Bangladesh: UN Rights Chief Should Raise Concerns
During Visit, Bachelet Should Condemn Security Force Abuses, Closing of Civic Space
![UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet addresses a news conference in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/05/202205asia_china_bachelet.jpg?h=31a53609&itok=Ezn7wfel)
Malaysia: State-Backed Discrimination Harms LGBT People
Criminalization, Conversion Practices Threaten Safety, Dignity
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Brazil: Indigenous Rights Under Serious Threat
Government Undermines Agency Tasked with Protecting Indigenous Peoples
![Children in the Yanomami Indigenous Territory, located in the Brazilian states of Roraima and Amazonas, in June 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/08/202208Ame_Brazil_indigenous_rights.jpeg?h=1c9b88c9&itok=hzmONU3P)
Philippine Activist Arrested for Cyber-libel
Charges Against Walden Bello Spotlight Criminal Defamation Laws
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Sri Lanka: New President Should Chart Path Upholding Rights
Ranil Wickremesinghe Needs to End Crackdown, Address Economic Crisis
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Nigeria: Insecurity Grips Nation’s Capital
Attacks, Threats by Multiple Groups Raise Serious Concerns
![A burned-out bus outside Kuje prison following a jail break, Kuje, Nigeria, July 6, 2022.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/08/202208africa_nigeria_FCTinsecurity.jpg?h=1b6b5d13&itok=OcGMGnPj)
Mali: Rights Reforms Crucial for Civilian Rule
Ensure Free Speech, Fair Trials During 2-Year Transition
Saving Lives in Time of War
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Former Haitian Sports Minister Arrested for Alleged Sexual Abuse
Protect Survivors from Threats, Bring Abusers to Justice
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Russia: New Bogus Charge Against Opposition Politician
Free Vladimir Kara-Murza; Repeal Abusive ‘Undesirables’ Law
![Opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza in Moscow.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/08/202208eca_Russia_Kara_Murza.jpg?h=790be497&itok=dZfq-2He)
ICC Issues Warrant for Central African Republic Rebel Leader
Seleka Commander Noureddine Adam Wanted for War Crimes
![Noureddine Adam, the chief of the FPRC, the main Central African armed group, poses in Birao, northern Central African Republic, on December 20, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/08/202208africa_car_noureddine.jpg?h=fa1c963e&itok=07fJxLzU)
Japan: Press Cambodia to End Trade Union Crackdown
Tokyo-Provided Buses Used in Forced Removal of Strikers
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Rwanda: Human Rights Should Be Priority on Blinken Trip
US Should Raise Human Rights Concerns, Abuse by M23
![US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with African ministers at United Nations headquarters, May 18, 2022.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/08/202208africa_rwanda_Blinken.jpg?h=c5fb655d&itok=fDd_7m7C)