![Tariq ba Odah protest](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/corbis-42-54919439.jpg?itok=GEttNXp6)
![Tariq ba Odah protest](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/corbis-42-54919439.jpg?itok=GEttNXp6)
August 19, 2015
Egypt: Counterterrorism Law Erodes Basic Rights
Broad ‘Terrorist Acts’ List May Criminalize Civil Disobedience
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August 18, 2015
Thailand: Deadly Bomb Attack in Bangkok
Authorities Should Commit to Respect Rights and Due Process
![Experts investigate the Erawan shrine at the site of a deadly blast in central Bangkok, Thailand on August 18, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/2015-8-thailand-asia-bkkbombing.jpg?itok=wKSNyJcd)
August 18, 2015
The CIA’s Grotesque Secret
How it’s partnering with human rights abusers — and sparking blowback
August 18, 2015
Dispatches: Bangladesh’s Machete Attacks On Free Speech
![Niladri Chakrabarti](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/niladri_chakrabarti_2015_08.jpg?itok=AQ9cuvO6)
August 18, 2015
Witness: Sidelined in South Africa For Being Different
Sisandua Hani’s fight to keep her son in school
![sisandua](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/p1040269.jpg?itok=U66S4kw0)
August 18, 2015
South Africa: Education Barriers for Children with Disabilities
Discriminated Against, Excluded from Schools
![An estimated half-a-million children with disabilities have been shut out of South Africa’s education system, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today at a joint event with South Africa’s Human Rights Commission.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/2015-08-south_africa-crd-education.jpg?itok=gkwIlOTF)
August 17, 2015
Moldova: Activist Faces Extradition to Tajikistan
Forced Return Could Lead to Torture, Ill-Treatment
![2015_August_Tajikistan_Sobir_Valiev](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/sobirvaliev.jpg?itok=R_O7h-kK)
August 17, 2015
Statement to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on Article 11
UN headquarters, Geneva
August 17, 2015
Syria: Mazen Darwish Released
Drop Charges Against Him, Release Other Peaceful Activists
August 15, 2015
Burma: Land Rights Activists Are Newest Political Prisoners
Arrests in Karen State Target Those Assisting Farmers Fighting Land Grabs
![Farmers](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/2015_asia_burma_farmers.jpg?itok=XgVpy6K8)
August 14, 2015
Sri Lanka: Ensure Safe, Secure, Free Polls
All Parties Should Keep Violence, Intimidation Out of Elections
![Polling officers carrying ballot boxes walk with a police officer as they prepare to go to their polling centers ahead of presidential election in Colombo on January 7, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/2015-8-srilanka-asia-election.jpg?itok=4e81VNAp)
August 14, 2015
Why the World Bank Should Embrace Human Rights
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