November 10, 2016
November 8, 2016
State's Double Dealing a Threat to Rights in SA
![A drag queen participates in Durban Pride in Durban, South Africa, July 30, 2011.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/rtr2pgt3.jpg?itok=VuKY2URY)
November 8, 2016
Freedom of Speech Remains Illusory in the New Burma
![Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi attends a meeting event with Myanmar citizens residing in Japan in Tokyo, Japan on November 2, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/burma_oped.jpg?itok=ecWkX7xJ)
November 6, 2016
Chile, the Vatican, and Venezuela
![Aerial view of St. Peter's square in the Vatican.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/vatican-aerial.jpg?itok=N7J6n91E)
November 6, 2016
When Being Counted Can Lead to Being Protected: Pakistan's Transgender and Intersex Activists
![Supporters of civil rights group for transgender people, the Gender Interactive Alliance (GIA), dance and chant slogans as they pose with a national flag ahead of the Independence Day in Karachi, Pakistan August 3, 2016](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/rtx2kj0o.jpg?itok=fRIKdZh2)
November 5, 2016
Anti-LGBT Tilt Taints Singapore Commerce
![Participants at the annual Pink Dot Singapore event, in Singapore on June 28 2014.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/rtr3w5uk.jpg?itok=2cSWxdQX)
November 4, 2016
The Rights Weekender
![Women and children queue on September 15, 2016 to enter a nutrition clinic at an informal settlement in the outskirts of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, in northeastern Nigeria.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/nigeria_idp_camp_fence.jpg?itok=jOK--nFO)
November 4, 2016
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
![Children and adults making and stacking bricks on the construction site of the UMH Industrial Park special economic zone, north of the city of Hpa-an. Sand dug from the Salween River is used in the manufacture of the bricks.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-11-asia-burma-photo-04.jpg?itok=qSkmZp6s)
November 3, 2016
Iraq Blames the Islamic State’s Victims
Civilians are Fleeing the So-called "Caliphate" – Only to be Detained By Iraqi Security Forces
![Displaced Iraqi civilians hold white flags as they flee a battle with the Islamic State in Kokjali village near Mosul, November 03, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/rtx2rq2f.jpg?itok=ixQUVqQ2)
November 2, 2016
Africans Speak Out Against ICC Withdrawal
Governments Signal Continued Support for Court
![Stella Ndirangu of ICJ Kenya](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/icc-au-activists-ijday-stella_002.jpg?itok=6YN-uAnP)
October 31, 2016
Stop Abuses against Street Vendors in Rwanda
![Street vendors outside Nyabugogo bus station, Kigali, August 2014.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/screen_shot_2016-10-07_at_10.44.51_am.png?itok=9nJbUR0t)
October 31, 2016
Do They Have to Play Soccer in the Settlements?
The games in the settlements is not the only issue that sparks anger against Israel - but they are turning Israeli soccer into a target
![Football field in Givat Ze'ev.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/img_4591.jpg?itok=WkO5dTik)
October 31, 2016
What Will Happen to the Yezidi Sex Slaves in Mosul?
At Least 300 Women From the Yezidi Sect are Estimated to Remain Inside the City
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/images/photographs/2014_Iraq_DisplacedYezidi.jpg?itok=eJfTvW3w)