Kuwait Releases Protesters on Bail
Opportunity for Judiciary to Uphold Free Speech, Peaceful Assembly
![Kuwaitis protest outside the parliament building in Kuwait City November 16, 2011.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201802middleeast_kuwait_parliament_protest.jpg?itok=INeLWVof)
Somalia: Detained Children Face Abuse
Emphasize Rehabilitation, Develop Child-Specific Procedures
![A prison warden at a prison in Garowe, Puntland state, in northeastern Somalia, December 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201802africa_somalia_abuses_main.jpg?itok=0YfTTnKe)
Interview: How Security Forces in Somalia Fail to Protect Children
After recruitment by Al-Shabab, children face difficult conditions in detention
![Photo of Somali children blindfolded.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201802afr_somalia_boys_arrests_yt_display_smaller.jpg?itok=c63oSYVI)
Cambodia: Reject Draft Amendments to the Constitution and Criminal Code
Joint CSO Statement on Legislative Assault on Rights
Kuwait/Philippines: Protect Filipino Migrant Workers
Migration Ban Increases Abuse Risk
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Tajikistan: Activist Forcibly Returned From Turkey
Faces Torture, Politically Motivated Prosecution
![IRPT activist Namunjon Sharipov in Istanbul, Turkey.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201802eca_tajikistan_sharipov.jpg?itok=sEawKTgd)
Philippine Government Bans Journalist from Presidential Palace
Locking Out Rappler News Site Threatens Media Freedoms
![Journalists work at the Rappler office in Metro Manila, Philippines, January 15, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801asia_philippines_rappler.jpg?itok=Y3KrPEpC)
Indonesia’s anti-LGBT drive should concern all Asia
Panic over sexuality puts reputation for tolerance on the line
![201802asia_indonesia_lgbt](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201802asia_indonesia_lgbt_0.jpg?itok=MjyWgL_Z)
What “Meaningful Progress” in Kazakhstan?
Group Misses Opportunity to Send Message on Government’s Rights Crackdown
![2016-12-06-eca-kazakhstan-worker](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/kazakhstan_worker.jpg?itok=5ljybNp_)
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The Steep Price of Probation in Missouri
State’s Private Probation System Cost Jason $10,000
![Logo of Community Probation Services, Inc.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201711bhr_tn_private_probation.png?itok=3vbFJ7mN)
"We stand in solidarity with civil society in Hungary"
Joint letter by more than 250 NGOs expressing their "grave concern" over the shrinking space for civil society in Hungary
![People protest in Heroes’ square against a new law that would undermine Central European University, a liberal graduate school of social sciences founded by U.S. financier George Soros in Budapest, Hungary, April 12, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801europe_hungary_university_protest.jpg?itok=_sWHwQmM)
United States: State Laws Threaten LGBT Equality
‘License to Discriminate’ Bills Imperil Access to Services
![In response to the state’s “license to discriminate” bill, Steve Long displays a sticker welcoming LGBT customers to his restaurant in Jackson, MS, on October 2, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201802us_lgbt_religious_main.jpg?itok=LffThYwq)
Interview: Licensing LGBT Discrimination in the US
![Demonstrators protest during oral arguments in the Masterpiece Cakeshop vs. Colorodo Civil Rights Commission case at the Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., December 5, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801lgbt_us_cakeshop.jpg?itok=O_ASgXLq)