October 31, 2016
October 31, 2016
Nigeria: Officials Abusing Displaced Women, Girls
Displaced by Boko Haram and Victims Twice Over
![Women cook in pots heated up with firewood at an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp at Dikwa in Borno State, north-eastern Nigeria, on February 2, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/nigeria_cooking_pots_idp.jpg?itok=CNC1HW4x)
October 31, 2016
Stop Abuses against Street Vendors in Rwanda
![Street vendors outside Nyabugogo bus station, Kigali, August 2014.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/screen_shot_2016-10-07_at_10.44.51_am.png?itok=9nJbUR0t)
October 31, 2016
Ethiopia: State of Emergency Risks New Abuses
Directive Codifies Vague, Overbroad Restrictions
![A woman cries as she attends a prayer session at Biftu Bole Lutheran Church during a prayer and candle ceremony for those who died in the town of Bishoftu during Ireecha, the thanksgiving festival for the Oromo people, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, October 9, 20](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/photo_se_2.jpg?itok=TxB41_hV)
October 31, 2016
Turkey: Deepening Crackdown Over 2 Days
Cumhuriyet Journalists Held; Kurdish Media Closed; Mayors Jailed
![2016-10-31-turkey-newspaper-protest](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/rtx2r5ps_0.jpg?itok=t9aG36VI)
October 31, 2016
Do They Have to Play Soccer in the Settlements?
The games in the settlements is not the only issue that sparks anger against Israel - but they are turning Israeli soccer into a target
![Football field in Givat Ze'ev.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/img_4591.jpg?itok=WkO5dTik)
October 31, 2016
What Will Happen to the Yezidi Sex Slaves in Mosul?
At Least 300 Women From the Yezidi Sect are Estimated to Remain Inside the City
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/images/photographs/2014_Iraq_DisplacedYezidi.jpg?itok=eJfTvW3w)
October 31, 2016
Universal Periodic Review of Brazil
Human Rights Watch's Submission to the Human Rights Council
October 30, 2016
Legal Analysis of Ethiopia’s State of Emergency
![A woman cries as she attends a prayer session at Biftu Bole Lutheran Church during a prayer and candle ceremony for those who died in the town of Bishoftu during Ireecha, the thanksgiving festival for the Oromo people, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, October 9, 20](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/photo_se_2.jpg?itok=TxB41_hV)
October 28, 2016
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
![Syrian Man Carries Children After Barrel Bomb Attack](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/ijp-uj-syria_oct_2016.jpg?itok=ZNLa4k_8)
October 28, 2016
Burma: Invite UN to Assist Rakhine Inquiry
Commission Needs to Impartially Investigate Abuses by All Sides
![The ruins of a market which was set on fire are seen at a Rohingya village outside Maungdaw in Rakhine state, Burma on October 27, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/burma_rakhine_1.jpg?itok=K4rgl-G8)
October 28, 2016
The Rights Weekender
![Visitors look at the "Afghan Girl" photo during U.S. photographer Steve McCurry's exhibition at the Asian Civilisation Museum in Singapore June 26, 2009.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-10-afghanistan-asia-national-geographic-girl_0.jpg?itok=XUK3TBg9)
October 28, 2016
Venezuela has no More Time to Waste
![Doctors protest in front of the state-run University City Hospital in Caracas carrying signs describing patients they have not been able to help because they lack necessary supplies, January 15, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/3_5.jpg?itok=o9iJCl28)
October 28, 2016
France Has Failed Children In Calais
![Huddled under blankets, a group of Afghan boys spend the night on the street after French authorities abruptly ended registration and relocation for unaccompanied children who had been staying in the Calais migrant camp, October 26, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-10-crd-france-calais-boys_sleeping_out.jpg?itok=kNB6XZhV)
October 28, 2016
Lebanon: New Law a Step to End Torture
Ensure New Investigations Unit Can Start Work Quickly
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/images/photographs/2013MENA_Lebanon_ArmyAbuses.jpg?itok=_B7Q2seq)