![Saudi authorities arrested Salman al-Awda and over a dozen others in what appears to be a coordinated crackdown on dissent. © 2009 Marwan Almuraisy (Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709mena_saudi_salmanawdda.jpg?itok=yjX9behn)
![Saudi authorities arrested Salman al-Awda and over a dozen others in what appears to be a coordinated crackdown on dissent. © 2009 Marwan Almuraisy (Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709mena_saudi_salmanawdda.jpg?itok=yjX9behn)
September 15, 2017
Refugees and the German elections
![201709eca_germany_campaignposters](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709eca_germany_campaignposters.jpg?itok=gnVDnvYF)
September 15, 2017
Ukraine: Woman Detained, Held Incommunicado, Tortured
Ensure Due Process; Investigate Torture, Liberty Violations
![201709eca_ukraine_daria](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709eca_ukraine_daria.jpg?itok=TJ3DN5YI)
September 15, 2017
Burma: Military Torches Homes Near Border
New Satellite Images, Data Show 62 Destroyed Rohingya Villages
![Smoke is seen rising from Burma’s Taung Pyo Let War village from across the border in Bangladesh.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709asia_burma_fires.jpg?itok=oO5HtTBt)
September 14, 2017
Indonesia’s Attorney General Rejects LGBT Discrimination
All Government Agencies Should Follow Suit
![Indonesia's Attorney General Muhammad Prasetyo speaks to journalists about the upcoming executions at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia April 28, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709asia_indonesia_prasetyo.jpg?itok=MVLxv8I6)
September 14, 2017
Q & A: US Warrantless Surveillance Under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
![FBI building](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709usp_fbi_qa.jpg?itok=hPSY80hy)
September 14, 2017
Intersex Kids Need US Pediatricians’ Support
Time For American Academy of Pediatrics to Oppose Unnecessary Surgeries on Intersex Kids
![A group of Doctors meet in the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi October 4, 2013.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709united_states_health_doctor.jpg?itok=41E8V-vN)
September 14, 2017
Egypt: Detained Couple Denied Fundamental Rights
Arbitrarily Arrested; Held Absent 'Official' Charges
![Interior Ministry forces arrested Ola al-Qaradawi, 55, and her husband, Hosam Khalaf, 58, without a warrant over an alleged Muslim Brotherhood link.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709mena_egypt_qaradawi_and_khalaf.jpg?itok=LXsS0zGL)
September 14, 2017
Will Macron Have Courage to End Arms Sales to Saudis?
![People stand at the site of a Saudi-led air strike on an outskirt of the northwestern city of Saada, Yemen, August 4, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709mena_yemen_saada.jpg?itok=RaIumBQj)
September 14, 2017
Prevent a Lost Generation of Syrian Children
![Syrian children and schools in Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709childrensrights_syrianrefugees_photo_presser.jpg?itok=CiFkIuRu)
September 14, 2017
Syrian Refugee Children’s Uncertain School Aid
Murky Money Trail, Missed Targets, Missing Data
![Syrian children in an informal refugee camp in the Bekaa Valley.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709childrensrights_syrianrefugees_presserpreview_1.jpg?itok=dJBgZQoK)
September 14, 2017
Drastic Drop in US Admissions is Bad News for Muslim Refugees
![A police officer walks past people as they gather to protest against the travel ban imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order, at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in Dallas, Texas, U.S. January 28, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-05-us-immigration-refugee-rights.jpg?itok=8vKcIxo0)
September 13, 2017
Sri Lanka: 2 Years On, Scant Progress on UN Resolution
Human Rights Council Should Seek Timeline for Action
![Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights gives his opening remarks at the 36th Session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland September 11, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709asia_srilanka_un.jpg?itok=YxzTFGfr)
![Juíz Fernando Mendonça conduz uma audiência de custódia em janeiro de 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2015ame_brazil_prisons_reblur_13.jpg?itok=rnzMH7YS)
September 13, 2017
US Justice Department Looks to Curtail LGBT Protections
Recent Positions Help Legitimize Discrimination
![A wedding cake at a reception for same sex couples is seen at The Abbey in West Hollywood, California, July 1, 2013.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709us_lgbt_cake.jpg?itok=lfQ6TPNH)