February 7, 2017
February 7, 2017
HRW Submission to the UN Human Rights Council on Turkmenistan
February 7, 2017
Paid Family Leave Matters — For All Workers
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/images/photographs/2011_US_WorkingMom.jpg?itok=7x0z3KwX)
February 7, 2017
Philippine Lawmaker Declares Abusive ‘Drug War’ A Failure
Senator Demands Public Health Strategy for Drug Problem
![Boys undergoing drug rehabilitation are pictured inside a dormitory at a government run rehab center in Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines December 12, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-02-philippines-asia-drug-rehab.jpg?itok=tkNMUxvD)
February 7, 2017
Chile Takes First Step Toward Marriage Equality
President Bachelet Fulfil Promise to Push for Bill
![Chile's government house is illuminated with rainbow colours to mark International Day Against Homophobia in Santiago, Chile, May 17, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-02-chile-americas-lgbt.jpg?itok=jXZ8-c_i)
February 7, 2017
Cambodia: Drop Farcical Investigation of Human Rights Defenders
Leading Rights Groups Protest Pattern of Intimidation
![Phnom Penh 20170207 PHTO](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/cambodia2.jpg?itok=hVv5FX99)
February 7, 2017
Widowed, Left with Nothing
![Two widows in eastern Zimbabwe, facing harassment from in-laws who are trying to force them to vacate their homes and fields. Rural Eastern Zimbabwe, October 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-01-africa-zimbabwe-cover__0.jpg?itok=Bl_vF4DR)
February 6, 2017
Afghanistan’s Civilian Casualties Hit Record High in 2016
Deaths and Injuries of Children Soar From Unexploded Ordnance, Aerial Operations
![Afghan men carry empty coffins for the victims of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan July 24, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-02-afghanistan-asia-civilian-deaths.jpg?itok=SOXkgsrY)
February 6, 2017
Thailand: Reopen Case of 'Disappeared' Activist
Justice Marred by Cover-Up, Shoddy Inquiries, and Gaps in Law
![Billy Thai Presser 20170206](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/billy.jpeg?itok=IucN-DqM)
February 6, 2017
An Experience of Pain and Anguish
African Governments Should Do More to End Female Genital Mutilation
![Pion H., 12, was 10-years-old when her father tried to force her to undergo female genital mutilation (FG M) and marry a much older man.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-01-tanzania-africa-fgm.jpg?itok=fhgd9dUb)
February 6, 2017
Burma: Security Forces Raped Rohingya Women, Girls
New Eyewitness Accounts Show Systematic Attacks Based on Ethnicity, Religion
![A Rohingya Muslim woman walks at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, on February 4, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/rtx2zmsa.jpeg?itok=HD9ycn9t)
February 6, 2017
EU red carpet for Azerbaijan sends wrong message
February 6, 2017
Joint NGO Letter to the European Union Officials
Regarding Azerbaijan President Aliyev's Visit to Brussels
February 6, 2017
Azerbaijan/EU: Brussels Should Press Rights Issue
Use High-Level Talks to Secure Change
![President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev attends a news conference, Berlin, Germany, June 7, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/aliyev.jpg?itok=NbFowygE)
February 6, 2017
Saudi Arabia: Intensified Repression of Writers, Activists
Rising Arrests, Prosecutions
![Nadhir al-Majed](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/nadhir_al-majid_photo_2017-02-02_13-41-14.jpg?itok=8d43RatP)