![Rep. Elijah Cummings speaks during a luncheon at the National Press Club in Washington, August 7, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201910us_congress_cummings.jpg?itok=VAAusFg4)
![Rep. Elijah Cummings speaks during a luncheon at the National Press Club in Washington, August 7, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201910us_congress_cummings.jpg?itok=VAAusFg4)
October 25, 2019
Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency Response to HRW
October 25, 2019
UN Criticized for Failing to Live Up to Its Own Values in Kosovo
Lead Poisoning Victims Await Justice, Compensation
![Houses in Kosovo](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709env_kosovo_lead.jpg?itok=sy1gPZNV)
October 25, 2019
Victory Against Child Marriage in Tanzania
Court of Appeal Upholds 2016 Ruling Barring Marriage Before 18
October 24, 2019
Turkey: Syrians Being Deported to Danger
Authorities Use Violence, Threats, Detention to Coerce Returns
![Turkish authorities have used the Cilvegözü border crossing, pictured here on March 3, 2015, to deport Syrian refugees. © 2015 Getty Images](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/2015-11-23_turkey_syrian_refugees.jpg?itok=Hec7GuMp)
October 24, 2019
Thailand: Peaceful Critics Prosecuted
Repeal or Amend Laws Criminalizing Speech, Assembly
![2019ASIA_thailand_photo](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201910asia_thailand_photo9.jpg?itok=KcyunyWP)
October 24, 2019
Countering Domestic Violence Myths in Armenia
European Rights Body Issues Key Opinion
![Taguhi shows scars on her neck and shoulder.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801eca_armenia_taguhi.jpg?itok=EpFVMCTi)
October 24, 2019
‘Killer Robots’ Debate Hits the Small Screen
Madam Secretary Grapples with Dilemmas Posed by Fully Autonomous Weapons
![Photo from an episode of Madam Secretary that aired on CBS on October 20, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201910arms_us_killerrobots_tv.jpg?itok=Z8miChBL)
![A Protestant Berber boy attends a weekly mass at a church in Tizi-Ouzou, 100 kilometers east of Algeria's capital, Algiers, October 2, 2010.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201910mena_algeria_protestant_church.jpg?itok=KTrfIET0)
October 24, 2019
Northern Ireland Strikes Victory for Equality
Legal Green Light for Abortion Services, Same-Sex Marriage Only a First Step
![Equal marriage supporters at Maverick Bar, Belfast, celebrate the change to abortion and same sex marriage laws in Northern Ireland](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201910lgbt_marriageequality_northernireland.jpg?itok=ATaKZT9T)
October 24, 2019
Libya: Abducted Medical Staff Freed After 12 Days
Authorities Should Hold Captors to Account
![Map of Libya](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/201910mena_libya_map_eng.jpg?itok=lPj3xTLg)
October 24, 2019
Iraq: Government Promises Action On Security Force Abuse
Report Recommends Top-Level Dismissals After Protester Deaths
![Mourners carry the flag-draped coffin of a protester killed during a demonstration in Najaf, October 8, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201910mena_iraq_protests.jpg?itok=dQLUxyBh)
October 23, 2019
Japan’s Quiet Embrace of Myanmar’s Top Rights Abuser
![Aung San Suu Kyi, a Burmese politician, diplomat, author, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1991), meets Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Akasaka Palace in Minato Ward, Tokyo on October 21, 2019. Aung San Suu Kyi comes to Japan to attend an enthronement](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201910asia_japan_rohingya.jpg?itok=ynLFk_An)
October 23, 2019
Burundi: Journalists, Driver Detained on Reporting Trip
Clampdown on Free Speech Increases as Elections Near
![From left to right: Térence Mpozenzi, Agnès Ndirubusa, Christine Kamikazi, Egide Harerimana, and Adolphe Masabarakiza.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201910africa_burundi_iwacujournalists.jpeg?itok=AERBo9DJ)