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The arrest of a magazine editor for posting comments critical of the military on his Facebook page is emblematic of the military government’s deepening disregard for fundamental rights and freedoms, Human Rights Watch said. Thai military authorities should stop arbitrarily arresting and detaining peaceful critics of the May 22, 2014 military coup and of martial law.

The Nepal government should act immediately to fix crucial flaws in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Act, particularly those highlighted in a new United Nations evaluation, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the International Commission of Jurists said.

Carabinieri officers on duty in Italy.

A precious food distribution in South Sudan. UNHCR and WFP fear that too many people may be cut off from assistance if conflict continues in the country.

A woman wearing a niqab speaks with the media in Paris on April 11, 2011.

Israel’s military operations in the West Bank following the abduction and killing of three Israeli teenagers have amounted to collective punishment. The military operations included unlawful use of force, arbitrary arrests, and illegal home demolitions. During raids on Palestinian towns, refugee camps, and villages, Israeli forces have shot and killed at least five Palestinians and arrested and detained at least 150 more without charge.

The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, and the Prime Minister of Montenegro, Milo Đukanović, Podgorica, 2 July 2014.

Former child soldiers draw in a UNICEF-assisted transit centre in the Central African Republic (CAR).

Siblings take shelter in a school in Duhok Governorate, Iraq, after fleeing recent fighting.