![Shadows of an Iranian policeman and a noose are seen on the ground before an execution in Pakdasht, south of Tehran, March 2005.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-08-iran-mena-execution-death-penalty.jpg?itok=Oj0WYNrI)
![Shadows of an Iranian policeman and a noose are seen on the ground before an execution in Pakdasht, south of Tehran, March 2005.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-08-iran-mena-execution-death-penalty.jpg?itok=Oj0WYNrI)
August 9, 2016
Dispatches: Protecting the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Around the World, Indigenous Peoples Suffer Violence, Discrimination, and Exclusion
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August 9, 2016
Egypt: Prosecution Undermines Anti-Corruption Efforts
Exposing Graft Cost Official His Job, Led to Charges
![MENA Egypt Hisham Geneina](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/gettyimages-543389918-sized.jpg?itok=TmEqBCqM)
August 9, 2016
Domestic Workers Finally Have Rights in Morocco
![MENA Morocco Domestic worker](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/gettyimages-450589662.jpg?itok=_8GS1GXd)
August 9, 2016
Joint NGO Letter to Congress on Cross-Border Data Sharing
August 8, 2016
Singapore: Reject Overly Broad Contempt Law
Excessive Penalties and Vague Terms Will Lead to Self-censorship
![A general view of the Parliament House in Singapore on June 2, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/sinagpore-parliament-2.jpg?itok=j6th6zga)
August 8, 2016
Venezuela’s Deepening Crisis
![Line to purchase diapers, toothpaste, and margarine in a market in La Urbina, Caracas, June 1, 2016. © 2016 Human Rights Watch](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/line_to_purchase_diapers_toothpaste.jpg?itok=kHPARny3)
![Rajai Shahr Prison, Karaj, Iran.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/iran0814_coverimage.jpg?itok=NMQ1mtrS)
![The sign for a Gap store is seen on 5th avenue in midtown Manhattan in New York June 16, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-08-gap-business-labor_2.jpg?itok=eSr3I2lQ)
August 8, 2016
When Refugees Work, Children More Likely to Attend School
![2016-01-CRD-Turkey-Syrian refugee kids](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/turkey7.jpg?itok=sEYEtKQ4)
August 5, 2016
The Rights Weekender
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August 5, 2016
Armenia: Arbitrary Detentions, Brutal Beatings
Authorities Round Up, Detain Protest Leaders
![2016-8-eca-armenia-arrest](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/download_1.jpg?itok=TuZmAMeM)
![The venue for Uganda’s Pride 2016 pageant that police raided on August 4, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/1e3a5896.jpg?itok=BC4cqE-3)
August 5, 2016
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
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