US Immigrants’ Rights Groups Turn to Education to Protect Rights
We Have Rights Campaign Highlights Need for Immigrant Empowerment for Rights Protection
![Screenshot from We Have Rights Immigrant Empowerment Campaign video.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201803us_immigration_wehaverights_screenshot.jpg?itok=f4DtVtzX)
Shopping Mall Tragedy Raises Concerns About Russian Response
41 Children Die in Fire After Being Trapped in Movie Theater
![A man places flowers at a makeshift memorial for the victims of the shopping mall fire in Kemerovo, at Manezhnaya square in central Moscow, Russia March 27, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201803europe_russia_kemerovo_fire_2.jpg?itok=fU3Mo0pb)
Turkey: Crackdown on Social Media Posts
Detention, Prosecutions Over Criticisms of Turkish Army Actions in Syria
![Nurcan Baysal, journalist; Ali Erol, LGBT activist; Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, medical doctor; Kutay Meriç, executive member of rights group "Halkevleri" (from upper left corner clockwise)](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201803eca_violence_over_social_media.jpg?itok=Ip36XOGK)
Vietnam: Drop Charges Against Rights Activist
Pro-Democracy Campaigner Persecuted for Advocating Pluralism
![Nguyen Viet Dung holding a sign saying he boycotted Vietnam’s national election in May 2016. The sign says, “To vote is a right, not a duty. No knowledge [of the party-nominated candidates] – No vote.” ©Nguyen Viet Dung 2016](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201803asia_vietnam_nguyenvietdung.jpg?itok=exve_kTa)
Pressure Mounts on Abusers in South Sudan
Regional Sanctions Decision and UN Resolutions Show Growing Concern Over the Conflict
![People wait to be registered prior to a food distribution carried out by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Thonyor, Leer state, South Sudan, February 25, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201803africa_southsudan_idp_refugees.jpg?itok=0SHXDnVx)
Philippines Tars Rights Groups with ‘Drug Lords’ Smear
Duterte’s Subordinates Issue Veiled Threat Against Activists
![President Rodrigo Duterte’s official spokesperson Harry Roque at the House of Congress in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines May 15, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201712asia_philippines_harry_roque.jpg?itok=3iqAjzzq)
US: FOIA Suit on Border Guards’ Rights Abuses
Asylum Seekers Bullied, Misrepresented, Records Show
![201803us_FOIA_Lawsuit_BorderAgent](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201803us_foia_lawsuit_borderagent.jpg?itok=ah1ODtZw)
14, Pregnant from Rape, Dead in Childbirth
Paraguay’s harsh abortion law endangers adolescent girls
![Paraguayan social activists protest in front of the Health Ministry to demand the end of violence against women and better health care for women, as the world celebrates "International Women's Day" in Asuncion, Paraguay, March 8, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201803americas_paraguay_womensrights_sexualviolence.jpg?itok=ebRDF6-o)
Ecuador: Judicial Harassment of Amazonian Defenders
Indigenous Leaders Could Be Jailed on Unsubstantiated Charges
![Indigenous people arrive in Quito after marching for 10 days to protest new mining and water law initiatives, as well as a constitutional reform project that would have allowed for indefinite re-election of the president.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201803americas_ecuador_main.jpg?itok=pjr5SKZX)
Rush to Judgment in Iraq Harms Justice
Show Trials, Collective Punishment a Flawed Response to ISIS Crimes
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/images/photographs/Slide01_hrwbannernewnew.jpg?itok=wTG-rf_n)
Gina Haspel is the wrong choice to head the CIA
![Gina Haspel, a veteran CIA clandestine officer picked by U.S. President Donald Trump to head the Central Intelligence Agency, is shown in this handout photograph released on March 13, 2018. © 2018 CIA handout](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201803us_cia_gina_haspel2.jpg?itok=q6pTJLy5)
Jordan: Step Forward, Step Back for Urban Refugees
They Get Legal Status, But Lose Health Subsidies
![Syrian children attend class in a school in the Zaatari refugee camp in northern Jordan, October 20, 2015. The school taught Syrian girls in the morning and boys in the afternoon, but lacked electricity, heating, and running water.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/crd_jordan_1.jpg?itok=9ZA1XXme)
Why is Kenya’s Government Silent on Ethiopia Crackdown?
Ethiopian Instability Could Have Huge Security, Humanitarian Impact on Kenya.
![Thousands of people have fled across the border into Kenya after Ethiopian soldiers killed at least 10 civilians on March 10 in Moyale, Ethiopia.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201803africa_ethiopia_moyale.jpg?itok=c0HzXT9L)