![In its August 2018 report on Faisaliya detention facility, Human Rights Watch interviewed Mahmoud who said he was hung in the “bazoona” position at least six times while in detention, for hours. He said that at least four of those times, he lost conscious](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201808mena_iraq_bazoona.jpg?itok=jeTCkrhK)
![In its August 2018 report on Faisaliya detention facility, Human Rights Watch interviewed Mahmoud who said he was hung in the “bazoona” position at least six times while in detention, for hours. He said that at least four of those times, he lost conscious](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201808mena_iraq_bazoona.jpg?itok=jeTCkrhK)
![Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi, right, and first lady Cho Cho, left, smile as they take part in the first day of Myanmar traditional water festival, also known as Myanmar New Year, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar Saturday, April 13, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201904asia_myanmar_suukyi.jpg?itok=Gj5cM29T)
April 17, 2019
If Brunei’s New Stoning Law is Enforced, Sanction the Sultan
![Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah delivers a speech during the launch of Commemorative Notes of the 50th Anniversary of the Currency Interchangeability Agreement between Singapore and Brunei at the Istana Wednesday, July 5, 2017, in Singapore.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201904asia_brunei_sultan_hassanal.jpg?itok=Ks4o1GcH)
April 17, 2019
Despite Progress, Torture in Afghanistan Still ‘Disturbingly High’
UN Finds ‘Staggering’ Numbers Tortured in Kandahar
![Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaks during during a peace and security cooperation conference in Kabul, Afghanistan February 28, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201805asia_afghanistan_ghani.jpg?itok=nnE0YgeR)
April 17, 2019
Who Cares About Kenyan Women?
Authorities Remain Silent Despite Rising Public Outcry on Violence Against Women
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April 17, 2019
Guinea: Create Special Unit to Probe Protest Deaths
Impunity for 2018 Violence, Rising Political Tension Raise Concern
![Anti-riot police clash with Guinean opposition supporters in Conakry on March 22, 2018. © 2018 CELLOU BINANI/AFP/Getty Images.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201904africa_guinea_protests.jpg?itok=ZZwfSeFc)
April 16, 2019
Forced Labor Lives on in Uzbekistan’s Cotton Fields
Reforms Need to Target the Underlying Soviet-Era System Encouraging Forced Labor
![Women carrying bags of cotton to be weighed and loaded onto a truck in Jizzakh region during the 2016 cotton harvest. The government typically requires people to meet a daily quota of cotton picked, from which the costs of food and transport are deducted.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706business_uzbekistan_photo_cotton_16.jpg?itok=SuzKNgja)
April 16, 2019
US Does Not Nominate Representative to Critical Rights Body
CERD will Continue to Monitor Abuses in US
![President Donald Trump walks out to begin speaking at an event in the Rose Garden at the White House to declare a national emergency in order to build a wall along the southern border](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201902refugees_trump_borderwall.jpg?itok=ZfkbQPRv)
April 16, 2019
Israel: Human Rights Watch Official’s Deportation Reinstated
Court Ruling Centers on Reporting Business Ties to Settlements
![A dossier compiled by Israel’s Strategic Affairs and Public Diplomacy Ministry on the activities of Omar Shakir, Human Rights Watch’s Israel and Palestine Director, which served as the basis for the government’s May 7, 2018 decision to revoke his work vis](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201805mena_israel_dossier.png?itok=mcul9ZjU)
April 16, 2019
She Accused Assange of Rape. Give Her a Chance for Justice
UK, Deciding Assange's Fate, Should Give Sweden Time to Evaluate Rape Case
![201904europe_uk_ecuador_assange](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201904europe_uk_ecuador_assange.jpg?itok=zj0JFcMt)
April 16, 2019
Interview: The Dangers of Opposing Mining in South Africa
Left Destitute and Sick, Communities Defy Police Abuse and Threats to Assert their Rights
![Coal mine in Somkhele viewed from Ocilwane village in Fuleni, KwaZulu-Natal. © 2018 Rob Symons](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201904ehr_southafrica_mining_backimage.jpg?itok=IlsR3Hrm)