![A man places flowers near a shisha bar where several people were killed on Wednesday night in Hanau, Germany, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202020eca_germany_hanau_shooting_.jpg?itok=hf6lv-6A)
![A man places flowers near a shisha bar where several people were killed on Wednesday night in Hanau, Germany, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202020eca_germany_hanau_shooting_.jpg?itok=hf6lv-6A)
February 20, 2020
Sudan: Progress on Rights, Justice, Key to Transition
Expedite Reform, Investigations, Prosecutions
![Human Rights Watch delegation met with Sudan’s chair of the Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Khartoum, February 11, 2020](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202002afr_sudan_burhan.jpg?itok=haPGWWsi)
February 20, 2020
Turkey: Prominent Civic Leader Rearrested After Acquittal
Osman Kavala’s Detention Shows Political Use of Courts
![Osman Kavala](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202002eca_turkey_kavala_.jpg?itok=kAb0XwC2)
February 20, 2020
Kenya: No Letup in Killings by Nairobi Police
Evidence Removed From Scenes; Failure to Investigate
![Man shot by police](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202002afr_kenya_police_killings_still.jpg?itok=-4RnC2cQ)
February 20, 2020
Kyrgyzstan: Free Ailing Rights Defender
Appeal Pending for Azimon Askarov, Convicted in Unfair Trial
![Ethnic Uzbek journalist Azimzhan Askarov, who was arbitrarily arrested, tortured, convicted after an unfair trial and jailed for life looks through metal bars during hearings at the Bishkek regional court, Kyrgyzstan.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202002eca_kyrgyzstan_askarov.jpg?itok=jEMWmJMm)
February 19, 2020
Philippines: Free Senator; End Attacks on Rights Defenders
Duterte Critic Leila de Lima Held 3 Years on Fabricated Charges
![Jailed Senator Leila de Lima votes during the midterm elections in Paranaque, Philippines, May 13, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202002asia_philippines_delima.jpg?itok=LAk8mBNk)
February 19, 2020
Yemeni Activist Wins Prestigious Human Rights Award
Huda Al-Sarari Courageously Documented UAE-Run Secret Prisons in Yemen
![Demonstrators hold up pictures of detainees and a sign demanding "Justice for the prisoners and justice for the innocent" during a 2017 demonstration in Aden, Yemen.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202002mena_yemen_hudaalsarari.jpg?itok=SoJtUD8U)
February 19, 2020
Mental Health Unfairly Raised After A Child Murder in Mexico
Authorities’ Comments on Victim’s Mother Are Stigmatizing
![Relatives post a photo of Fatima, a 7-year-old girl who was abducted from the entrance of the Enrique C. Rebsamen primary school and later murdered, at her home in Mexico City, February 17, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202002americas_mexico_fatimacecilia.jpg?itok=izF8St--)
February 19, 2020
Statement to the European Parliament’s Committee on Development on the Human Rights Situation in Eritrea
February 18, 2020
![Setting the stage for European Parliament election night, Brussels, May 24, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201906eca_european_parliament_elections_.jpg?itok=F7Mrx4Pa)
![A woman who was detained by rebel forces in South Sudan.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202002afr_southsudan_detainedwoman.jpg?itok=BKsBrOtb)
February 19, 2020
Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child’s review of Ukraine
87th pre-session
February 19, 2020
Guinea: Fear of Further Crackdown as Constitutional Poll Nears
Longstanding Impunity Fuels Abuses by Police, Gendarmes
![Des policiers arrêtent un homme lors d'une manifestation contre le projet de nouvelle constitution à Conakry, en Guinée, le 14 novembre 2019. © 2019 Cellou Binani/AFP via Getty Images](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202002africa_guinea_fndc.jpg?itok=Fw0nxqko)
February 19, 2020
South Sudan: Reform Abusive Security Agency
Restrict Powers, Free Detainees, Hold Violators to Account
![Riek Malul, taken in 2017. © 2017 Private.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202002africa_southsudan_riekmalul.jpg?itok=k10SfIpy)
February 19, 2020
Russia: Quash Conviction of Peaceful Protester
Clear Konstantin Kotov of All Charges, Repeal Repressive Protest Law
![Konstantin Kotov and his lawyer, Maria Eismont, wait for the verdict in his case at Moscow's Tverskoi district court, September 5, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201910eca_russia_kotov.jpg?itok=Jy-UFOtA)
February 19, 2020
Iran: Environmentalists’ Unjust Sentences Upheld
Detainees Faced Torture, Bogus Charges, Unfair Trials
![A campaign poster showing environmental activists, Taher Ghadirian, Niloufar Bayani, Amirhossein Khaleghi, Houman Jokar, Sam Rajabi, Sepideh Kashani, Morad Tahbaz and Abdolreza Kouhpayeh.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201808mena_iran_enviro.jpg?itok=xHbdRGG8)