September 22, 2017
Witness to Carnage in Burma’s Rakhine State
Burmese Soldiers Kill Her Baby, Slaughter Her Family and Neighbors
![Hasina witnessed a massacre. Burmese army soldiers threw her infant into a fire. Her younger siblings were beaten to death. The soldiers attempted to rape her before leaving her for dead in a burning house. Kutupalong refugee camp, Bangladesh, September 2](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709asia_burma_bangladesh_hasina.jpg?itok=nhtOFXwQ)
September 22, 2017
Thailand Needs to Stop Inhumane Navy 'Push-Backs'
![Smoke is seen on Myanmar's side of border as an old Rohingya refugee woman is carried after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border by boat through the Bay of Bengal in Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, September 15, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709asia_thailand_rohingya.jpg?itok=0uIX3hcW)
September 22, 2017
South Africa should prioritize implementing inclusive education for children with disabilities
Item 6 UPR adoption
![16-9-crd south africa piece preview 1](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/ccf12092016_0003_1_0.jpg?itok=hbuU8SaD)
September 22, 2017
Algeria should accept key UPR recommendations on freedom of speech, assembly and association
Item 6 UPR adoption
![A woman at Dar al-Insania, an NGO-run shelter in the eastern city of Annaba on March 3, 2010. Dar al-Insania provides women victims of domestic violence, among others, with shelter and services.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/rtr2b70h_edited.jpg?itok=gEdj_LPo)
September 22, 2017
Philippines: UN rights body should ensure accountability for unlawful killings
Item 6 UPR adoption
![Protesters and residents hold lighted candles and placards at the wake of Kian Loyd delos Santos, a 17-year-old high school student, who was among the people shot dead last week in an escalation of President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs in Caloocan city](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201708asia_philippines_killings_protest.jpg?itok=WXgrSBum)
September 21, 2017
India: Key UN Rights Recommendations Ignored
Act on Concerns Raised at Universal Periodic Review
![The Indian Delegation at the third Universal Period Review in Geneva, September 21, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709asia_india_upr.png?itok=DhTv2X63)
September 21, 2017
Uzbekistan’s Leader Talks Rights, Now More Action Needed
Forced Labor in Cotton Fields, Repression of Civil Society, Should Change
![Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters in New York, U.S., September 19, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709europe_centralasia_uzbekistan_mirziyoyev.jpg?itok=xOIfrzrt)
September 21, 2017
Afghan President Speaks Out for Human Rights at UN
But Ignores Afghanistan’s Torture Scourge
![Afghanistan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters in New York, U.S., September 19, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709asia_afghanistan_un_ghani.jpg?itok=RFBwNirl)
September 21, 2017
Letter to Governor Brown Expressing Support for California State Senate Bill 29
Human Rights Watch Urges Gov. Brown to Sign SB 29 Into Law
![An ICE detainee rests his hands on the window of his cell in the segregation wing at the Adelanto immigration detention center, which is run by the Geo Group Inc, in Adelanto, California, on April 13, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/rts14nbi_resized.jpg?itok=fqrttQKT)
September 21, 2017
Indonesia’s Tepid LGBT Support at UN
A Missed Chance to Stand Strong for Embattled Minority
![201708Asia_Indonesia_AntiLGBTIND](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201607asia_indonesia_mainind.jpg?itok=xkr--qfB)
September 21, 2017
Iraq: Missed Opportunity for Comprehensive Justice
UN Security Council’s ISIS Probe Omits Other Forces’ Abuse
![Heads of state and their representatives take part in a meeting of the United Nations Security Council to address the situation in the Middle East during the General Assembly for the 71st session of the U.N. General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New Yo](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709iraq_unsc_justice.jpg?itok=7sV3R1Em)
September 21, 2017
Bangladesh Textile Mill Burns, Yet Again
Government Should Publish Reports on Factories it Inspects
![In September 2016, another factory burned in the same district. Here, firefighters stand at the site of a fire at a packaging factory outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 10, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709asia_bangladesh_factory_fire.jpg?itok=XJNpQdcY)
![Murni Amris, an Acehnese woman, is caned as part of her sentence in the courtyard of a mosque in Aceh Besar district, Indonesia's Aceh province October 1, 2010.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-02-indonesia-asia-aceh-caning.jpg?itok=VrA0QFVj)