March 26, 2017
France: Press Indonesia on Key Rights Concerns
Hollande Should Defend Persecuted Minorities, Oppose Death Penalty
![French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault and Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi hold a media briefing in Jakarta on February 28, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-3-indonesia-france.jpg?itok=aH_5Dpy-)
March 26, 2017
Nation-Wide Protests Over Corruption Take Place Across Russian Cities
Police Arrest Opposition Leader, Use Heavy-Handed Tactics Against Protestors
![Police vans on Tverskaya Street, Marc 25, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/screen_shot_2017-03-26_at_8.38.28_pm.png?itok=sMCxgsqF)
March 26, 2017
Yemen: Attack on Refugee Boat Likely War Crime
Failed Investigations into Abuses as War Turns 2
![Body of a Somali refugee, killed in an attack by a helicopter while travelling in a vessel off the coast of Yemen, is carried at the Red Sea port of Hodeidah, Yemen, March 17, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-yemen-boat-helicopter-attack.jpg?itok=5CsD1ZH5)
March 24, 2017
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
![U.S. President Donald Trump holds his earpiece as he holds a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (not pictured) at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 10, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-02-us-united-states-trump.jpg?itok=STeRnktP)
March 24, 2017
Burma: UN Takes Key Step for Justice
Human Rights Council Orders International Fact-Finding Mission
![Yanghee Lee, special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on March 13, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-3-burma-asia-sr.jpeg?itok=lQXPaOrd)
March 24, 2017
UN: New Move on North Korea Crimes
Human Rights Council Opens Door to Prosecution Strategies
![Tomás Ojea Quintana, special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in North Korea, at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on March 13, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-3-asia-korea-unhrc.jpeg?itok=a7A0edE7)
March 24, 2017
Submission to the UN Committee against Torture's pre-sessional review of Lebanon
Lebanon should comply with its obligations under the Convention against Torture
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/images/photographs/2013MENA_Lebanon_ArmyAbuses.jpg?itok=_B7Q2seq)
March 24, 2017
Japan: Anti-Bullying Policy to Protect LGBT Students
Efforts Boost Regional, Global Role on Gay Rights
![manga drawing by Taiji Utagawa of a transgender man with head down in the dark with three white spots leading into the distance](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-05-asia-japan-main-new.jpg?itok=8V6-8Bqu)
March 24, 2017
Egypt: Aya Hijazi's Trial a Travesty
Postponed Verdict Caps Extensive Fair Trial Violations
![Aya Hegazy and her husband Mohamed Hassanein, founders of a nongovernmental organization that looks after street children, sit on the ground talking inside a holding cell as they face trial on charges of human trafficking, sexual exploitation of minors, a](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/rtx32ds2_28layout_28comp2929.jpg?itok=_-yqzyIw)
March 24, 2017
Why Tillerson’s “Interim Zone of Stability” in Syria Is a Half-Baked Idea
Providing a Safe Haven Inside Syria Would Be Complicated, Costly and Probably Dangerous
![Khirmash displaced persons camp in Syria on Turkey’s border, sheltering about 2,000 people as of mid-April 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016_syria_idp_camp_shelling.jpg?itok=woKzDhWR)
![The 2017 Ranking Digital Rights Corporate Accountability Index evaluates 22 of the world’s most powerful telecommunications, internet, and mobile companies.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-ranking-digital-rights.png?itok=NTmpRtnn)
March 23, 2017
Cambodia: Continue to Investigate Kem Ley Killing
Significant Questions Remain After Guilty Verdict
![A police officer stands guard in front of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court during the trial of Chuop Somlap, who is accused of murdering the political commentator and prominent government critic Kem Ley, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Samra](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/kem_ley_trial_1.jpg?itok=FOI3Jx-W)