression rights without effectively protecting children from online sexual exploitation, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to the committee’s leadership on June 01, 2020.

Six years before George Floyd was killed in police custody in the city of Minneapolis, protestors in New York City demonstrated against the police shooting of Michael Brown.