![Students protesting against a discriminatory government decision limiting enrollment in public university to 24 years, hold up signs that say “education is a right for all.”](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201911mena_mauritania_protests.jpg?itok=Xdq2uhTe)
![Students protesting against a discriminatory government decision limiting enrollment in public university to 24 years, hold up signs that say “education is a right for all.”](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201911mena_mauritania_protests.jpg?itok=Xdq2uhTe)
![Government of National Accord fighters take positions during clashes with east-based fighters from the Libyan National Army at Al-Yarmouk frontline in Tripoli, Libya on August 29, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202001wr_libya_human_rights.jpg?itok=Xe7pfDOL)
January 14, 2020
Lebanon: Little Action on Corruption, Economic Crisis
Ensure Access to Basic Services
![Anti-government protesters wave Lebanese flags during ongoing anti-government protests, in Beirut, Lebanon, November 10, 2019. The Arabic on the fist reads "Revolution."](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201912mena_lebnon_wr.jpg?itok=wHokRvvd)
January 14, 2020
Jordan: Stepped Up Arrests of Activists, Protesters
Little Progress on Women’s Rights
![Security forces block a road as teachers protest in Amman, Jordan, September 5, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202001wr_jordan_human_rights.jpg?itok=2NnIjwmn)
January 14, 2020
Iran: Bloody Crackdown on Dissent
Arbitrary Arrests, Use of Lethal force against Protests
![Iranian protesters gather around a burning car during a demonstration against an increase in gasoline prices in the capital Tehran, on November 16, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201912mena_iran_wr.jpg?itok=r6tKjieB)
January 14, 2020
Egypt: Resilient Resistance to Fierce Repression
Authorities Equate Peaceful Dissent with ‘Terrorism’
![Small groups of protesters gather in central Cairo shouting anti-government slogans in Cairo, Egypt September 21, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202001wr_egypt_human_rights.jpg?itok=u5NRP_j6)
![Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, left, is greeted by French President Emmanuel Macron before a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Tuesday, April 30, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201912mena_bahrain_wr.jpg?itok=dwX5wNsw)
January 14, 2020
EU: Steps Toward Rights-Based Leadership
But Stronger Defense of Rights by EU States Needed on Migration
![Women hold candles and European Union flag as they demonstrate in solidarity with Polish judges in front of the Ministry of Justice on December 1, 2019 in Warsaw, Poland.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202001eca_eu_take2.jpg?itok=M3VHVQvd)
January 14, 2020
Turkey: Release Jailed Critics, Respect Election Results
Erdogan Presidency Silences Dissent, Removes Elected Officials
![Supporters and relatives of human rights defender Osman Kavala and 15 others on trial for allegedly organizing the 2013 Gezi Park protests queue outside the Silivri Prison court house, Istanbul, June 24, 2019. Thousands are arbitrarily detained on terrori](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201912eca_turkey_worldreport.jpg?itok=5453fKK8)
January 14, 2020
Central Asia: Reform Pledges Yet to Materialize
End Arbitrary Detention, Speech Restrictions
![An Uzbekistan cotton grower works in a cotton plantation outside Tashkent, on October 24, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202001wr_uzbekistan_human_rights.jpg?itok=N-kVcqrd)
January 14, 2020
Ukraine: Mixed Record on Rights, Cautious Hope for Reform
Anti-Corruption Measures Advance, Other Problems Stalled
![Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov, jailed on groundless terrorism charges in Russia, hugs his daughter at a welcoming ceremony at Borispil International Airport outside Kiev.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202001wr_ukraine_human_rights.jpg?itok=q3_JDq3A)
January 14, 2020
Russia: Race to the Bottom on Rights
Repressive Laws, Charges Against Critics, Impunity for Abuse
![A protestor observes riot police during a peaceful protest in Central Moscow on August 10, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202001wr_russia_human_rights.jpg?itok=Ojr3AvVB)
January 14, 2020
US: Punitive Policies Undercut Rights
Migrants, Refugees, People of Color, Women Face Greatest Harms
![202001wr_US_human_rights](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202001wr_us_human_rights.jpg?itok=gb-Tbhjg)
January 14, 2020
Brazil: Address Lawlessness in the Amazon
Encouraging Killings by Police Harms Public Safety
![201909ENV_Brazil_main](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201909env_brazil_main.jpg?itok=LFQIRQup)
January 14, 2020
North Korea: Systematic Repression
Totalitarianism Empowered with Absence of International Pressure
![North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sits in his vehicle after arriving at a railway station in Dong Dang, Vietnam, February 26, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/202001wr_north_korea_human_rights.jpg?itok=AXqzLUD6)