![Activists in support of Shevchenko in Kazan, Russia.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202001eca_russia_activistskazan.jpg?itok=BsmxU_1-)
![Activists in support of Shevchenko in Kazan, Russia.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202001eca_russia_activistskazan.jpg?itok=BsmxU_1-)
India Failing on Kashmiri Human Rights
Some Easing, but Abusive Restrictions Persist
![An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard as snow falls in Srinagar, Kashmir, January 15, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202001asia_india_kashmir_snow.jpg?itok=6cel5uKQ)
Bhutan on Brink of Overturning Same-Sex Conduct Ban
Upper Chamber of Parliament Should Remove Stigmatizing Provision
![Tashi Tsheten, an LGBTQ activist from Bhutan.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202001asia_bhutan_lbt_tsheten.jpg?itok=lYM2TlUE)
Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on Zimbabwe
75th Session
Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on Ukraine
67th session
US Citizen Dies in Egyptian Prison
Congress Should Act as Trump Administration Turns Blind Eye to Egypt’s Abuses
![Mustafa Kassem](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202001mena_egypt_us_kassem.jpg?itok=BsraIGrn)
Lebanon: Police Violence Against Protesters
Scores Injured; Hold Officers to Account
![Riot police arrest a protester outside a police station in Beirut, Lebanon on Wednesday, January 15, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202001mena_lebanon_jan15protests.jpg?itok=6jJfGH8Z)
Morocco: 3 Years in Abusive Solitary Detention
Sentenced to Life in 2009 Unjust Mass Trial
![Abdelqader Belliraj, arriving at a courthouse in Salé, Morocco, in 2008.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202001mena_morocco_belliraj.jpg?itok=RKE4YOJ9)
US Government Challenges Apple on Encryption (Again)
Secure Devices Protect Users from Hacking and Surveillance
![Attorney General William Barr speaks during a tour of a federal prison in Edgefield, South Carolina](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201907us_barr_attorneygeneral_0.jpg?itok=a2auFZm5)
Why Legal ‘Innovation’ Might be Bad News for Rights in Russia
Putin’s Proposals Could Undermine Protections of International Law
![Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting on drafting constitutional changes at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, January 16, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202001europe_russia_putin.jpg?itok=gn7Ey2ds)
EU Parliament Calls for Release of Burundi Journalists
Ongoing Crackdown Undermines Credibility of Upcoming Elections, Say MEPs
![From left to right: Térence Mpozenzi, Agnès Ndirubusa, Christine Kamikazi, Egide Harerimana, and Adolphe Masabarakiza.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201910africa_burundi_iwacujournalists.jpeg?itok=AERBo9DJ)
Russia’s Bid to Block UN Financing for Syria Probe Defeated
General Assembly Fully Funds Investigation into Serious Crimes
![People walk past destruction from government airstrikes in the town of Ariha, in Idlib province, Syria, January 15, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202001mena_syria_idlib_airstrike.jpg?itok=tPqdWl1X)
Don’t Roll Back Progress on Bail
This is about basic freedom; the supposed risk to public safety is greatly exaggerated
![The front gate is pictured at the Taconic Correctional Facility in Bedford Hills, New York April 8, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-08-us-prison-newyork.jpg?itok=fHdUYd2n)
One Year of Ruinous Anti-Rights Policies in Brazil
![O presidente Jair Bolsonaro chega ao Ministério da Defesa, janeiro de 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/012020amer_brazil_bolsonaro.jpg?itok=Sq2Lo2E9)
The Year in Disability Rights
Despite Progress in 2019, People with Disabilities Are Too Often Marginalized, Abused
![A relative pushes John Biel Dup’s wheelchair through the dirt paths of Protection of Civilians Camp 3 in Juba,. The uneven paths make it difficult for people with physical disabilities to move around the camps..](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-05-africa-drd-southsudan-photo-02.jpg?itok=CCBK3uRc)