![MENA Bahrain cleric Sheikh Maytham al-Salman](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/shk_maytham_3.jpg?itok=r7FnqTeK)
![MENA Bahrain cleric Sheikh Maytham al-Salman](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/shk_maytham_3.jpg?itok=r7FnqTeK)
August 23, 2016
Where Is Outrage Over Incendiary Weapons Attacks in Syria?
Three Years After Horrific School Attack, Civilians Still Harmed
![At least four incendiary submunitions burn on the ground of a narrow street in the al-Mashhad neighborhood of opposition-held east Aleppo city immediately after an incendiary weapon attack on August 7, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-08-arms-incendiary-weapons-aleppo-syria-mena.jpg?itok=L0OjUZFR)
August 23, 2016
Indonesia: Court Reviews Anti-LGBT Law
Criminalizing Same-Sex Relations Raises Privacy, Discrimination Concerns
![A picture of an anti-LGBT demonstration.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/screen_shot_2016-08-09_at_11.04.42_am.png?itok=-hOVjnP_)
August 22, 2016
Pakistan: Attacks on Transgender Women Surge
Promptly Investigate, Prosecute Those Responsible
![Transgender activists protest against the rape of two transgender women in Faisalabad.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/transgender_presser_photo.jpg?itok=N9zoidTq)
August 22, 2016
Philippine Police Killing Spree Demands Accountability
Hundreds Dead in “Anti-Drug Operations” Since July 1
![PNP Director-General Ronald Dela Rosa speaks at a Senate hearing investigating drug-related killings in metro Manila, Philippines on August 22, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-8-philippines-asia-delarosa.jpg?itok=f_xjfMmK)
August 22, 2016
Joint NGO Letter to President Obama
Re: The National Ocean Council Committee on IUU Fishing and Seafood Fraud's Proposed Seafood
August 22, 2016
Sri Lankan Justice Has No Place for ‘Accountable Amnesties’
Commission Recommendation Conflicts with UN Resolution
![A Tamil woman cries as she holds up an image of her family member who disappeared during the civil war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) at a vigil to commemorate the international day of the disappeared in Colombo August 30, 2013.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-08-sri-lanka-asia-tamil-disappeared.jpg?itok=ZgBojHcM)
August 22, 2016
South Sudan's Suspected Rapists Must Be Brought to Justice
![2016_EME_SouthSudan_Justice_1](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/u.n.-peacekeepers-south-sudan.jpg?itok=s2onfb1J)
August 22, 2016
Russia Bans More International Organizations
NGOs Supported Independent Media, Democracy Globally
![Composite photo showing the logos of the International Republican Institute (IRI) and Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF).](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-08-russia-undesirable-iri-mdif.jpg?itok=eS3f1hbM)
August 22, 2016
Jordan: Positive Steps on Education for Syrian Children
Thousands More Eligible to Enroll, but Challenges Remain
![Syrian children attend class in a school in the Zaatari refugee camp in northern Jordan, October 20, 2015. The school taught Syrian girls in the morning and boys in the afternoon, but lacked electricity, heating, and running water.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/crd_jordan_1.jpg?itok=9ZA1XXme)
August 22, 2016
Where is Burundian Journalist Jean Bigirimana?
One Month On, Search for Missing Reporter Continues
![Jean Bigirimana.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-08-burundi-africa-bigirimana.jpg?itok=BujyBA91)
August 22, 2016
Curtailing ‘Depravity’ in Dagestan With FGM?
Muslim Leader Says FGM Necessary to Curb Girls’ Sexuality
![Two girls play ball in a mountain village of Dagestan in Russia's North Caucasus region, August 20, 2007.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-08-russia-dagestan-eca-girls-womens-rights.jpg?itok=e4GQB3dP)
![2016-8-eca-turkmenistan-chary](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-08-eca-turkmenistan-chary.jpg?itok=9QvUCq1u)
August 19, 2016
Four Activists to be Released in DR Congo
Others Still Jailed After Protesting President’s Power Grab
![Composite photo showing, clockwise from upper left, activists Fred Bauma, Yves Makwambala, Jean-Marie Kalonji, and Christopher Ngoyi.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-08-africa-drc-congo-activists-composite.jpg?itok=wHi3flkM)