US/Mexico: Expelling Venezuelans Threatens Rights, Lives
Restore Access to Asylum at the Border
![Venezuelans walk near a bridge that crosses the Rio Grande River after being expelled from the United States into Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022. The Biden administration announced on Oct. 12, that Venezuelans who cross the border irregularly will be immediately expelled to Mexico without being allowed to seek asylum.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/10/202210Americas_Mexico_Venezuelans42.jpg?h=3181a3ec&itok=9ZggJ6KG)
Nepal: Next Parliament Should Prioritize Justice for Conflict Victims
Carry Out Supreme Court’s Law Reform Orders
![A man looks at a wall of portrait photos](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/11/202011asia_nepal_justice_main.jpg?h=f2fcf546&itok=V8QutyxH)
Russian Police are Torturing Anti-War Activists
Those standing up to the war report horrific instances of abuse at the hands of the authorities
Afghanistan: Women Protesters Detail Taliban Abuse
Ex-Detainees Describe Torture, Mistreatment of Their Families
![Taliban fighters fire into the air to disperse women protesters in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 13, 2022. © 2022/ AFP via Getty Images/Wakil Kohsar](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/10/202111asia_afghanistan_pm.jpg?h=b42c5fe7&itok=SzDmiwvO)
Qatar/FIFA: Reimburse Migrant Workers’ Recruitment Fees
Exorbitant Illegal Charges for People Hired to Build World Cup Infrastructure
![Parents of a deceased migrant worker in Nepal.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/09/202209asia_nepal_migrant_worker_death_qatar_parents_0.jpeg?h=08b866d1&itok=KrqftpkL)
Obstruction Threatens Probe into Disappeared Mexico Students
Official Interference Continues to Block Accountability in Ayotzinapa Case
![Families and friends march in Mexico City seeking justice for the missing 43 Ayotzinapa students on the eighth anniversary of their disappearance.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/10/202210latam_mexico_protest_disappeared_students.jpg?h=e59c519e&itok=ain4VkKN)
Indonesia Shamelessly Abandons Uyghurs
Jakarta Votes Against UN Rights Council Debate on Abuses in Xinjiang
![Indonesia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Retno Lestari Priansari Marsudi addresses the UN General Assembly.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/10/202210asia_indonesia_retno_marsudi.jpg?h=6645cb5b&itok=2dCsuhnO)
The EU Should Stop Exporting its Plastic Waste
![Illegally dumped plastic waste, including imported European plastic waste imports, near a residential neighborhood in Sultangazi, Istanbul, Turkey.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/10/202210ehr_turkey_eu_plastics_0.jpg?h=72907ee0&itok=qadzEJTy)
All Children Have a Right to Pre-Primary Education
UN Education Expert Recommends New Education Treaty
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Iraq: Iran Attacks Kill Civilians in Kurdistan Region
Civilians, Refugees Injured, Killed, Displaced
![A member of an Iranian opposition party based in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq lies injured on a hospital bed following Iranian air attacks, September 28, 2022.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/10/202210mena_iraq_koya.jpg?h=790be497&itok=S7PiEt2V)
Ukraine: Russian Forces Tortured Izium Detainees
Survivors Describe Beatings, Electric Shocks, Waterboarding
![“Boghdan” said soldiers forced him into the “parrot position” at least once. He said that in one instance the metal pipe was unable to carry his weight; when soldiers lifted him up, the pipe bent and broke.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/10/202210ccd_ukraine_torture_Boghdan_v2.jpg?h=44b879e5&itok=mrfXSFHn)
Where Are the Techno-Democracies?
![Labourers adjust newly installed surveillance cameras at Tiananmen Square ahead of National Day on September 28, 2005.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/10/202210asia_china_surveillance.jpg?h=5beef3bd&itok=bh1e94Xt)
Haiti: Urgently Address Cholera Outbreak
Donors, UN Should Deliver Fuel, Medicine; Governments Should Halt Forced Returns
![A tent where people suffering cholera symptoms are treated at a clinic run by Doctors Without Borders in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, October 7, 2022.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/10/202210AMericas_Haiti_choleraMSF.jpg?h=9eb0d413&itok=8sVQJ-v0)
Civilians in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region at Heightened Risk
International Community Should Act Now to Protect Population
![Displaced Tigrayans sit alongside metal shacks in Mekele, Ethiopia.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/10/202210afr_ethiopia_tigray_displacement.jpg?h=ada05aa9&itok=XvLsjPsu)