![Russian activist protesting decriminalization of domestic violence in front of Russia’s state parliament building.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/photo_1.jpg?itok=mxtLcoDH)
![Russian activist protesting decriminalization of domestic violence in front of Russia’s state parliament building.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/photo_1.jpg?itok=mxtLcoDH)
February 14, 2017
‘I Don’t Think Her Heart Will Ever Like This Baby’
Protecting Children of Rape, the Invisible Victims of Conflict and Political Violence
![Nafula K.,46, was gang raped together with three other women by four men in January 2008 while at an IDP camp.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-02-kenya-africa-15.jpg?itok=0eeY5eVX)
February 14, 2017
The High Cost of Torture in Mexico
![A protester holds up a sign – "We are missing 43!" – with relatives of the 43 missing students from a teacher’s college in Ayotzinapa during a march in Mexico City. © 2016 Henry Romero/Reuters](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/rtx2eeul_0.jpg?itok=8KnSntNH)
February 14, 2017
Trump’s Labor Nominee’s Troubling Record
Fast Food Executive Would Not Be a Strong Advocate for US Workers
![Andy Puzder, CEO of CKE Restaurants, departs after meeting with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at the main clubhouse at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, U.S., November 19, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-02-us-united-states-puzder-trump-labor.jpg?itok=8CDLwofO)
February 14, 2017
US: In New York, Children as Young as 14 Can Marry
End Child Marriage in New York State
![Sonia Ossorio of NOW-NYC addresses the crowd at a protest against US laws allowing child marriage.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-02-child-marriage-womens-rights-now-nyc.jpg?itok=CXZhmpHe)
February 14, 2017
Tanzania: 1.5 Million Adolescents Not in School
Government Policies Undermine Move for Free Secondary Education
![More than 120 Form II students prepare to sit their mock exams in a secondary school in Mwanza, northwestern Tanzania.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-02-crd-tanzania-photo-01.jpg?itok=Wfw770bz)
February 14, 2017
‘What Is My Future After This?’
Secondary Education Inaccessible for Many Children in Tanzania
![An unfinished science laboratory next to a classroom at a secondary school in Shinyanga region, northern Tanzania.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-02-crd-tanzania-photo-09.jpg?itok=Ic-w5f2N)
February 14, 2017
Onus on Turnbull to Remember Sri Lanka’s Victims
![A Tamil woman cries as she holds up an image of her family member who disappeared during the civil war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) at a vigil to commemorate the international day of the disappeared in Colombo August 30, 2013.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-08-sri-lanka-asia-tamil-disappeared.jpg?itok=ZgBojHcM)
February 14, 2017
Oman: Activist’s Family Barred from Traveling Abroad
Repeated Harassment of Peaceful Rights Defenders
![Mohammed al-Fazari](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/mohammed_alfazari.jpg?itok=yCa3xMCh)
February 14, 2017
Ethiopia: Dams, Plantations a Threat to Kenyans
Lake Turkana Water Levels down, further drop expected
![Boys fishing in Lake Turkana. The population of Turkana County is predominantly Turkana people, who rely on fishing in Lake Turkana for their livelihood.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/turkana1_b.jpg?itok=fs9qi642)
February 14, 2017
Lebanon: New Refugee Policy a Step Forward
Open the Door to Legal Status for All Syrian Refugees
![A General Security officer stands by as a Syrian bus driver carries the passports and departure cards of Syrians arriving in Lebanon.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/leb._syr._refugees.jpg?itok=JJezopwa)
February 14, 2017
U.N. Refugee Agency Must Break Its Silence on Pakistan
![Five returning Afghan refugee children wait for their parents to register at the UN refugee agency’s support center outside Kabul after being forced out of Pakistan in October 2016. Almost 600,000 Afghans, including 360,000 registered refugees, returned h](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/img_9422.jpg?itok=nOEDeh77)
February 13, 2017
North Korea: End Rampant Forced Child Labor
Submission to UN Children’s Committee Highlights Exploitation, Abuse
![Kim Jong-un attends a performance of school children to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Korean Children's Union (KCU) in Pyongyang in June 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/songbun_main.jpg?itok=_MKvtCNG)