September 26, 2017
September 26, 2017
Ukraine: Respect Human Rights and the Rule of Law
Item 10 Interactive dialogue on the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights periodic update on Ukraine
![2017-wr-ukraine-presser](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/ukraine.jpg?itok=bHAPdA7t)
September 26, 2017
Brazil: Reject Trying Children as Adults
Congress Set to Vote on Harmful Constitutional Amendment
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/images/photographs/2015AME_Brazil_Juvenile_0.jpg?itok=pVyEc9VL)
September 26, 2017
Saudi Arabia: Official Hate Speech Targets Minorities
Incitement Leads to Discrimination Against Shia, Other Groups
![Illustration of a sword made out of writing © 2017 Adam Maida for Human Rights Watch](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709middleeast_saudiarabia_hatespeech_main_eng.jpg?itok=nWiXEtQ-)
September 26, 2017
Azerbaijan Faces Legal Action for Defying European Court
Government should Release Ilgar Mammadov, Other Unjustly Imprisoned Activists
![Ilgar Mammadov](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-01-azerbaijan-eca-mammadov.jpg?itok=0BLcOiz_)
September 26, 2017
DR Congo: Free Rights Activists
Halt Crackdown on Peaceful Assembly, Freedom of Expression
![Prominent human rights activist and president of the nongovernmental organization Justicia, Timothée Mbuya, was arrested in Lubumbashi on July 31, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707africa_congo_blog073117arrests.jpg?itok=P4Fg_a2C)
September 25, 2017
Interpol: Address China’s ‘Red Notice’ Abuses
Global Police Organization Should Protect Against Wrongful Arrests, Extradition
![China's Vice Minister of Public Security Meng Hongwei speaks at Interpol's general assembly in Bali in October 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709asia_china_interpol.jpg?itok=f-DW0qh3)
September 25, 2017
Burma: Military Commits Crimes Against Humanity
Expulsions, Murder, Rape, Persecution of Rohingya
![Rohingya refugees shortly after arrival in Bangladesh.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709asia_burma_cah1.jpg?itok=KOU6zOBg)
September 25, 2017
Crimes against Humanity by Burmese Security Forces Against the Rohingya Muslim Population in Northern Rakhine State since August 25, 2017
![Smoke is seen on Myanmar's side of border as an old Rohingya refugee woman is carried after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border by boat through the Bay of Bengal in Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, September 15, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709asia_thailand_rohingya.jpg?itok=0uIX3hcW)
September 25, 2017
Canada Has a Toxic Mercury Blind Spot
![Sign entering Grassy Narrows, Ontario, Canada.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-02-canada-americas-mercury-ontario.jpg?itok=4nZECLXE)
September 25, 2017
Greece Should Do Better on Transgender Legal Recognition
While Bill is an Improvement, Abusive Tenants Remain
![A protestor waves a rainbow flag during a gay protest outside the Greek parliament in Athens September 29, 2008.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709europe_greece_lgbt.jpg?itok=nDif4d7G)
September 25, 2017
Long Past Time for Sanctions on Myanmar’s Generals
![A Tatmadaw sign outside Mandalay Palace in Mandalay, Myanmar.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709asia_burma_sanctions_0.jpg?itok=pMRymj2Z)
September 25, 2017
Indonesia Sends Ominous Signal to Religious Minorities
Government Rejects UN Members’ Concerns Over Country’s Blasphemy Law
![Two men hold the Indonesian flag as the compound of the Gafatar sect burns after being set on fire by local villagers, at Antibar village, West Kalimantan province, on January 19, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-wr-indonesia.jpg?itok=LbYnat1i)