May 24, 2016
May 24, 2016
Helping Older People When Disaster Strikes
May 24, 2016
How India’s archaic laws have a chilling effect on dissent
Citizens should no longer have to worry about being 'punished by the process' of being subjected to bad laws and the whims of poorly trained police.
![Graffiti art that calls for respecting freedom of expression in India.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/screen_shot_2016-05-18_at_5.24.06_pm_0.png?itok=NbCSB4bW)
May 24, 2016
Vietnam: Drop Charges Against Boat Returnees
Citizens Prosecuted for Leaving Country After Australia Forcibly Returns Them
![Vietnam](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016_asia_vietnam_tranthithanhloan.jpg?itok=1f6hoeKx)
May 24, 2016
HRW Letter to Sir Suma Chakrabarti
President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
May 24, 2016
Azerbaijan: Bank Chief Should Raise Rights Issues
Abuses Inconsistent With European Financial Institution’s Mandate
![2016-5-eca-ebrd-chakrabarti](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/rtxzhae.jpg?itok=sT3tS7Bg)
May 24, 2016
South Sudan: Civilians Killed, Tortured in Western Region
Provide Justice for Army Abuses in Western Regions
![Houses burnt in South Sudan's western town of Wau in April 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/screen_shot_2016-05-24_at_10.28.10_am.png?itok=nu7V1zqC)
May 23, 2016
Syria: Spate of Bombings Appear to Target Civilians
ISIS Claims Responsibility for Attacks on Latakia Bus Stations, Hospital
![People inspect the damage after explosions hit the Syrian city of Tartous, in this handout picture provided by the Syrian Arab News Agency on May 23, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2_7.jpg?itok=SvanJWew)
May 23, 2016
Tunisia: UN Panel Condemns Forced Anal Exams
Government Should Ban Abusive “Homosexuality” Tests
![Poster by Shams, a Tunisian activist group, condemning the use of forced anal exams.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/shams_poster_anal_exams.jpg?itok=Q4W1CwsN)
May 23, 2016
Kazakhstan: Crackdown on Peaceful Protest
Hundreds Detained, Journalists, Activists Rounded Up
![Riot police officer gestures during protests in Almaty, Kazakhstan on May 21, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-kazakhstan-protest1.jpg?itok=QopqwoNz)
May 22, 2016
Indonesia: Protect Mass Graves of 1965-66 Massacres
Forensic Experts Needed to Identify Remains, Secure Evidence
![Security minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan in central Jakarta, Indonesia on January 14, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/pandjaitan052016.jpg?itok=GmKxEaEX)