US: Significant Plan by Pentagon to Protect Civilians
New Effort Needs Focused Attention from US Military to Reduce Deaths
![Secretary Lloyd Austin](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/08/202208us_dod_lloydaustin.jpg?h=790be497&itok=dYHMVuAP)
Venezuela: Now is Not the Time to Reduce Global Scrutiny
Maduro’s human rights abuses continue, despite talk from politicians elsewhere in Latin America
![El Helicoide, a complex that functions as the headquarters of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN) and a prison where many political prisoners are held, in Caracas, Venezuela.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/08/202208Americas_Venezuela_Helicoide.jpg?h=ac778ff2&itok=pN4OShPl)
Mexico: Extending Military Policing Threatens Rights
Soldiers Have Committed Extrajudicial Killings, Torture, Enforced Disappearances
![Hundreds of military troops joined Mexico's national guard on patrol following attacks by criminal groups in Tijuana, August 13, 2022.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/08/202206Americas_Mexico_MilitarizationGuardia.jpg?h=8d30fb3b&itok=ZngUiYko)
Australia’s New Oil and Gas Approvals Show ‘Climate Wars’ Aren’t Over
Government Should Stop Approving New Fossil Fuel Projects and Exploration Sites
![Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attends the Pacific Island Leaders Forum](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/08/202208asia_australia_albanese_pacific.jpg?h=57e837a3&itok=RbcKWrz_)
Growing Civilian Toll from Russian Cluster Munition Attacks
Global Report Tracks New Use, Production of Widely Rejected Weapon
![Remnants of dozens of Smerch and Uragan cluster munition rockets collected by Ukraine’s State Emergency Service from Kharkiv in April 2022.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/08/202208arms_ukraine_clustermunitions.jpg?h=ee03d089&itok=XBaX6RMc)
Testimony to the US Commission on International Religious Freedom
Religious Freedom in Afghanistan: One Year Since the Taliban Takeover
Myanmar: No Justice, No Freedom for Rohingya 5 Years On
Anniversary of Atrocities Highlights International Inaction
![Rohingya walk through rice fields after fleeing across the border from Myanmar to Bangladesh near Teknaf, September 1, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/08/202208asia_myanmar_rohingyaanniversary.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=1CW_FObT)
Vietnam: Quash Conviction of Prominent Activist
Blogger Pham Doan Trang Appeals 9-Year Sentence
![202202asia_vietnam_PhamDoanTrang](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/02/202202asia_vietnam_PhamDoanTrang.jpg?h=2a479378&itok=kT2zOU_j)
The World Cup is Exciting, Lucrative, and Deadly
![Workers walk towards the construction site of the Lusail stadium which will be build for the upcoming 2022 Fifa soccer World Cup during a stadium tour in Doha, Qatar, December 20, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202002mena_qatar_workers.jpg?itok=p09D7t0D)
Pakistan: Make Torture a Crime
Senate Should Promptly Pass Law to Hold Security Forces to Account
![Soldiers and police stand guard during a lockdown to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, Karachi, Pakistan, March 3, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/08/202208asia_pakistan_police.jpg?h=f77ab63d&itok=SFwqKndJ)
Tajikistan: Autonomous Region Protesters Denied Fair Trials
Crackdown on Pamiri Minority Includes Forced Disappearances, Closed Trials Without Lawyers
![The Tajikistan flag.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/08/202208eca_Tajikistan_Flag.jpg?h=8c13072e&itok=0paeuCX2)
“Why We Can’t Wait” Coalition Statement on US Failure to Establish H.R. 40 / S. 40 Commission
![Protesters at a rally in Minneapolis call for justice for George Floyd](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/08/202208us_chauvin_trial_protest.jpg?h=d4e46ef0&itok=o0zJp_Vv)