May 2, 2017
Central African Republic: Armed Groups Target Civilians
Violence Spikes in Central Region
![Children of a Peuhl man killed in February 2017 by FPRC and anti-balaka fighters near Baïdou, a village between Ippy and Bria in the Central African Republic.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/hrw_-_idp_handicap-9.jpg?itok=mF18CFsg)
May 2, 2017
Hunger Strikes Highlight Isolation of Palestinian Prisoners
Detainees Seek Better Conditions, Access to Families
![Demonstrators gather during a rally in support of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails, in the West Bank city of Ramallah April 17, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-05-palestine-israel-prisoners-protest.jpg?itok=Ve7l86On)
May 1, 2017
India: UN Review Should Condemn Crackdown on Rights
Dissent Labeled ‘Anti-National’; Minorities Risk Vigilante Violence
![A protest demanding the release of students at Jawaharlal National University, arrested for sedition in New Delhi, February 24, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/india_1.jpg?itok=GXOEh8Df)
May 1, 2017
Chinese Rights Lawyer Still Jailed After Sentence Suspended
Secret Trial Convicts Li Heping of Subversion
![Chinese human rights lawyer, Li Heping.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-05-china-asia-li-heping.png?itok=r__LuBPC)
May 1, 2017
Syria: New Evidence Shows Pattern of Nerve-Agent Use
Government Enters Realm of Crimes against Humanity
![A poison hazard danger sign is seen in the town of Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib province, Syria on April 5, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/cover_image.jpg?itok=bogDbKWZ)
May 1, 2017
Submission from Human Rights Watch for the Universal Periodic Review of India
September 2016
May 1, 2017
Trump’s 101st Day and Beyond
![Trump 100 days](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/trump_100_days.jpg?itok=LSItOye5)
May 1, 2017
South Korea’s Military ‘Sodomy Law’ Should Go
![South Korean soldiers at a marine base in Gimpo, South Korea, on June 10, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-5-skorea-asia-lgbt.jpg?itok=gDc3gShS)
May 1, 2017
France: Presidential Run-Off Offers Choice on Rights
Comparison of Le Pen, Macron Positions
![Emmanuel Macron et Marine Le Pen, candidats à l'élection présidentielle en France, en avril 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-france-macron-le-pen.jpg?itok=Ho_y0_5X)
April 30, 2017
Bahrain: End Degrading Treatment of Activists
Shackling Detainees Among New Punitive Regulations
![Bahrain’s Cheif of Police Tariq Al Hassan arrives for a news conference at the Police Officer's Club in Manama, Bahrain on April 27, 2014.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/bahrain_jp.jpg?itok=Tt0RrIfF)
April 28, 2017
Philippines: Release and Protect “Secret Jail” Detainees
Investigate and Shutter Unofficial Police Lock-Up Cells
![Philippines: Release and Protect “Secret Jail” Detainees PHOTO](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/ap_17118211174398_1.jpg?itok=unqfHFN1)
April 28, 2017
Colombia: Reject Referendum on Rights of LGBT People
![A protest demanding the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, at the Congress building in Bogota November 27, 2012.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/photocolombia042817.jpg?itok=73M-l5Ro)