![US President Donald Trump picked Brett Kavanaugh, a staunchly conservative judge with a judicial record that everyone should be concerned about as his Supreme Court nominee.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201808us_supreme_court_kavanaugh.jpg?itok=PayYFDLU)
![US President Donald Trump picked Brett Kavanaugh, a staunchly conservative judge with a judicial record that everyone should be concerned about as his Supreme Court nominee.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201808us_supreme_court_kavanaugh.jpg?itok=PayYFDLU)
US: Key Rights at Stake in Supreme Court Nomination
Next Justice Will Play Pivotal Role
![201808us_KavanaughTrump_Presser](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201808us_kavanaughtrump_presser.jpeg?itok=PjRIQ7q7)
Uganda: Attacks on Opposition Figures, Media
Widespread Protests Over Security Force Brutality During Campaign
![Ugandan security forces briefly beat then detain a protester in downtown Kampala, Uganda, Monday, Aug. 20, 2018. Ugandan police fired bullets and tear gas to disperse a crowd of protesters demanding the release of jailed lawmaker, pop star, and government](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201808africa_uganda_police.jpg?itok=cMJDqCFb)
Nigeria: Journalists, Activists Detained, Allege Torture
End Harassment, Attacks on Freedom of Expression
![Protesters from the Islamic Movement of Nigeria](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/nigeria_imndec16.jpg?itok=pC4C8g8y)
Killer Robots Fail Key Moral, Legal Test
Principles and Public Conscience Call for Preemptive Ban
![Growing opposition to fully autonomous weapons from various quarters shows how the public conscience supports banning weapons systems that lack meaningful human control.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201808arms_killerrobots_main.jpg?itok=1r4q4nk-)
Online Jokes Are No Laughing Matter in Russia
Russians Increasingly Prosecuted Under Extremism Legislation for Social Media Posts
![A satirical mugshot depicting Daniil Markin. The nameplate indicates his page on the social media platform VKontake and Russia's Criminal Code Article 282.1 ("incitement of hatred against a religious group"). He faces up to five years in prison under this](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201808eca_russia_speech.jpg?itok=U3BxrNom)
Myanmar: Security Forces Torture Rohingya Returnees
Refugees Arrested, Mistreated as Accused Militants
![Rohingya refugees gather behind a barbed-wire fence in the “no-man’s land” border zone between Myanmar and Bangladesh, April 25, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201808asia_myanmar_rohingya.jpg?itok=OCg3FnEq)
Afghan Students Defy Attackers and Return to Class
Suicide Bombing Latest Attack Targeting Shia Community
![Men carry the coffin of a relative who died in the suicide bombing at Mawoud Academy in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 16, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201808asia_afghanistan_funeral.jpg?itok=mMrD4-ZB)
It Took Me Three Decades to Drive One Hour from Gaza to Jerusalem
Traveling Under Occupation Almost Impossible for Palestinians Locked Inside Gaza
![201808middleeast_israel_palestine_gaza_abier](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201808middleeast_israel_palestine_gaza_abeer.jpg?itok=e6Jr2OHn)
Ethiopia: Probe Years of Abuse in Somali Region
Redress and Accountability Needed for Crimes
![A refugee woman from Imey, a town in the Gode zone of Ethiopia's Somali Region, stands outside her makeshift home in Dadaab refugee camp in northern Kenya. She and her children fled to Kenya after her husband was killed by Ethiopian forces in December 200](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201808africa_ethiopia_woman.jpg?itok=OeNefMSe)
Algeria: Conviction for Anti-Bias Blog
Amazigh Activist Punished for Peaceful Speech for Rights of Minority
![Amazigh activist Yezza Salim appears in photo from Wikipedia profile © Adil Massil](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201808mena_algeria_amazigh_prosecution.jpg?itok=pjX5r4Uo)
Kofi Annan: In Memoriam
![Kofi Annan](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706africa_drc_kofiannan.jpg?itok=JfxJgyEf)
Iraq: Chilling Accounts of Torture, Deaths
Investigate Abuse During Interrogations in Mosul
![Mahmoud said he was hung in the “bazoona” position at least six times while in detention, for hours. He said that at least four of those times, he lost consciousness before being taken down. Sometimes officers threw water at him before beating his back wi](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201808mena_iraq_bazoona.jpg?itok=jeTCkrhK)
Iran: Rights Defender Faces New Charges
Verdict Shows Criminalization of Rights Activism
![Human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and Farhad Meysami, a human rights defender, protest the suspension of Sotoudeh's law license in front of the Tehran bar association in Tehran, February 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201808mena_iran_lawyer.jpg?itok=Vs-t7L3z)