![Medical personnel at the al-Quds hospital in Aleppo treat people after a chemical attack on the city on September 6, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/screen_shot_2016-09-27_at_10.14.18_am.png?itok=XzTvJZ0h)
![Medical personnel at the al-Quds hospital in Aleppo treat people after a chemical attack on the city on September 6, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/screen_shot_2016-09-27_at_10.14.18_am.png?itok=XzTvJZ0h)
September 28, 2016
Egypt: Serious Abuses in Scorpion Prison
Inmates Isolated, Beaten, Denied Food and Medicine
![A satellite photograph of Scorpion Prison taken in September 2016. Inmates suffer abuses in secret and are denied most access to the outside world. Satellite imagery](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/egypt0916_prison-01.jpg?itok=4aMz2KuV)
September 28, 2016
Tajikistan: Violent Retaliation Against Activists
OSCE, Governments Should Protest Collective Punishment, Worsening Crackdown
![2016-9-eca-tajikistan-osce-hdim](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-9-eca-tajikistan-osce-hdim.jpg?itok=1LVH0LUm)
![Li Jinxing poses at the entrance of the Bureau of Prison Administration, Zhengzhou, Henan province.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-09-china-asia-li-jinxing.jpg?itok=jTCusX8f)
September 27, 2016
Colombia Peace Deal’s Promise, and Flaws
![Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos hands a lapel pin in shape of a dove to Timochenko after signing a peace accord.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-colombia-peacedealsigning.jpg?itok=jO7WbnTO)
September 27, 2016
UN Rights body should deploy team of experts to DR Congo
Interactive Dialogue on the High Commissioner's report on DR Congo at 33rd session of the UN Human Rights Council
![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 27, 2016
ICC: Clear Message on Attacking World’s Treasures
Sentencing of Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi of Mali
September 27, 2016
UN rights body should urgently create commission of inquiry on Burundi
Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on Burundi
![Burundi's Human Rights Crisis](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/d_hrw_o9a0978_-_cropped_0.jpg?itok=5hrXiLF1)
September 27, 2016
Guinea: 7 Years On, Justice for Massacre Needed
Victims Anxious for Long-Awaited Trial to Begin
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/images/photographs/2009_Guinea_Massacre.jpg?itok=qMl7m0BP)
September 27, 2016
Witness: “The Mining Company Brought Me Problems”
Unregulated Promotion of Mining in Malawi Causing Hazards and Hardships
![Young girl washing dishes at a borehole near Eland coal mine in Mwabulambo, Karonga district.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-09-africa-malawi-photo-03.jpg?itok=i2GhnPMt)
September 27, 2016
Malawi: Mining Puts Residents at Risk
Urgent Need to Protect Rights of Lake Malawi Communities
![Nagomba E., 75, standing where her house used to be in Mwabulambo, Karonga district. She and her family were told to relocate in 2008 because the land was needed for coal mining.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-09-africa-malawi-main.jpg?itok=XCIkNJbC)
September 27, 2016
Jordan: Prominent Writer Gunned Down at Court
End Criminalization of Defaming Religion
![MENA Jordan Hattar Photo 27 Sept](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/hattar2.jpeg?itok=sGZwNkGx)
September 26, 2016
Indonesia Seeks End to Female Genital Mutilation
Government Should Also Prohibit Abusive ‘Virginity Tests’
![A girl is seen through a fence before prayers for the Muslim holiday of Eid Al-Adha on a street in Jakarta, Indonesia September 12, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-09-asia-indonesia-girl-womens_rights.jpg?itok=Txp9ZSuv)
September 26, 2016
US Presidential Candidate Questionnaire Responses
Responses Received to the Human Rights Watch US Presidential Election Questionnaire
September 26, 2016
Pakistan: Overhaul Abusive Police Force
Lack of Accountability, Outdated Methods Contribute to Rights Violations
![A police officer is framed by the architecture of Lahore's Badshahi Mosque while standing guard during a prayer session on Eid al-Adha November 7, 2011. Copyright Reuters](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/cover_photo_pakistan.jpg?itok=qDMhlHac)