August 19, 2016
August 19, 2016
US: Kerry’s Rights Priorities for Africa, Saudi Trip
Opportunity to Press for Equal Rights, Rule of Law
![US Secretary of State John Kerry gestures as he speaks at a news conference at the Nairobi Sankara Hotel on May 4, 2015, in Nairobi, Kenya.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/rtx1bhzd_layout_comp.jpg?itok=uKk4tK35)
August 19, 2016
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
![A still from video shows Omran, the 5-year old boy who was pulled out of the rubble after an airstrike in Aleppo, Syria on August 17, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/screen_shot_2016-08-18_at_6.28.24_pm.png?itok=Dk23tZqY)
August 19, 2016
South Africa: Little Progress for Youth With Disabilities
Government Should Keep Promise to Open School Doors
![Amanda from Zama-Zama, KwaZulu-Natal province](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/image003_0.jpg?itok=A9zPHtbi)
August 19, 2016
Azerbaijan: Activist Arrested, Held Incommunicado
Free Government Critic; Respect Due Process Rights
![2016-8-eca-azerbaijan-elgiz-gahraman](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-8-azerbaijan-elgiz-gahraman.jpg?itok=Dc3nbZdY)
August 19, 2016
Cambodia: Drop Case Against Peaceful Activists
Donors Should Urge End of Politically Motivated Prosecutions
![Activist Tep Vanny takes part in a land rights protest in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on November 7, 2012.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/tepvanny.jpg?itok=pfdgVmXo)
August 19, 2016
‘Defining the Problem’ Will Impact Summit Success in New York
![2016-4-eca-asylum-refugees](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/rtsdndi_layout_comp.jpg?itok=Rb5shYaJ)
August 19, 2016
Letter from HRW, AI and LPHR to UK Foreign Secretary
Re: Death threats against human rights defenders pursuing Palestinian access to justice and accountability at the International Criminal Court
August 18, 2016
US Justice Department Ends Use of Private Prisons
Federal Departments, States Should Reexamine Their Private Facilities
![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)
August 18, 2016
Will Australia Really Close the Manus Island Detention Center?
![Asylum-seekers look through a fence at the Manus Island detention centre in Papua New Guinea March 21, 2014.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-08-australia-png-asia-manus-island-asylum.jpg?itok=6NHkmO8e)
August 18, 2016
The Boy in the Ambulance is a Stark Reminder of Aleppo’s Pain
Footage of Omran, 5, May Draw the World's Attention to the Worsening Crisis in the Syrian City
![A still from video shows Omran, the 5-year old boy who was pulled out of the rubble after an airstrike in Aleppo, Syria on August 17, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/screen_shot_2016-08-18_at_6.28.24_pm.png?itok=Dk23tZqY)
August 18, 2016
Ethiopia’s Bloody Crackdown: The Case for International Justice
![Protesters chant slogans during a demonstration over what they say is unfair distribution of wealth in the country at Meskel Square in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, August 6, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-08-ethiopia-africa-oromo-protesters.jpg?itok=9tgFGXm0)
August 18, 2016
US: California Bill to Protect Youth Miranda Rights
![A still from a police interrogation video shows a 13-year-old boy being handcuffed. The pressure of the interrogation caused him to confess to a murder he did not commit.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/crd_california_1.png?itok=Ov7n9NMG)
August 18, 2016
Time Running Out For Syrian Refugee Kids Out Of School
![Syrian refugee children sit in a classroom in a non-formal school in the Bekaa Valley.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-07-mena-lebanon-photo-11.jpg?itok=RJZ-P4_H)