!["Peter," 15, working alongside a teenage girl at an artisanal and small-scale mine in Odahu, Amansie West district, Ghana.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201805crd_ghana_petergirlminer.jpg?itok=8imoObmH)
!["Peter," 15, working alongside a teenage girl at an artisanal and small-scale mine in Odahu, Amansie West district, Ghana.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201805crd_ghana_petergirlminer.jpg?itok=8imoObmH)
May 9, 2018
Bangladesh: Protect Freedom of Expression
Repeal Draconian Section 57 but New Law Should Not Replicate Abuses
![Police in Bangladesh have registered hundreds of complaints under the Information and Communication Technology Act, including against authors of social media posts and journalists criticizing the political leadership and the ruling Awami League party.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201805asia_bangladesh_main.jpg?itok=jXJRO56H)
May 9, 2018
ASEAN Lawmakers Decry Indonesia’s ‘Rising Tide of Intolerance’
Regional Rights Group Warns of Religious Hatred, Vigilantism Imperiling Democracy
![Muslim protesters hold an anti-LGBT rally outside a mosque in the provincial capital Banda Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia February 2, 2018 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/Irwansyah Putra/](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201802asia_indonesia_lgbt_0.jpg?itok=MjyWgL_Z)
May 9, 2018
When Will Britain Step Up on Burma?
![Rohingya refugees cross the Naf River with an improvised raft to reach to Bangladesh in Teknaf, Bangladesh, November 12, 2017. Picture taken November 12, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain TO FIND ALL PICTURES SEARCH REUTERS PULITZER](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201805asia_burma_rohingya.jpg?itok=n_igxA-j)
May 9, 2018
New Philippine Prison Chief Threatens Killings of Jailed ‘Drug Lords’
Dela Rosa Already Linked to Alleged Crimes Against Humanity
![Ronald Dela Rosa talks to President Rodrigo Duterte at the Malacanang presidential palace in metro Manila, Philippines, January 19, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201802asia_indonesia_bato.jpg?itok=g4RUIUmd)
May 9, 2018
Protest Leader Becomes Armenia’s Prime Minister
Weeks of Demonstrations Culminate in Landmark Election
![Newly elected Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan meets with supporters in Yerevan, Armenia May 8, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201805eca_armenia_pashinyan.jpg?itok=FBrv41mD)
May 9, 2018
Time to Seek Hard Commitments on Uzbekistan’s Human Rights Record
UN Peer Review Should Press for Systemic Reforms
![Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters in New York, U.S., September 19, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801wr_uzbekistan_human_rights.jpg?itok=6mQ6QIYi)
May 8, 2018
Somaliland: Prosecutions Threaten Free Expression
Repeal Provisions that Criminalize Free Speech
![Naima Ahmed Ibrahim, a popular poet, was sentenced to three years in prison for promoting unity of Somaliland with Somalia. She was released on May 7, 2018, following a presidential pardon after spending more than three months in detention. © Private](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201805africa_somaliland_naimaibrahim.jpg?itok=K_-V-CXO)
May 8, 2018
Cambodia: Coerced Sale of Last Independent Newspaper
Phnom Penh Post Sold to Hun Sen-Linked Company Ahead of July Elections
![A man reads the Phnom Penh Post at a coffee shop in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, May 8, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201805asia_cambodia_post.jpg?itok=7QZrvW3Z)
May 8, 2018
Israel Orders Human Rights Watch Official Deported
Government-Compiled Dossier Accuses Organization of Promoting Boycotts
![Photo of an aircraft at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel on July 14, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/final.jpg?itok=zY2Fwsco)
May 8, 2018
UN Security Council: Refer Myanmar to ICC
Stand Up for Rohingya Victims of Crimes Against Humanity
![Rohingya refugees cross the Naf River with an improvised raft to reach to Bangladesh in Teknaf, Bangladesh, November 12, 2017. Picture taken November 12, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain TO FIND ALL PICTURES SEARCH REUTERS PULITZER](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201805asia_burma_rohingya.jpg?itok=n_igxA-j)