June 28, 2017
Vietnam: Free Blogger ‘Mother Mushroom’
Arrests and Activist’s Trial Show Hanoi’s Determination to Silence Critics
![201706Asia_Vietnam_MotherMushroom](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706asia_vietnam_mothermushroom.jpg?itok=jxrAMJo0)
June 28, 2017
Philippines: Duterte’s First Year a Human Rights Calamity
Summary Killings, Prison Overcrowding, Assaults on Critics
![A victim’s relative cries behind the police line at the site of a drug-related shooting in metro Manila, Philippines, June 19, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706asia_philippines_duterte_0.jpg?itok=qc1zNob8)
June 28, 2017
Together, Trump and Modi Skip Human Rights
Leaders Prioritized Trade and Counterterrorism in Washington Talks
![U.S. President Donald Trump (R) greets Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during their joint news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., June 26, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706united_states_asia_india_trump_modi.jpg?itok=_uEaWIUy)
June 27, 2017
US State Department’s Lie About Child Soldiers
Tillerson Takes Burma, Iraq Off List Despite Evidence
![United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks during a press conference at the State Department in Washington, U.S. June 21, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706united_states_foreign_policy_tillerson.jpg?itok=Ya5E72dy)
June 27, 2017
Uzbekistan: Forced Labor Linked to World Bank
Systematic Violations Underpin Country’s Cotton Sector
![A woman picks cotton during the 2015 cotton harvest, which runs from early September to late October or early November annually.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706business_uzbekistan_photo_presser.jpg?itok=bKWn0Dsb)
June 27, 2017
Witness: Declared Insane for Speaking Out
Fighting Forced Labor in Uzbekistan’s Cotton Fields
![Uzbek human rights defender Elena Urlaeva, detained at a psychiatric hospital from March 1 to March 23, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706business_uzbekistan_photo_cotton_21.jpg?itok=FoB5E1We)
June 27, 2017
US Senate Health Care Bill a Swipe at Rural United States
Proposed Medicaid Spending Cuts May Lead to Rural Hospital Closures
![Pineville Community Hospital, Pineville, Kentucky.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706united_states_kentucky_hospital_health.jpg?itok=UMolZo6L)
June 27, 2017
France: Don’t ‘Normalize’ Emergency Powers
Proposed Measures Undermine Rights, Rule of Law
![French army paratroopers patrol near the Eiffel tower in Paris, France, March 30, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706eca_france_emergency.jpg?itok=fOWBhXY1)
June 26, 2017
How to Put a Stop to North Korea's Brazen Impunity
![Otto Frederick Warmbier (C), a University of Virginia student who was detained in North Korea and passed away on June 19, 2017, is taken to North Korea's top court in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this photo released by Kyodo March 16, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706asia_nk_otto.jpg?itok=faamR9q2)
June 26, 2017
US General’s Photo Op with Accused Torturer in Afghanistan
US Should Stop Supporting Kandahar Strongman
![A photo depicting General John Nicholson, Commander of United States forces in Afghanistan (C) with Kandahar's General Abdul Raziq (R).](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706asia_afghanistan_us_nicholson_raziq.jpg?itok=pPP-EVQH)
June 26, 2017
Thailand: Fulfill Pledge to End Torture
Urgently Enact Law to Prosecute Mistreatment, Forced Disappearance
![201706Asia_Thailand_PrayuthNEW](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706asia_thailand_prayuthnew.jpg?itok=liIkydob)
June 26, 2017
Turn Gaza’s Lights Back On
![Palestinians sit outside their houses to escape from the heat during a power cut in the Shati refugee camp, Gaza City.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706mena_gaza_electricity.jpg?itok=SykbivyK)