September 19, 2016
Montenegro: Release Journalist Pending Trial
11-Month Pre-Trial Detention Unjustified
![Freelance journalist Jovo Martinović](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/jovo_martinovic.jpg?itok=FXXbTpLR)
September 18, 2016
Thailand: Impending Verdict for Labor Researcher
Andy Hall Prosecution Chills Research on Workers’ Rights
![British labor researcher Andy Hall.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/andy_hall.jpg?itok=sMRK_eCY)
September 18, 2016
Democratic Republic of Congo at a Precipice
End Repression, Promote Democratic Rule
![18 people were arrested in Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, during a peaceful demonstration organized by the youth movement Lutte pour le Changement (LUCHA) on March 15, 2016. They were released without charge on March 19.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/demonstration_lucha.jpg?itok=jgMaR6Pn)
September 18, 2016
Democratic Republic of Congo at a Precipice: Ending Repression and Promoting Democratic Rule
![18 people were arrested in Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, during a peaceful demonstration organized by the youth movement Lutte pour le Changement (LUCHA) on March 15, 2016. They were released without charge on March 19.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/demonstration_lucha.jpg?itok=jgMaR6Pn)
September 17, 2016
House Intelligence Committee Report on Snowden Unsupported
Real Oversight and Reform on Surveillance Needed in the US
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September 17, 2016
Britain’s Foreign Secretary Gets it Wrong on Boat Migration from Libya
Forcing Migrants Back is Uninformed and Inhumane
![Boris Johnson waving](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/borisreuters.jpeg?itok=OoPFmLmj)
September 17, 2016
Vietnam: Drop Charges and Free Land Rights Activist
Engage Those Protesting Confiscations Instead of Jailing Them
![Can Thi Theu protests against police violence. In the photo, she carried a picture of her son Trinh Ba Tu attacked by pro-government thugs in June 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/1._can_thi_theu_protested_against_police_violence.jpg?itok=C71bu521)
September 16, 2016
India: Activist Blocked from UN Meeting, Detained
Khurram Parvez Was to Raise Concerns About Crackdown in Kashmir
![Demonstrators shout slogans during a protest in Srinagar against the recent killings in Kashmir on September 7, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-9-india-asia-kashmir.jpg?itok=mUHvgE8o)
September 16, 2016
Azerbaijan’s Not-So-Subtle Campaign to Stifle Protest
Threats, Arrests Aim to Discourage Debate Over Upcoming Referendum
![General view shows central Baku, Azerbaijan, June 23, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-09-azerbaijan-eca-baku-city.jpg?itok=JpVzbmiL)
September 16, 2016
The Rights Weekender
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September 16, 2016
Refugees 101
September 16, 2016
Syria Truce Brings Calm, But No Aid
Despite Promises, Syrian Officials Withhold Permits
![Commercial Turkish trucks wait to cross to Syria near the Cilvegozu border gate, located opposite the Syrian commercial crossing point Bab al-Hawa in Reyhanli, Hatay province, Turkey, September 16, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-09-syria-mena-aid-turkey.jpg?itok=4HTKRN7W)
September 16, 2016
Educating Refugee Children in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan
![Maya, 9, reads a school textbook in her family home. She enjoys attending her local public school in izmir, on turkey’s west coast, where she is one of four Syrian students in her class.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/turkey5.jpg?itok=KvJKxdLJ)