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Rwandan refugees, who fled the genocide, returning in July 1994 from Goma, Zaire, (now the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC).

The Malaysian government should reject a proposal made during parliamentary debates that the attorney general head the independent Bar Council, Human Rights Watch said on April 10, 2016. Such an action would give the government effective control over an institution that has long been an outspoken defender of human rights and the rule of law, and would threaten the independence of the country’s legal profession.

A WFP air drop.

Screenshot from a video apparently filmed by youths on March 9, 2016 in Beni Mellal, as they assaulted two men they accused of homosexuality.

Karen Bradley has used a speech at the United Nations to press global representatives for greater action to end modern slavery and free tens of millions of victims worldwide.

A group of refugees from South Sudan at a settlement in Uganda.

The European Commission proposals on European Union asylum policy overwhelmingly reflect the negative political climate in Europe and the trend toward curtailing refugee rights, Human Rights Watch said on April 8.

Child refugees in Idomeni, Greece,

Residents of the besieged city of Fallujah are starving. Iraqi government forces should urgently allow aid to enter the city, and the extremist group Islamic State, also known as ISIS, which captured the city in early 2014, should allow civilians to leave.

The European Commission proposals on European Union asylum policy overwhelmingly reflect the negative political climate in Europe and the trend toward curtailing refugee rights, Human Rights Watch said on April 8, 2016.