August 24, 2015
August 24, 2015
Morocco/Western Sahara: Rights Group Legalized
Taboo Appears Over, but Proof Will be Change in Practice
August 24, 2015
Jordan: Two Face Charges for Criticizing Government
Newspaper Editor, Professor Arrested Over Peaceful Comments
August 23, 2015
Burma: Discriminatory Laws Could Stoke Communal Tensions
New Laws Target Muslims, Other Religious Minorities
![March](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/2015_asia_burma_march.jpg?itok=GJDWIOI4)
August 22, 2015
Israel: Surge in Unlawful Palestinian Home Demolitions
126 in West Bank Left Homeless
![A Palestinian Bedouin carries his child as he walks past his caravan that was demolished by Israeli bulldozers near the Israeli settlement of Karmel, in the village of Um Alkhier near the West Bank city of Hebron October 27, 2014.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/israel-bedouin.jpg?itok=VHiIQ0d5)
August 22, 2015
Macedonia: Stop Police Violence Against Migrants
Investigate, Punish Abuse, Ensure Shelter
![macedonia greece migrants](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/2015-08-22t142903z_1_lynxnpeb7l0bc_rtroptp_2_europe-migrants-greece.jpg?itok=qJGpmVew)
August 22, 2015
Lebanon: Police Violence Against Protesters
Investigation Needed; Respect Right to Peaceful Assembly
![lebanon protest garbage](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/lebphoto.jpg?itok=SShVe02Q)
August 21, 2015
Safe Zones in Name Only
![The proposed “safe zone” on the border of Turkey and Syria](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/syria_map.jpg?itok=1XrrTwhj)
August 21, 2015
Best of Dispatches: Top News Posts This Week
![saudi women](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/rtr2tobf_layout_comp.jpg?itok=sry2GCUr)
August 21, 2015
Most Popular on Twitter - Top Tweets of the Week
![saudi women](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/rtr2tobf_layout_comp.jpg?itok=sry2GCUr)
August 21, 2015
Dispatches: Gagging the Critics in China
![china lawyers](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/2015-7-china-asia-lawyers.jpg?itok=YlvSEXK_)
August 20, 2015
Douma: Syria’s horrors need the world’s attention
The world cannot afford the apathy and resignation it is demonstrating in the face of bloodshed in Syria and the broader region - civilians deserve protection
![Syrian emergency personnel gather around dead bodies wrapped in shrouds following air strikes by Syrian government forces on a marketplace in the rebel-held area of Douma, east of the capital Damascus, Syria on August 16, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/gettyimages-484229294.jpg?itok=qJ089Ea4)
August 20, 2015
Dispatches: Saudi Women Registering to Vote is a Start
![saudi women](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/rtr2tobf_layout_comp.jpg?itok=sry2GCUr)