October 28, 2016
October 27, 2016
Venezuela: Letter to Pope Francis
![Pope Francis poses with Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro during a meeting at the Vatican on June 17, 2013.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016_10_27_pope_letter_1.jpg?itok=R4-mJdti)
October 27, 2016
Afghanistan’s Mysterious Vanishing Plan on Women and Peace Talks
Donors Should Press Kabul to Live Up to Commitments
![A demonstrator attends a rally outside the Brussels Conference on Afghanistan, Belgium, October 5, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-10-afghanistan-asia-conference-protest-women.jpg?itok=NEZRd7Dg)
October 27, 2016
France: Unfinished Calais Efforts Leave Many at Risk
Scores of Unaccompanied Children, Adults Stranded as Relocation Ended
![A group of boys from the Calais migrant camp tries to stay warm where they are sleeping overnight in the hope that registration of unaccompanied children and adults would resume in the morning, October 26, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016.10.crd-france-calais-boyss2.jpg?itok=8flG_sCu)
October 27, 2016
Recorded ‘Honor’ Killings on the Rise in Jordan
Alarm Grows With 26 Murders So Far This Year
October 27, 2016
Joint Letter to President Obama Re: Encryption
October 27, 2016
African Commission Should Support Rights in Gambia
Opposition Activists Jailed Ahead of Presidential Election
![Members of the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP), including UDP leader Ousainou Darboe, march in Banjul on April 16 to protest the death in custody of opposition activist Solo Sandeng. Gambian security forces beat protestors with batons and arreste](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/getty_gambia_photo_oped.jpeg?itok=D0GY2sEm)
![Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault and President Xi Jinping meet in Beijing, China.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-10-china-asia-ayrault.jpg?itok=RCEfIKlY)
October 27, 2016
Côte d’Ivoire: Respect Rights of “No” Campaign for Referendum
Respecting Rights of Opposition Key to Democratic Process
![A man holds a placard during a rally, ahead of the referendum for a new constitution, in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire on October 22, 2016. The placard reads “Yes to a new Côte d’Ivoire.”](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/oui_cdi.jpg?itok=bZWYdxWB)
October 27, 2016
KRG: Men, Boys Fleeing Fighting Arbitrarily Detained
Those From Mosul, Hawija Held Without Evidence
![Fenced area next to the Degaba IDP camp where men and boys over 14 who have fled fighting in Mosul and Hawija are being arbitrarily detained by KRG security forces for weeks at a time.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/img_2971.jpg?itok=_57b3TxZ)
October 27, 2016
Burundi: ICC Withdrawal Major Loss to Victims
Latest Move Shows Government’s Disregard for Victims
![Residents outside their houses in Nyakabiga, in the Burundian capital Bujumbura, look at the body of a man shot dead on December 11, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/burundi_presser_main_photo.png?itok=IGL_SpBK)
October 26, 2016
Speech Restrictions Cannot be Wordplay
Governments Should Ensure Rights Offline are Respected Online
![A man is silhouetted near logos of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) and Wikipedia in this photo illustration taken in Sarajevo March 11, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-10-surveillance-free-speech-internet.jpg?itok=C8WXfO3I)
October 26, 2016
National Geographic’s ‘Afghan Girl’ Faces Deportation from Pakistan
As Pakistan Coerces Refugees to Return, Woman from Iconic Photo Arrested
![Visitors look at the "Afghan Girl" photo during U.S. photographer Steve McCurry's exhibition at the Asian Civilisation Museum in Singapore June 26, 2009.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-10-afghanistan-asia-national-geographic-girl_0.jpg?itok=XUK3TBg9)
October 26, 2016
Azerbaijan: Transparency Group Insists on Reforms
4 Months to Repeal Restrictive Laws or Face Suspension
![2016-10-eca-azerbaijan-eiti](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/azerbaijan_.jpg?itok=Cb8aV1pF)