September 23, 2015
September 23, 2015
To Stem the Flow of Syrian Refugees, Stop the Barrel Bombs
![Relatives mourn as a man carries the body of a dead boy in a blanket at a site hit by what activists said was a barrel bomb dropped by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the Sheikh Khodr area in Aleppo on September 30, 2014.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/images/photographs/2015_MENA_Assad_BBC.jpeg?itok=emsYdi3C)
September 23, 2015
Iran: Release Teachers as School Year Begins
Apparently Jailed for Peaceful Union Activities
September 23, 2015
Iraqi Kurdistan: Release Peaceful Critic
Intelligence Forces Detain Critic Over Facebook Posts
September 23, 2015
UN: Press Thai Premier on Abuses
World Leaders Should Hold Prayut to Rights, Democracy Pledges
![Prayut](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/2015_asia_thailand_prayuthun.jpg?itok=SDx1YdGG)
September 22, 2015
China: Obama Should Tackle Rights Repression
Speak Up For and Meet With Activists From China
![Obama](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/obama_xi.jpg?itok=RwGPZvA6)
September 22, 2015
Australia: Strengthen Bid for UN Rights Council Seat
Demonstrate Global Leadership on Countries in Crisis
![2015-australia-asia-hrc2](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/australia0915_coverimage.jpg?itok=zOnjXRGA)
![2015-9-eca-armenia-hakobian](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/armenia_hakobian_beating_2015.jpg?itok=xLD1om2G)
September 22, 2015
No ‘Paradise on Earth’: Why Japan Should Right a Historic Wrong
Tokyo for years supported a program that condemned many to hell on earth.
![UN Special Rapporteur Marzuki Darusman addresses a news conference on the situation of human rights in North Korea in Geneva on March 16, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/marzuki.jpeg?itok=7gf7qYnM)
September 22, 2015
Egypt: Thousands Evicted in Sinai Demolitions
In Insurgent Fight, Border Families Left to Fend for Themselves
![The Egyptian military destroys a building in Rafah, on the border with the Gaza Strip, during forced evictions between October 20-31, 2014.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/sinai_cover_photo.png?itok=d0YQQD-o)
September 21, 2015
Ethiopia: World Bank Translator, Activists Face Trial
Activists Heading for Food Workshop Charged With Terrorism
![Pastor Omot Agwa was charged by Ethiopian authorities under the anti-terrorism law after being detained for nearly six months.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/image002_copy_cropped.jpg?itok=cJxfSEVq)
September 21, 2015
Dispatches: Thailand Acts to End LGBT Discrimination
September 21, 2015
Thailand Gender Equality Act
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/images/photographs/2015ASIA_Thailand_44_Presser.jpg?itok=baYDcrgg)
September 21, 2015
Dispatches: A Make-or-Break Week for the Refugee Crisis
![A young refugee girl walks past graffiti at the Keleti train station in Budapest](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/2015-9-hungary-eca-refugees18_0.jpg?itok=yua7FfKJ)