May 23, 2017
All Schools Should be Safe Havens Like Mine
![A 12-year-old boy shows the mercury he carries in his trousers’ pockets for gold processing in Homase, Amansie Central district, Ashanti Region, Ghana.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-05-ghana-africa-mercury-child-labor.jpg?itok=3Mm0gWLk)
May 23, 2017
China’s Rights Abuses Infect UN
Global Body Should Do More to Protect Beijing’s Critics
![Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech during a high-level event in the Assembly Hall at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, January 18, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-05-china-asia-united-nations-xinping.jpg?itok=dxFATp9y)
May 23, 2017
UK: Manchester Arena Attack
![A woman lays flowers for the victims of the Manchester Arena attack, in central Manchester, Britain May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Darren Staples](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/manchester_attack_statement_picture_23_may.png?itok=msHi10qR)
May 23, 2017
Algeria Needs to Do More to End Domestic Violence
![A woman at Dar al-Insania, an NGO-run shelter in the eastern city of Annaba on March 3, 2010. Dar al-Insania provides women victims of domestic violence, among others, with shelter and services.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/rtr2b70h_edited.jpg?itok=gEdj_LPo)
May 23, 2017
US: Congress Should Reject 'Back the Blue Act'
Would Shield Police From Accountability, Not Protect Them
![Police in riot gear block a roadway to stop demonstrators from entering a neighborhood as they protest the police shooting of Keith Scott in Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S., September 25, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-09-us-police-force.jpg?itok=igu4Thbo)
May 23, 2017
Letter to US Congress to Reject ’Back the Blue Act’
May 23, 2017
Namibia Can Help Protect Schools in War Zones
![Seleka MPC fighters at a roadblock in Bojomo, Ouham province, with a desk they removed from the local school.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/car_occupied_schools-15_web.jpg?itok=EYvuWZe_)
May 23, 2017
In Thailand, a Mother’s 7-Year Fight
Payao Arrested While Protesting Army’s Killing of Her Daughter
![Payao Akhad performs at a Walk for Justice at Wat Pathum Wanaram, Bangkok, on May 19, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/payao.jpeg?itok=THCjz0Vv)
May 23, 2017
Zimbabwe: Evictions, Beatings at Mugabe-Linked Farm
Police Ignore Court Orders, Demolish Homes
![Two women clean pots and plates in front of the remains of their demolished house at Arnolds Farm, Mazowe. Anti-riot police, who claim the farm is owned by the First Family, demolished the house on May 9, 2017, despite two court orders prohibiting the dem](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/arnolds_farm_may_9_pic_1.jpg?itok=NMta0lvT)
![2015-eca-eu-refugees-humanitarian-visa-1-lead](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/2015-eca-eu-refugees-humanitarian-visa-1-lead.jpg?itok=2NnitbMq)
May 22, 2017
Sudan: Obstruction of Aid Endangers Women’s Lives
All Parties Should Open Way to Lifesaving Health Services
![Mukuma Hamad, a volunteer health worker, holds a container of folic acid, the only assistance she can give pregnant women who visit the lone health clinic in Hadara village, in rebel-controlled Southern Kordofan.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/skye1_resized_0.jpg?itok=YuPDeaFp)