October 29, 2018
October 29, 2018
Submission to the UN Committee Against Torture: France
65th session of the Committee Against Torture
![Demonstrators carrying banners and placards take part in the Women's March next to the Eiffel Tower on the Parvis des Droits de l'Homme on January 21, 2017 in Paris, France.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801wr_ken_human_rights.jpg?itok=B9uml_Y9)
October 29, 2018
Witnessing Guinea’s Bauxite Mining Boom
Efforts to Improve Oversight of Mining Need to Benefit Affected Communities
![Farmers from Dapilon village, in the Boké region, look out over land, on the banks of the River Nunez, cleared for the construction of a mining port belonging to the La Société Minière de Boké consortium.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201810africa_guinea_photo3.jpg?itok=4hB9g-Nz)
October 29, 2018
Turkey: Workers Behind Bars as Airport Opens
31 Held for Protesting Construction Conditions; Many Others Fired
![201809europe_turkey_airport_labor](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201809europe_turkey_airport_labor.jpg?itok=1UBAbEaw)
![The 6th Nairobi Edition of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival will showcase four films from October 30 until November 2, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201810africa_kenya_hrwffmin.jpg?itok=APcSu2jx)
October 28, 2018
Brazil: An Urgent Call to Protect Rights
Human Rights Watch to Monitor Bolsonaro’s Presidency
![Acompanhado de agentes da PF, o candidato à Presidência da República pelo PSL, Jair Bolsonaro, vota na Escola na Municipal Rosa da Fonseca, na Vila Militar, no Rio de Janeiro.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201810americas_brazil_bolsonaro.jpg?itok=gnRVaWbv)
October 28, 2018
10 Questions the Saudi Crown Prince Needs to Answer
World Leaders, Journalists Should Demand Accounting for Rights Abuses
![Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201810mena_saudi_khashoggi.jpg?itok=H9YDDuUM)
October 27, 2018
Sri Lanka: Political Turmoil Puts Rights At Risk
Failure to Address Past Abuses Underlies Crisis
![Mahinda Rajapaksa speaks at UN headquarters in New York, September 22, 2010.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/images/photographs/2010_US_Rajapaksa.jpg?itok=rSHAMkLm)
![Ibrahim Mohamed Solih interacts with supporters during a gathering in Malé, Maldives, September 24, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201810asia_maldives_solih.jpg?itok=YANR4KgJ)
October 26, 2018
Trump Should Reject Asylum Seeker Ban
Migrants in Groups Not More Dangerous; Many Fleeing Violence
![201810us_AsylumSeekers_MotherandChildren](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201810us_asylumseekers_motherandchildren.jpg?itok=Oq02Wvh7)
October 26, 2018
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
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October 26, 2018
Myanmar’s ‘Genocidal Acts’ Demand UN Action
![Rohingya refugees gather behind a barbed-wire fence in the “no-man’s land” border zone between Myanmar and Bangladesh, April 25, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201808asia_myanmar_rohingya.jpg?itok=OCg3FnEq)
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![A young transgender woman at a friend’s house seeking temporary shelter in Lilongwe, Malawi.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201810lgbt_malawi_main.jpg?itok=BJwZAzzM)