![Journalists, others gather around Vadim Boreiko, journalist and regular contributor to Ratel.kz, for comment after the April 5 court hearing against Ratel.kz and chief editor Marat Asipov.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201804eca_kazakhstan_boreiko.jpg?itok=UtS1x6yY)
![Journalists, others gather around Vadim Boreiko, journalist and regular contributor to Ratel.kz, for comment after the April 5 court hearing against Ratel.kz and chief editor Marat Asipov.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201804eca_kazakhstan_boreiko.jpg?itok=UtS1x6yY)
April 5, 2018
Saudi Arabia: Activist Marks 2 Years Behind Bars
Long Jail Terms for Peaceful Critics on Spurious Charges
![Fahad al-Fahad](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201803mena_saudi_fahed.jpg?itok=yV-fWB9g)
April 5, 2018
Azerbaijan Released Wrongly Jailed Journalist
At Least 10 Other Journalists or Bloggers Still Behind Bars Should Also Be Freed
![Jailed journalist Aziz Orujov released from prison, Baku, Azerbaijan, April 5, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201804europe_azerbaijan_press_orujov.jpg?itok=P_pJIIoJ)
April 5, 2018
US Should Create Laws to Protect Social Media Users’ Data
Congress Should Enact Binding Safeguards for Privacy, Other Rights
![A 3D-printed Facebook Like symbol is displayed in front of a U.S. flag in this illustration taken, March 18, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201804us_privacy_surveillance_facebook_internet.jpg?itok=mZHLVHYX)
April 5, 2018
When the Path to Safety Is Anything But
![Syrians run as they flee from the Syrian town of Ras al-Ain to Turkish border town of Ceylanpinar, Sanliurfa province](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201704mena_syria_borderturkey.jpg?itok=z767S-21)
April 5, 2018
Witness: Tobacco Farmers Kept in the Dark
Tobacco Companies Fail to Warn Zimbabwe’s Farmers of Nicotine Poisoning’s Dangers
![A woman sorts dried tobacco leaves in Harare, Zimbabwe while a child sits nearby.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201804africa_zimbabwe_tobacco_photo3.jpg?itok=CV2JZwlk)
April 5, 2018
Zimbabwe: Tobacco Work Harming Children
Government, Companies Failing to Protect Workers, Small-Scale Farmers
![A farmworker stands near a tobacco field on a farm east of Harare, Zimbabwe.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201804africa_zimbabwe_tobacco_main.jpg?itok=4CQth6Hl)
April 5, 2018
No Justice for Chechnya’s Anti-Gay Purge Victims
One Year Later, Victims Still Waiting for Effective Investigation
![Russian LGBT Network Director Igor Kochetkov (left) and Novaya Gazeta journalist Yelena Milashina (right) at a press conference at the Rosbalt press center in Moscow, Russia on April 3, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201804europe_russia_lgbt_kochetkov_gazeta_copy.png?itok=Q_tMTXIc)
April 5, 2018
KRG Response to War Crimes Allegations in Iraq Falls Short
KRG Denies Evidence of Mass Execution Despite Evidence
![© 2018 CNES - Airbus DS](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201802mena_iraq_map_executions_graphic_1.jpg?itok=sYawWIXr)
April 4, 2018
Vietnam: Drop Charges Against Human Rights Defenders
Environmental Activists Targeted as Repression Continues
![Top (left to right): Le Thu Ha, Nguyen Bac Truyen, and Nguyen Trung Ton Bottom (left to right): Nguyen Van Dai, Phạm Van Troi, and Truong Minh Duc](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201804asia_vietnam_environmentalists.jpg?itok=OH02VFwX)
April 4, 2018
China Detains 7 More North Korean Refugees
Forced Return Threatens Torture, Sexual Abuse, and Mistreatment
![2018년 3월 28일 평양의 조선중앙통신이 보도한 이 촬영날짜 미상의 사진에서 중국에 비공식 방문한 북한 지도자 김정은이 베이징에서 중국 시진핑 국가주석과 악수하고 있다.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201804asia_northkorea_china.jpg?itok=gNZbrg8j)
April 4, 2018
Trump’s Fearmongering about Migrant Caravan
US Congress Should Reject Draconian Asylum Policies
![Central American migrants take a break from traveling in their caravan, as they journey to the U.S., in Matias Romero, Oaxaca, Mexico April 3, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201804us_americas_immigration_migrants_asylum.jpg?itok=Xmoy_bUE)
April 4, 2018
To end the opioid epidemic, save lives, don’t take them
![Naloxone, a medicine that can reverse an opioid overdose. Massachusetts, US, August 8, 2017. © 2017 Reuters.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201708hhr_qa_naloxone.jpg?itok=LBKg6EPe)