![A Dalit woman removes excrement from dry toilets in Kasela village in Uttar Pradesh, India, where the state has failed to enforce laws prohibiting the practice of “manual scavenging.”](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/sanitation_cover_photo.png?itok=CCSH1p84)
![A Dalit woman removes excrement from dry toilets in Kasela village in Uttar Pradesh, India, where the state has failed to enforce laws prohibiting the practice of “manual scavenging.”](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/sanitation_cover_photo.png?itok=CCSH1p84)
April 18, 2017
Thailand: Junta Making Mockery a Criminal Offense
Drop Case Against Prominent Critic for Facebook Posts
![Veera Somkwamkid, a prominent anti-corruption activist, has been charged under the Computer-Related Crime Act for mocking Thai Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-ocha on Facebook.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/veera_somkwamkid.jpeg?itok=llNZz00r)
April 18, 2017
China: Release Taiwanese Democracy Activist
No Credible Evidence Cited for National Security Allegations
![Li Ching-yu (C), a wife of Taiwanese human rights activist Li Ming-che, detained in China, attends a news conference in Taipei, Taiwan March 31, 2017.REUTERS/Tyrone Siu](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/china_taiwan_democracy_activist_presser.jpg?itok=i_vUmATL)
April 18, 2017
Australia: Suspend Military Sales to Saudi Arabia
Release Details on Weapons, Material Sold to Coalition Members
![The remains of a community hall in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, after Saudi-led coalition warplanes attacked a funeral ceremony there on October 8, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-10-mena-yemen-funeral-01.jpg?itok=FgJ9Gw9D)
April 18, 2017
Venezuela: Humanitarian Crisis Spilling into Brazil
Regional Response Urgently Needed
![Hammocks where members of the Venezuelan Warao indigenous community sleep at a shelter in Boa Vista. Others sleep on the floor inside the shelter. February 11, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-04-americas-venbrazil-photo-05.jpg?itok=c0cDGiuK)
April 18, 2017
In Crisis-Stricken Somalia, No Safe Haven
![A child surrounded by her family’s belongings during the massive forced eviction by Somali authorities of a displaced person’s camp in the Kadha (formerly Dharkenley) district of Mogadishu, Somalia on March 4, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2015_afr_somalia_evictions.jpg?itok=AH5O__fJ)
April 18, 2017
Syria: US Mosque Attack Likely Unlawful
Authorities Failed to Take Necessary Precautions
![An aerial photograph released by the US Department of Defense after a March 16, 2017 US airstrike in al-Jinah, Syria, showing damage to part of a mosque.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-04-mena-syria-main.jpg?itok=J9mylA5Z)
April 17, 2017
Turkey: End State of Emergency after Referendum
Support Equal Rights, Reject Death Penalty
![A woman casts her ballot at a polling station in Ankara during the referendum, April 16, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-eca-turkey-referendum.jpg?itok=7G4CMxhS)
April 17, 2017
Unchecked Power, Fear, and Crisis in Venezuela
![Leidy Cordova, 37, with four of her five children at their home in Cumana, Venezuela, June 16, 2016. Their broken refrigerator held the only food in the house: a bag of corn flour and a bottle of vinegar.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-10-americas-venezuela-main_sp.jpg?itok=O7qcXhzJ)
April 17, 2017
On Immigrant Policies, Unintended Consequences
Actually, US Exported the MS13 Gang to El Salvador
![Members of the MS-13 gang are detained near the crime scene where two men, Jose Wilfredo Navidad and Nestor Alexander Rivera, were killed as they rode a motorcycle on their way to work, in San Salvador, El Salvador January 26, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-04-el-salvador-americas-gang.jpg?itok=UA1Md5RX)
April 17, 2017
Turkey Yes Vote Gives Enormous Power to President
Opposition Parties Contesting Narrow Referendum Result
![The “Yes” (“Evet”) campaign in Turkey’s April 16 referendum dominates the public space. The banners read (from left) “Of course it’s yes”, “Our vote is yes”, “Our decision is yes.”](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/3_resized.jpg?itok=fv_cYXYo)
April 17, 2017
Russia: Chechen Officials and Clerics Threaten Journalists
Fear of Retaliation for Article Exposing Anti-Gay Abuse Campaign
![The head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, on December 13, 2011.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/ramzan_kadyrov.jpeg?itok=NIcIcCRh)