![Jhohora Akhter, 30, draws water from the family well, which is contaminated with arsenic. Jhohora’s mother Jahanara Begum died of arsenic-related health conditions. Her father suffers from diabetes, an illness associated with chronic arsenic exposure. Her](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/201603hhr_bangladesharsenic_6.jpg?itok=fJ-Mgb0v)
![Jhohora Akhter, 30, draws water from the family well, which is contaminated with arsenic. Jhohora’s mother Jahanara Begum died of arsenic-related health conditions. Her father suffers from diabetes, an illness associated with chronic arsenic exposure. Her](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/201603hhr_bangladesharsenic_6.jpg?itok=fJ-Mgb0v)
October 12, 2016
Facing the Death Penalty for Blasphemy in Pakistan
Supreme Court to Hear Appeal of Aasia Bibi
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/images/photographs/2010_Pakistan_AsiaBibi.jpg?itok=tDNsWDNh)
October 12, 2016
Nigeria Should Respect Protesters’ Rights
Authorities Should Investigate Deaths of Protesting Biafran Separatists
![Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) supporters during a rally in support of leader Nnamdi Kanu at a magistrate court in Abuja, Nigeria December 1, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-10-nigeria-africa-biafra-protesters.jpg?itok=1T0Drede)
October 12, 2016
Japan’s Chance at an LGBT-Inclusive Curriculum
School Guidelines Should Address Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity
![manga drawing by Taiji Utagawa of a transgender man with head down in the dark with three white spots leading into the distance](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-05-asia-japan-main-new.jpg?itok=8V6-8Bqu)
October 12, 2016
US: Disastrous Toll of Criminalizing Drug Use
Enforcement Destroys Families, Undermines Health
![Every 25 Seconds Cover](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/us0916_main_illustration_web.jpg?itok=L22aaBlC)
October 12, 2016
Interview: Why the US Should Decriminalize Drug Use
![Every 25 Seconds Cover](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/us0916_main_illustration_web.jpg?itok=L22aaBlC)
October 12, 2016
Statement on Incendiary Weapons, UN First Committee on Disarmament and International Security
Delivered by Mary Wareham, Advocacy Director
October 11, 2016
Filipino Overseas Workers in Peril of ‘Drug War’ Killings
Warnings to People Visiting Families in the Philippines
![Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during a news conference in Davao city, southern Philippines August 21, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-10-philippines-asia-duterte-conference.jpg?itok=2NeYdRlX)
October 11, 2016
Ecuador’s Human Rights Record Under Review
UN Rights Body Should Press Ecuador to Address Police Abuses, Free Speech
![Ecuador: crackdown on protesters](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/2015_11_10_ecu_protest_presser.jpg?itok=ShFp8btV)
October 11, 2016
Let People With Mental Illness Live in Dignity, Not in Shackles
![This man lived shackled in stocks, a traditional form of pasung, for nine years in a back room in his family’s home in Cianjur in West Java. When he was released, his legs had atrophied from disuse.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016_indonesia_17.jpg?itok=GCb6nqbw)
October 11, 2016
Anger Boiling Over in Ethiopia
Declaration of State of Emergency Risks Further Abuses
![Protestors run from tear gas launched by security personnel during the Irecha, the thanks giving festival of the Oromo people in Bishoftu town of Oromia region, Ethiopia, October 2, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-10-ethiopia-africa-oromo-protest-soldiers.jpg?itok=0u-93PWx)
October 11, 2016
Come Out If You Can, But Don't Judge Those Who Can't
It's a personal and difficult journey for all of us.
![Coming out, a personal decision.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/boris_advocate_article_photo_0.jpg?itok=Y60-ksvI)
October 11, 2016
Ecuador: Universal Periodic Review, October 2016
October 11, 2016
Mozambique: Prominent Opposition Leader Killed
Wave of Killings Go Unpunished, Put Political Stability at Risk
![Jeremias Pondeca (center) was a member of a team preparing a meeting to end the current military and political hostilities between RENAMO and the government.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/photo_1.jpg?itok=mU9MAhkx)