October 7, 2016
October 7, 2016
Why Anna Politkovskaya Still Inspires
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/images/photographs/2009_Russia_AnnaPolitkovskaya.jpg?itok=fXM2NuIq)
October 7, 2016
Turkey: Independent TV News Silenced
Prolonged State of Emergency Used to Censor Media
![2016-10-eca-turkey-tv](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-10-eca-turkey-tv.png?itok=V_ztJma5)
October 6, 2016
Tajikistan: Long Prison Terms for Rights Lawyers
Serious Blow to Independence of Legal Profession
![Buzurgmehr Yorov. © 2015 RFE/RL](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/6df87a71-a2eb-41f3-8ba6-857a707e8963_w640_r1_s.jpg?itok=AjAV7xdj)
October 6, 2016
Execution Looms for Iranian Child Bride
![Zeinab Sokian](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-10-iran-mean-zeinab-sokian.jpg?itok=FtF_8Wnu)
October 6, 2016
Afghanistan Donors Splash Cash, Bury Rights
Urge to Press the Government for Action Is Long Gone
![DATE IMPORTED:October 05, 2016(Front Row L-R) Afghanistan's Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, President Ashraf Ghani, European Council President Donald Tusk, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, U.S.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-10-afghanistan-asia-conference-donors.jpg?itok=6G_ljHzJ)
October 6, 2016
US Should Stop Making Excuses for Saudi Violations in Yemen
![Rubble from a residential house in Saada City, Yemen. An airstrike almost completely destroyed the house on May 6, 2015, killing 27 members of one family. © 2015 Ole Solvang/Human Rights Watch](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/3_4.jpg?itok=lcTIHq3-)
October 6, 2016
Universal Periodic Review Submission on Tunisia
Third cycle of the UPR, 27th session
![Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration against the economic reconciliation bill at Bourguiba Avenue in Tunis](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/rtssf0_layout_comp.jpg?itok=lwoJbgQ4)
October 6, 2016
Universal Periodic Review Submission on Algeria
Third cycle of the UPR, 27th session
![Photo of Algerian President on April 28, 2014](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/rtr3mxvx.jpg?itok=0JsVvIjh)
October 6, 2016
Human Rights Council, establish a Commission of Inquiry on Burundi
Joint NGO letter to Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council
![The seat of Burundi delegation is pictured before a special session of the Human Rights Council on the situation in Burundi in Geneva, Switzerland December 17, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-09-burundi-africa-hrc-un.jpg?itok=hP_0lEBx)
October 6, 2016
Letter to President Santos on Future of Peace Process
October 6, 2016
What Does Hungary's Migrant Quotas Referendum Mean for Europe?
![Hungarian police patrol the border with Serbia in Röszke, Hungary. The Hungarian government put up the razor-wire fence in an effort to stem the flow of refugees and migrants into Hungary. September 3, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/2015-9-hungary-eca-refugees_13.jpg?itok=Nuqa4Igj)
October 6, 2016
EU Needs a New Approach to Ethiopia
![Security officials watch as demonstrators chant slogans while flashing the protest gesture during Irreecha, the thanksgiving festival of the Oromo people, in Bishoftu town, Oromia region, Ethiopia, on October 2, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/ethiopia_2.jpg?itok=emRLHrBw)