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![Rumonge prison, Burundi.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201712africa_burundi_rumongeprison.jpg?itok=u72ANEnv)
Thailand: Politician Faces Baseless Sedition Charges
Pheu Thai Spokeswoman Targeted for Criticizing Junta Leader
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Gambia: Truth Commission to Uncover Jammeh Abuses
Bill Should Ban Amnesties for Most Serious Crimes
![Protesters march in Banjul on April 16, 2016 following the death in custody of opposition activist Solo Sandeng.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/gettyimages-521580548.jpg?itok=IQGA8eGz)
Brazil: Reject Abortion Ban
Constitutional Amendment Would Endanger Women, Girls; Violate Rights
![People participate in the SlutWalk protest on Copacabana Beach, here pope Francis will celebrate mass at night, in Rio de Janeiro, July, 2013. The sign reads "No more criminalization of women, abortion is a right". © REUTERS/Pilar Olivares](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709aborto_americas_brasil.png?itok=VV4X50sr)
Tajikistan: Independent Journalist Detained
Politically Motivated Charges for Corruption Report
![Khayrullo Mirsaidov, a well-respected independent journalist in Tajikistan, was arrested on December 5, 2017, after publicly appealing to Tajikistan’s president about alleged local authority corruption.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201712eca_tajikistan_mirsaidov.jpg?itok=pyBEASNb)
Honduras: Guarantee Credibility of Elections, Protect Free Expression
![Supporters of Salvador Nasralla, presidential candidate for the Opposition Alliance Against the Dictatorship, take part during a march over a contested presidential election in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, December 10, 2017](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201712americas_honduras_presidentialelection.jpg?itok=9HRJVM4e)
Burma: Rohingya Return Deal Bad for Refugees
Burma, Bangladesh Need to Redraft Agreement, Involve UN
![Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) stand guard on the bank of Naf River near the Bangladesh-Myanmar border to preventRohingya refugees from illegal border crossing, in Teknaf near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, November 22, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-11-bangladesh-asia-rohingya-burma.jpg?itok=mqcM1qCW)
Iran: Imprisoned Foreign Student Threatened
US Citizen Arrested for Historical Research Serving 10-Year Term
![Xiyue Wang, a Princeton Ph.D. student and US citizen, was arrested in Iran on August 8, 2016, while researching Persian history for his doctoral thesis, July 18, 2017. © 2017 Reuters](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201712mena_iran_wang.jpg?itok=0SgGM042)
Turkmenistan: Animal Rights Activist Detained
Galina Kucherenko’s Whereabouts Unknown; Free Her Immediately
![Galina Kucherenko and her daughter, Valeria, in an undated photograph posted to Kucherenko’s Odnoklassniki account in August 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201712eca_turkmenistan_galinavaleriya.jpg?itok=QP3EE93r)
Mexico: Reject Internal Security Law
Better Policing Needed, Not More Militarized Law Enforcement
![A soldier walking in Almoloya de Juarez, on the outskirts of Mexico City, January 10, 2016](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201712americas_mexico_security.jpg?itok=ihGSl3DL)
EU Making Aid Efforts More Inclusive
Mandate to Consider Needs of People With Disabilities
![Sara, a 13-year-old Syrian girl traveling with her older sister and mother, has a physical disability and diabetes. Separated from her family on the rubber boat from Turkey, she slumped into the water at the bottom of the dinghy and fell unconscious.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/2015-12-disabilities-conflict-eur1.jpeg?itok=asnjwqcZ)
DR Congo: New ‘Kivu Security Tracker’ Maps Eastern Violence
Over 500 Killed, 1,000 Abducted in Kivu Provinces in Past 6 Months
![The Kivu Security Tracker maps violence by armed groups and Congolese security forces in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern Kivu provinces.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201712africa_drc_kst.png?itok=ZIIlxLIg)
![3. Destruction of Al-Andalousi mosque by unidentified armed groups, Tajora, March 2013. © Nader Elgadi](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201712mena_libya_al_andalousi.jpg?itok=9Xff6wPI)
Turkey: Parliament Opposition Party Leader on Trial
Selahattin Demirtaş Case Begins; Detained for 13 Months
![Selahattin Demirtaş, former co-chair of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), was among MPs jailed on November 4, 2016. His vacant seat in the general assembly of Turkey’s parliament is shown here marked with his photo.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/03/202103eca_turkey_demirtas.jpg?h=06ac0d8c&itok=vbQy2mUu)
Lighting the Way for Human Rights
24 Landmarks Around the World to Serve as Beacons of Hope on December 10
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