October 15, 2020
October 15, 2020
US: 10 Steps for Safe, Credible Elections
Key Principles to Ensure Every Vote Counts, Rights Are Respected
![A man in a beanie and face mask stands in front of a sign that says "Vote Here"](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/09/202009us_voting%20rights_main.jpg?h=2f7900b4&itok=wCFgpDIM)
October 15, 2020
Ten Principles for Protecting Human Rights in the US Elections
![A man in a beanie and face mask stands in front of a sign that says "Vote Here"](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/09/202009us_voting%20rights_main.jpg?h=2f7900b4&itok=wCFgpDIM)
October 15, 2020
Syria/Russia: Strategy Targeted Civilian Infrastructure
Unlawful Attacks on Hospitals, Schools, Markets Forced Idlib Population Out
![A woman in a black niqab and face mask walks through a deserted street with a child](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/09/202010mena_syria_main.jpg?h=41713ddf&itok=oyDvKq_G)
![On May 27 a large munition struck a residential area in the town of Ariha, across from the Banat Ariha school, killing at least 13 civilians and wounding at least 21, including four members of Fadel Faham’s.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/09/202009mena_syria_idlib.jpg?h=1505eb4f&itok=eP9q7e1Q)
October 15, 2020
Lebanon’s Brazen Attempt to Silence a Torture Victim
Ziad Itani’s Case Presents Worrying Signs for Rights
![Ziad Itani, a Lebanese actor, who was exonerated of spying for Israel, is carried after he was released by Lebanese authorities. Itani has accused security officials of torturing him and has called on authorities to investigate.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201903mena_lebanon_ziad.jpg?itok=TsfNh81j)
October 15, 2020
Algeria: Mass Convictions for Homosexuality
Arbitrary Arrests; Police Raid Alleged ‘Gay Wedding’
![An Algerian demonstrator holds the Algerian national flag as he stage a protest against the government in Algiers, Algeria, Friday, Nov.29, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202005mena_algeria_flag_demonstration.jpg?h=43ab3c3a&itok=o7_XL9qh)
October 14, 2020
Philippine Candidate Unfit for UN Women’s Rights Body
October 14, 2020
English Tests for Visas Will Keep Australian Families Apart
New Policy Will Deprive People of Family Life
![A man leaves the Department of Immigration and Border Protection offices in Sydney, Thursday, April 20, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/10/202010asia_australia_immigration.jpg?h=c935af23&itok=L0fG1EbH)
October 14, 2020
Cambodia: Free Activist Held in Forestry Case
Politically Motivated Charges Brought in 2014 Pursat Dispute
![Chum Sarath, in a photograph posted to former CNRP parliamentarian Kong Saphea’s Facebook page, October 6, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/10/202010asia_cambodia_ChumSarath.jpg?h=96a3d7dc&itok=LLUIF4pW)
![girls from the Kalokol Girls Primary School fetch water](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/turkana7.jpg?itok=TIKkNymj)
October 14, 2020
War and COVID-19 in Yemen
October 14, 2020
Russia: Far East Peaceful Protester Facing Prosecution
Authorities Seek to End Three-Month Protests in Khabarovsk
![Participants in a rally in Khabarovsk, in Russia's Far East, Saturday, to support the former region's governor Sergei Furgal on Oct. 10, 2020. Police detained several dozen protesters in the first crackdown since such rallies started three months ago.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/10/202010eca_russia_fareast.jpg?h=94b28deb&itok=Gb-3LAew)
October 14, 2020
Beginning of the End for ‘Virginity Exams’ in Pakistan?
Ban Degrading, Unscientific, Abusive Test
![The Lahore High Court, in Lahore, Pakistan.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/10/202010asia_pakistan_lahore_court.jpg?h=04ee1592&itok=eXQKhMg2)
October 14, 2020