Mozambique: Prominent Opposition Leader Killed
Wave of Killings Go Unpunished, Put Political Stability at Risk
![Jeremias Pondeca (center) was a member of a team preparing a meeting to end the current military and political hostilities between RENAMO and the government.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/photo_1.jpg?itok=mU9MAhkx)
Fulfilling the Promise of Ending Child Marriage
Join Call for End of Abusive Practice On International Day of the Child
![Ganga M., 17, sits inside her home in Kailali, Nepal. Ganga had an arranged marriage at the age of 16 and was five months pregnant when this photograph was taken. Her husband works as a cook in India.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-09-asia-nepal-photo-08.jpg?itok=e5V5K3wK)
Tanzania Needs to Renew Commitment to Ending Child Marriage
Withdraw Appeal of High Court Ruling, Review Archaic Marriage Act
Kazakhstan: Land Rights Activists on Trial
Criminal Prosecution for Peaceful Protest
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Hungary’s Biggest Oppositional Daily Shut Down
New Chapter in Government’s Long History of Contempt for Media Freedom
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Public humiliation: Chechen leader's simple strategy to control social media
Ramzan Kadyrov is punishing ordinary people who criticise his rule with televised shamings, as well as detentions and abuse
![Men standing with signs “I’m for Kadyrov” and “Kadyrov is the Scourge of the Fifth Column” at a mass pro-Kadyrov rally organized by Chechen authorities in Grozny in January 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/oleg3.jpg?itok=_bajnT3I)
Guinea: One Year On, No Justice for Election Violence
Hold Security Forces, Attackers on All Sides to Account for October 2015 Abuses
![A security officer stands in the Madina market in Conakry, Guinea, following clashes between rival political party supporters on October 9, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/rts3rz6.jpg?itok=NFAzRaJ0)
Ethiopia: Independent Inquiry Needed on Irreecha
Scores of People Killed at Festival
![Demonstrators chant slogans while flashing the protest gesture during Irreecha, the thanksgiving festival of the Oromo people, in Bishoftu town, Oromia region, Ethiopia, on October 2, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/ethiopia_1.jpg?itok=koI9nDhw)
Germany: Merkel Should Press Rights on Africa Trip
Curbing Security Force Abuses, Ensuring Justice Crucial in Ethiopia, Mali
![German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks with Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama during the Valletta Summit on Migration on November 11, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/merkel.jpg?itok=imjmOMNq)
Nauru and Australia: Partners in Refugee Abuse
A Well-Earned Rebuke From the UN Children’s Rights Committee
![Refugee children on Nauru protest Australia’s offshore detention operations, August 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-08-nauru-australia-asia-children-1.jpg?itok=egBxSrGd)
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