![U.S. and European Union flags are pictured in front of the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium February 20, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-02-us-eu-eca-flags-european-commission.jpg?itok=526Hl7bq)
![U.S. and European Union flags are pictured in front of the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium February 20, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-02-us-eu-eca-flags-european-commission.jpg?itok=526Hl7bq)
Azerbaijani Activist’s Family Arrested, Harassed
Stop Targeting Relatives of Exiled Critics
![Ordukhan Teymurkhan talking at a rally in Cologne, Germany, under the slogan "Freedom to Political Prisoners in Azerbaijan." 18 February 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-02-azerbaijan-eca-teymurkhan.jpg?itok=Uw01iatY)
Bringing Burma’s Children a Brighter Future
Government Should Sign Safe Schools Declaration
![A boy runs as he exits his school in Yangon, November 6, 2013.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-02-burma-asia-school.jpg?itok=VVKFvlRj)
Iranian Officials’ Hypocrisy Over Oscar Win
Celebrated Filmmakers Face Restrictions, Jail at Home
![A statement is read on behalf of Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi at the 89th Academy Awards after he was awarded an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, for his 2016 film The Salesman, Hollywood, California, United States, February 26, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-02-iran-mena-us-farhadi.jpg?itok=6RBpSh4G)
Big Brother’s Book Festival
UAE Event Kicks Off Amid Unrelenting Crackdown on Critics
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Ukraine Acts to Improve Diversity and Inclusion
Health Ministry Form Acknowledges Transgender People
![Ukraine’s Ministry of Health draft declaration open for public discussion. Section 4 asks people for gender and offers three options – male, female or N (Н), which means they can choose not to indicate their gender.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2016-02-ukraine-eca-lgbt-gender-form.jpg?itok=eV4N1AqR)
China Again Whitewashes History
Beijing Twists the Anniversary of a Massacre to Back its Claim on Taiwan
![A man stands in front of a convoy of tanks in the Avenue of Eternal Peace in Tiananmen Square in Beijing in this June 5, 1989 file photo.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-02-china-asia-tiananmen-tank-man.jpg?itok=EEkw9xJl)
The Unfairness of Forcing Refugees in Greece Back to Turkey
Greece and EU Should Recognize Syrian’s Right to Seek Refuge
![A Frontex officer (L) escorts a deportee onto a boat on the Greek island of Lesbos, April 4, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-04-greece-turkey-eca-refugees-deportation.jpg?itok=jo4S9G5h)
France Takes Historic Step Toward Reducing Supply Chain Abuses
Companies Should Put Safeguards in Place to Protect Workers Abroad
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Chinese Netizens Attack Minority Uyghur Muslims
How China’s Censorship Undermines its Own Goal
![Han Chinese residents hold a Chinese national flag as paramilitary policemen in riot gear block a road at the centre of Urumqi in China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region September 3, 2009.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-02-china-asia-xinjiang-uyghur.jpg?itok=RWmhUasL)
Trump’s Crusade Against Critics
Afghan LGBT Asylum Seekers in UK Among Most Vulnerable
At Risk of Imprisonment, Violence if Deported to Afghanistan
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Transgender Woman Murdered in Malaysia
Authorities Should Investigate the Killing, Prosecute Perpetrators
![Photo of Sameera Krishnan.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2016-02-malaysia-asia-lgbt-sameera.jpg?itok=SBHa63s3)
Xenophobic Violence Erupts in South Africa
Local Group’s March Against Immigrants in Pretoria Today Turned Violent
![A man reacts to tear gas fired by police fire to disperse rival marches by hundreds of protesters, after mobs looted stores this week believed to belong to immigrants in Pretoria, South Africa, February 24, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-02-south-africa-protest-violence-immigrants.jpg?itok=5Kin4VEH)
Redefining Rape in Jamaica
Current Law Offers Unfair Treatment, Inadequate Protection
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