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![Tunisian and rainbow flags were raised at a march against terrorism during the World Social Forum in Tunis, March 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/lgbt_march_28.jpg?itok=1kcqz2HD)
Indonesia’s Police Chief Investigates Transgender Raids
Rebuke of Beauty Parlor Arrests in Aceh Should Prompt Wider Inquiry
![Indonesia’s National Police chief, Gen. Tito Karnavian, at police headquarters in Jakarta, October 17, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707asia_indonesia_karnavian.jpg?itok=YVJ4S2AB)
Polish Crackdown Ahead of Climate Talks
Bill Will Limit Protests During COP24 Summit
![Environmental activists chain themselves to a logging machine during an action in the defence of one of the last primeval forests in Europe, Bialowieza forest, Poland May 24, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201802europe_poland_environment_logging_protest.jpg?itok=791mNPiJ)
Russian Activists Forcibly Disappeared, Allegations of Torture in Custody
Detainee Claims Police Subjected Him to Electric Shocks to Extract Confessions
![Viktor Filinkov.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201802europe_russia_filinkov.jpg?itok=MPbrQiky)
Cape Town’s Water Crisis Response Needs to Protect the Rights of Millions
South Africa’s Solution Needs to be Rooted in Respect for the Right to Water
![Residents walk past a leaking communal tap in Khayelitsha township, near Cape Town, South Africa, December 12, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801africa_southafrica_water_environment_health.jpg?itok=C-xnJO9S)
UK’s May Needs to Get Tough with China on Rights
Brexit Means Trade, Not Growing Repression, Will Likely Dominate Beijing Visit
![Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May (R) greets China's Vice Premier, Ma Kai, as he arrives in 10 Downing Street, in London November 9, 2016 in London.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801europe_asia_uk_china_may_kai.jpg?itok=vdVPdf4i)
Ukraine Should Drop Bills Which Hamper Activists’ Work
Parliament Should Postpone Vote Until Venice Commission’s Conclusion
![Lawmakers attend a parliament session in Kiev, Ukraine December 21, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201701europe_ukraine_parliament.jpg?itok=56RiJIoq)
Indonesian Police Arrest Transgender Women
Raids Conducted Under Discriminatory Local Religious Laws
![201712Indonesia_Transgender](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201712asia_indonesia_caning_0.jpg?itok=7wZJjGgQ)
Fighting Reignites in Yemen’s Southern Port City
Civilian Casualties Mount, Seaport and Airport Closed
![People gather at the site of a car bomb attack outside the Finance Ministry offices in the southern port city of Aden, Yemen November 29, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801middleeast_yemen_aden_bomb.jpg?itok=yVbUqyfv)
A Whisper of Accountability in Philippine ‘Drug War’
Rare Prosecution of Police Underscores Need for UN-Led Probe
![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_2018/201801asia_philippines_kian_protest.jpg?itok=D6-iNllO)
Zimbabwe’s Post-Coup President Heads to African Union Summit
African Union Should Press Zimbabwe for Credible, Free and Fair Elections
![Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa attends the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland January 24, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801africa_zimbabwe_mnangagwa.jpg?itok=mMWDEzWs)
Why Children are Dying of Measles in Papua, Indonesia
Lack of Vaccinations, Medical Services Fuel Epidemic
![A sick child walks after getting medical treatment at Agats village in Asmat district, after the government dispatched military and medical personnel to the remote region of Papua to combat malnutrition and measles, Indonesia, January 22, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801asia_indonesia_papua_health_measles.jpg?itok=kazECpSy)
Duterte Threatens to Ban Labor Migration to the Middle East
Philippines Should Demand Stronger Protections for Overseas Filipino Workers
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Ukraine’s Misguided Curbs on Freedom of Expression
Banning History Book Latest Example
![Cover of Stalingrad by Antony Beevor.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801europe_russia_stalingrad_book.jpg?itok=FZpzxzQy)
Will Iran’s Parliamentary Visit to Evin Prison Bear Fruit?
Visit Could Become First Step to Investigate Torture, Mistreatment in Prisons
![Exterior view of Evin prison](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707middle_east_iran_evin_prison.jpg?itok=-_R6z2JZ)