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Violence erupted in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, as thousands of opposition activists protested the government's victory in a disputed election. Human rights activists said one protester was killed by a gunshot to the head during a street battle with police.

Sayed Alwadeai in London on September 12, 2013.

Libyan women queue up to vote on election day in July 2012.

An ODIHR delegation visited human rights defender Azimjan Askarov in prison in Bishkek on 15 December 2011.

Bahrain security forces routinely detain children without cause and subject them to ill-treatment that may rise to the level of torture, Human Rights Watch said, based on reports from victims, family members and legal rights activists.

The international treaty banning cluster munitions is gaining in strength despite Syria’s use of the weapons, Human Rights Watch said as a diplomatic meeting of the convention concluded in Lusaka, Zambia.

Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos talks to refugee children living in a school in Damascus during a visit to Syria in August 2012.

Young girls collect water in Taiz, Yemen.

Press Encounter with Mr. Paulo Pinheiro, Chairman of the Commission of the Inquiry on Syria.

UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Flavia Pansieri.