![Tanzania's President John Magufuli leaves after inspecting a guard of honour during his official visit to Nairobi, Kenya October 31, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201805africa_tanzania_magufuli.jpg?itok=b5XwYrbU)
![Tanzania's President John Magufuli leaves after inspecting a guard of honour during his official visit to Nairobi, Kenya October 31, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201805africa_tanzania_magufuli.jpg?itok=b5XwYrbU)
May 11, 2018
Protesters Detained in Kazakhstan
Demonstrators Protested Use of Torture, Politically Motivated Arrests
![Masked law enforcement officers detain protester at a May 10 rally in Almaty, Kazakhstan.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201805eca_kazakh_protest.jpg?itok=RCU7dn3Y)
May 11, 2018
The 2018 Human Rights Watch Film Festival
15 Films & Discussions Showcase Courageous Activists During Challenging Times
![Sea Wall](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201805film_festival_wea_wall.jpg?itok=j677thQm)
May 11, 2018
Brazil: New Evidence of Army Role in Rio Ambush
No Arrests 6 Months After Killings of 8 People
![A military vehicle is pictured during an operation after violent clashes between drug gangs in Rocinha slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 23, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201802americas_brazil_riokillings.jpg?itok=Z9ZGpzmK)
May 10, 2018
Maldives: Release Supreme Court Justices
End Attacks on Judiciary, Political Opposition
![Police officers stand guard near the opposition party headquarters after President Abdulla Yameen declared a state of emergency in Male, Maldives, February 6, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201805asia_maldives_emergency.jpg?itok=gP0DqRjX)
May 10, 2018
Diversity on Display at Eurovision
For Russia, Rare Relief From the “Gay Propaganda” Law
![A spectator takes a photo on a mobile phone before the Semi-Final 2 for Eurovision Song Contest 2018 at the Altice Arena hall in Lisbon, Portugal.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201805lgbt_eca_eurovision.jpg?itok=0h0HMaFC)
May 10, 2018
Libyan Torture Victims Get Long Overdue Apology From UK
Case Highlights Need for Justice for Wider UK Complicity in Overseas Torture
![Fatima Boudchar, wife of Libyan politician Hakim Belhadj, stands with their son Abderrahim, as she holds a letter of apology from Prime Minister Theresa May.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201805eca_unitedkingdom_fatimason.jpg?itok=NE6yLKJb)
May 10, 2018
Diamond Trade Still Fuels Human Suffering
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/images/photographs/2006_Zimbabwe_Diamonds.jpg?itok=d1C2DBpj)
May 10, 2018
Delaware Ends Child Marriage; 49 To Go and Counting
Better Protection in Afghanistan Than Some US States
![Sonia Ossorio of NOW-NYC addresses the crowd at a protest against US laws allowing child marriage.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-02-child-marriage-womens-rights-now-nyc.jpg?itok=CXZhmpHe)
May 10, 2018
Who Does the US Government Think Is an ‘Extremist’?
New Reporting Gives the Question Fresh Urgency
![A U.S. Air Force airman at Petersen Air Force Base in Colorado Springs.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201805us_airforce_surveillance.png?itok=NjonRQAc)
May 10, 2018
Netflix’s Philippine ‘drug war’ propagandist
![Participants display placards as they participate in a procession against plans to reimpose death penalty and intensify drug war during "Walk for Life" in Luneta park, Metro Manila, Philippines February 24, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201805asia_philippines_drugwar.jpg?itok=e5a6mYrq)
May 10, 2018
Attacks on Education Worsening Globally, Study Shows
![201805crd_global_attacks_education](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201805crd_global_attacks_education.jpeg?itok=FFs80UbP)
May 10, 2018
Latest Sudanese Attacks on Darfur Show Protection Needs
Peacekeepers Absent as Abusive Rapid Support Forces Strike Jebel Marra
![United Nations Mission in Darfur peacekeepers stand guard in Shagra village, North Darfur, October 18, 2012. © 2012 Reuters](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706africa_sudan_unamid.jpg?itok=lVPCXZQy)
May 10, 2018
Palestine: ‘Marry-Your-Rapist’ Law Repealed
Revoke Other Discriminatory Laws Against Women
![Photo showing a white dress symbolizing a bride produced by the Women’s Centre for Legal Aid and Counselling as part of their campaign to repeal article 308 which had allowed rapists to escape prosecution if they married their victims. The message in Arab](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201805wr_violance_against_women_in_palestine.jpg?itok=tB3sDK7c)
May 10, 2018
Russia’s ‘Gay Propaganda’ Censor Attacks Health Website
Shutdown of HIV Site the Latest Attack on Freedom of Expression
![An anti-gay rights activist shows a badge during a flash mob organized by gay rights protesters in St. Petersburg May 17, 2012.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201805lgbt_russia_parniplus.jpg?itok=ooF_OpdC)