Pakistan: Farmers Forcibly Evicted for Urban Project
Reform Colonial-Era Laws to Protect Land Rights, Environment
![A farmer herds sheep through farmland in the vicinity of the Ravi River project, in Lahore, Pakistan.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/04/202304asia_pakistan_lahore_farmer_ravi_river_project.jpg?h=fa1c963e&itok=P-txvQHO)
Malaysia Repeals Mandatory Death Penalty
Meaningful Move Should Pave Way to Full Abolition
![An activist during a protest against the death penalty in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/04/202304asia_malaysia_activist_against_death_penalty.jpg?h=2e3eca71&itok=rx341Fzf)
Open Letter to the Government of Vietnam
10 Organisations Demand The Dropping Of Charges Against Journalist Nguyen Lan Thang And The Guarantee Of The Right To A Fair Trial By Admitting The Press And Public To Observe The Trial
Vietnam: Free Prominent Activist Blogger
Nguyen Lan Thang Faces 12 Years in Prison for Criticizing Government
![Vietnamese activist and blogger Nguyễn Lân Thắng](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/04/202304asia_vietnam_Nguyen_Lan_Thang.jpg?h=d3e2533a&itok=cDdxmns9)
Tunisia: Free Arbitrarily Detained Ex-Prime Minister
Opposition Leader Held on Vague Terrorism Charges
![Then-prime minister of Tunisia, Ali Laarayedh, delivers a speech during a news conference in Tunis, February 22, 2013.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/04/202304mena_tunisia_larayedh.jpg?h=45c7e59f&itok=559Vvaxl)
In Conflicting Decisions, Two US Judges Rule on Access to Safe Abortion Drug
Texas Judge Moves to Suspend Approval of Mifepristone Nationwide
China: Quash Convictions of Prominent Rights Lawyers
Politically Motivated Trials Show Beijing’s Intolerance for Peaceful Activism
![Jailed Chinese human rights lawyers and activists Ding Jiaxi and Xu Zhiyong.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/04/202304asia_china_chinese_lawyers_activists_ding_jiaxi_xu_zhiyong_jailed.jpg?h=cab494f7&itok=RBXIeYHf)
20 Years After Deadly Attack, Free Press Still Threatened in Iraq
Detention, Harassment, Killings Continue
![A memorial poster for Jose Couso, a Spanish television cameraman killed by a U.S. tank shell which hit Baghdad's Palestine hotel, on a barricade outside the building in 2004.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/04/202304mena_iraq_memorial_palestine_hotel.jpg?h=db396526&itok=GCS0CKIp)
Expulsion of Tennessee Lawmakers Jeopardizes Democracy
US Officials Need to Tackle Systemic Racism, Protect Free Speech
![Former Rep. Justin Jones, D-Nashville, Rep. Gloria Johnson, D-Knoxville, and former Rep. Justin Pearson, D-Memphis, raise their hands outside the House chamber after Jones and Pearson were expelled from the legislature April 6, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/04/202304usp_usa_jones_and_pearson_expulsion.jpg?h=11b34633&itok=cA3OjkMY)
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
![Two police officers watch removal of rubble from buildings that collapsed in the February 6 earthquakes, Hatay, Turkey, March 23, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/04/202303eca_turkey_policequake_0.jpg?h=a141e9ea&itok=eM0TaaMu)
Sri Lanka: Reject New Counterterrorism Bill
Proposed Law Breaks Government Pledge to End Abuse
![Sri Lankan rights activists protest against the Prevention of Terrorism Act outside the United Nations office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, March 3, 2022.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/04/202304asia_sri_lanka_activists_protest_prevent_terrorism_act.jpg?h=2374348d&itok=gz9B-9T_)
France Moves to Shut Down Environmental Group
Latest in a String of Dangerous Curbs on Civil Society
![Mobile riot gendarmes policing a protest against the construction of a new water reserve for agricultural irrigation in Sainte-Soline, France March 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/04/202304eca_france_sainte_soline_protest.jpg?h=fcf25457&itok=1YsuOu8g)
Weak UN Resolution on Libya Exposes EU Bias
Missed Opportunity to Tackle EU Responsibility in Migrant Rights Violations
![Migrants who were intercepted by Libyan authorities on a boat off the coast.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/01/202301afr_libya_detained_migrant_interception.jpg?h=ff3964ef&itok=omtFgf0T)