April 4, 2017
Sickening Bombing in St Petersburg Metro
![A man leaves flowers during a memorial service for victims of a blast in St.Petersburg metro, outside Sennaya Ploshchad metro station in St. Petersburg, Russia.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/picture_statement_st._petersburg.jpg?itok=WJ_DFfWc)
April 4, 2017
The Netherlands Needs to Stay Vigilant Against Homophobic Violence
Two Men Injured in Latest Attack
![A rainbow over a typical Dutch shopping street in Amsterdam.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-04-netherlands-eca-amsterdam-lgbt.jpg?itok=ix-fwTxD)
April 4, 2017
US Should Combat the Gender Wage Gap
The Paycheck Fairness Act Would Help Protect Working Women’s Rights
![A mother and her daughter participate in the International Women's Day "A Day Without a Woman" protest in Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 8, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-04-womens-rights-us-march.jpg?itok=njQwy4G5)
April 4, 2017
Lost Opportunity In Hungary
EU Commission’s Silence Undermining the Rights of Migrants
![Migrants walk along Hungary's border fence on the Serbian side of the border near Morahalom, Hungary, February 22, 2016](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-03-hungary-eca-fence-refugees.jpg?itok=fx5sd-5U)
![Mass pro-Kadyrov rally organized by Chechen authorities in Grozny in January 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-08-eca-russia-photo-01.jpg?itok=FJ04vxqq)
April 4, 2017
Turkey: Understanding the Constitutional Referendum
Questions and Answers on What It Means for Human Rights, Rule of Law
![Voters in Turkey will decide in an April 16 referendum whether to approve constitutional amendments that would change the structure of governance and greatly increase the powers of the presidency. Campaign posters read (left) “Our decision is Yes” and (r](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/1_resized.jpg?itok=TKUPyWty)
April 4, 2017
Hungary: Law Threatens Independent Universities
President Should Reject Bill Targeting Central European University
![People in Budapest protest a draft law targeting Central European University, Hungary, April 2, 2017](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/ceu_protest.jpg?itok=x6kB6bBm)
April 3, 2017
Investigate Killing of Two in Nairobi’s Eastleigh
Video Apparently Shows Latest in a Slew of Extrajudicial Killings in Kenya
![A view of a mosque in Eastleigh, a suburb of Nairobi October 5, 2013.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-04-kenya-africa-nairobi-eastleigh.jpg?itok=bg40Mej5)
April 3, 2017
Belarus: ‘Freedom Day’ Crackdown
Mass Arrests, Beatings of Protesters, Journalists, Rights Defenders
![Riot police detain a man during a rally in Minsk on March 25.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/belarus_1.jpg?itok=44xesW2H)
April 3, 2017
Bangladesh: 5 Years On, No Justice for Aminul Islam
Government Promises to Expedite High-Level Investigations Yield Nothing
![Aminul Islam Anniversary Presser 20170403](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/4_family_of_aminul_islam.jpeg?itok=HNNfai98)
April 3, 2017
Ethiopian Worker Survives Fall From Kuwait Building
Video Shows Moment That Domestic Worker Screams for Help, Falls
![A female employer and her children are accompanied by their domestic worker, back right, as they walk through The Avenues, an indoor luxury shopping center in Kuwait City.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/2015_mena_kuwait_workers.jpg?itok=IFE4Q93o)
April 3, 2017
Identity Politics and Electoral Loss
![LGBT Rainbow Flag](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/rainbow_flag_and_blue_skies.jpg?itok=nj7TjiZb)