![The Indian Supreme Court building in New Delhi, India.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801lgbt_indiaetc_courts.jpg?itok=daqvGpiP)
![The Indian Supreme Court building in New Delhi, India.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801lgbt_indiaetc_courts.jpg?itok=daqvGpiP)
July 30, 2018
Leaked Video Blows Lid off Torture in Russian Prisons
State Protection Required for Lawyer and Inmate who Exposed Torture in Yaroslavl Prison
![Irina Biryukova, a lawyer with Public Verdict representing Evgeny Makarov, Moscow, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201807europe_russia_biryukova.jpg?itok=4-ImMZbh)
July 30, 2018
Task of Ethiopia’s New Leader: End Torture
![Ethiopia's incoming Prime Minister Abiye Ahmed delivers his acceptance speech after taking his oath of office during a ceremony at the House of Peoples' Representatives in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia April 2, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201804africa_ethiopia_ahmed.jpg?itok=d48jJdSq)
July 29, 2018
China: Crackdown on Tibetan Social Groups
New Regulations Ban Social Action Under Guise of Fighting ‘Organized Crime’
![Chinese police photograph the crowd at the ceremonial unfolding of a giant thangka, or religious silk embroidery, during the Shoton Festival at Drepung Monastery on the outskirts of Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, August 29, 2011.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201807asia_tibet_chinese_police.jpg?itok=7D4hFklP)
July 29, 2018
Japan's Not-So-Secret Shame
In the #MeToo era, it's high time for Japan to change its archaic and sexist approach to sexual assault.
![Shiori Ito, a journalist, who says was raped by an colleague in 2015, talks about her ordeal and the need for more support for the victims in Japan, during an interview in Tokyo [Mari Yamaguchi/AP]](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201807asia_japan_shiori_ito.jpg?itok=N4HWPbMA)
July 28, 2018
Controversial Election in Pakistan
Now Imran Khan Should Lead a Rights-Respecting Government
![Pins with images of Imran Khan are pictured after the general election in Islamabad, Pakistan, July 26, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201807asia_pakistan_khan.jpg?itok=ZWQTI5s5)
July 27, 2018
The EPA is Wrong to Weaken Coal-Ash Rules
The new acting administrator of the EPA—and former coal lobbyist—is easing rules that protect people who live near coal plants from toxic ash
![TVA Kingston Fossil Plant fly ash spill](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201807bhr_coalash_tennessee.jpg?itok=OsW-AGWU)
July 27, 2018
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
![Children are escorted to the Cayuga Center, which provides foster care and other services to immigrant children separated from their families, in New York City, U.S., July 10, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201807usa_ny_familyseperation.jpg?itok=EbR8r6U0)
July 27, 2018
US Release of Military Aid to Egypt Sends Signal
Restoration of US$195 Million Comes Amid Intensifying Crackdown
![Members of security forces keep watch in Tahrir Square during the fifth anniversary of the uprising that ended the 30-year reign of Hosni Mubarak in Cairo, Egypt, January 25, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709mena_egypt_torture_photo_main.jpg?itok=zwxhVR0S)
![201806us_immigration_oped3](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201806us_immigration_oped3.jpg?itok=iCOgKvre)
July 27, 2018
Two Years On, No Clarity on Fate of Burundian Journalist
Government has Failed to Adequately Investigate Disappearance of Jean Bigirimana
![Jean Bigirimana.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-08-burundi-africa-bigirimana.jpg?itok=BujyBA91)
July 27, 2018
Activist Faces Trumped-Up Charges in Sudan
Case Underlines Fight Against Gender Discrimination and Repression
![Wini Omer.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201807africa_southsudan_winiomer.jpg?itok=vQ2I_n2L)