![Cyril Almeida, a journalist with the major daily newspaper Dawn, has been placed on an Exit-Control List (ECL) by the Pakistani government.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/cyril-almeida-1.jpg?itok=IYLboEBP)
![Cyril Almeida, a journalist with the major daily newspaper Dawn, has been placed on an Exit-Control List (ECL) by the Pakistani government.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/cyril-almeida-1.jpg?itok=IYLboEBP)
October 13, 2016
Afghanistan’s Shia Hazara Suffer Latest Atrocity
Insurgents’ Increasing Threat to Embattled Minority
![Afghan Shia Muslims men mourn over the grave of a victim who was killed in Tuesday's attack at the Sakhi Shrine in Kabul, Afghanistan October 12, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-10-afghanistan-asia-ashura-attack-hazara-shia.jpg?itok=Go7RIord)
October 13, 2016
Indonesia’s Unrelenting Anti-LGBT Campaign
Government Silence on Hate-Mongering Fuels Discrimination
![A picture of an anti-LGBT demonstration.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/screen_shot_2016-08-09_at_11.04.42_am.png?itok=-hOVjnP_)
October 13, 2016
Germany Should Take on Rising Hate Crime
Government Should Review Compliance with OSCE Human Rights Standards
![People hold pictures of the victims of the National Socialist Underground (NSU) group at the memorial to Halit Yozgat in Kassel, April 6, 2013.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-10-germany-eca-nsu.jpg?itok=yQ-2l3I5)
October 13, 2016
Embracing Impunity in Burundi
Government Approves Withdrawal from International Criminal Court
![On October 13, 2015, police shot dead Christophe Nkezabahizi, his wife, nephew, and his two teenage children in Bujumbura. No one has been held accountable for their deaths.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-burundi-africa-wr-photograph.jpg?itok=SFJQbqEX)
October 13, 2016
Human Rights Watch Statement to the European Parliament
Human Rights Situation in Ethiopia: Need for Stronger EU Action October 12, 2016
![A man at a funeral holds up the portrait of Tesfu Tadese Biru, 32, a construction engineer who died during a stampede after police fired warning shots at an anti-government protest in Bishoftu during Irreecha, the thanksgiving festival of the Oromo people](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/photo_eth_portrait_new.jpg?itok=zDTtuE3W)
October 13, 2016
EU: Impose Targeted Sanctions against Senior Officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo
![Pro-democracy youth activists at a protest against election delays in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on September 19, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/lucha_photo_sept19b.png?itok=qfNcI_ri)
October 13, 2016
Iran: Overturn Stadium Restrictions for Women
FIVB Should Launch Investigation and Work to End Exclusion of Women
![Iran's supporters shout during the FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship first round match between Iran and Italy in Milan September 27, 2010. © 2010 Reuters](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-wr-iran.jpg?itok=9KGi8CN3)
October 13, 2016
Yemen: Saudi-Led Funeral Attack Apparent War Crime
Credible International Investigation Urgently Needed
![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)
October 12, 2016
Bangladesh: End Arbitrary and Secret Arrests
Opposition Leaders’ Sons Detained in August, But Government Pretends Not in Custody
![Security personnel block a road during a police operation in Dhaka, Bangladesh on July 26, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-10-asia-bangladesh-police.jpg?itok=iU2ROiU5)
October 12, 2016
UAE: Speech Charges Violate Academic’s Rights
Nasser bin Ghaith Held Incommunicado for 9 Months
![Nasser bin Ghaith at his home in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on November 30, 2011.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/rtr2uny4_layout_comp.jpg?itok=nUz3A_2M)
October 12, 2016
Malaysia: Crackdown on Free Speech Intensifies
Ordinary Citizens Targeted Alongside Activists, Politicians
![Malaysian police line to prevent protesters from entering Merdeka Square in downtown Kuala Lumpur, August 29, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-10-asia-malaysia-main_0.jpg?itok=6vtYyqV1)
October 12, 2016
US, Companies Should Protect Child Tobacco Workers
Poverty No Excuse for Dangerous Child Labor
![16-year-old tobacco worker](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/ustobacco1215_coverimage.jpg?itok=zp9CsBzf)
October 12, 2016
Facing the Death Penalty for Blasphemy in Pakistan
Supreme Court to Hear Appeal of Aasia Bibi
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/images/photographs/2010_Pakistan_AsiaBibi.jpg?itok=tDNsWDNh)