August 30, 2016
China: G20 Leaders Should Urge End to Crackdown
Nongovernmental Groups Given Limited Access to Hangzhou Meeting
![A billboard for the upcoming G20 summit in Hangzhou, China.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-8-china-asia-g20.jpg?itok=52YWfzG5)
August 30, 2016
Letter to Special Rapporteurs on Mexico General Law on Torture
August 30, 2016
Human Right to Water at Risk in First Nations Communities
![Roxanne Moonias, mother to an infant with a chronic illness, demonstrates one of the steps she takes to ensure her baby is not exposed to contaminants in the water.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/canada_water_report.png?itok=932yXiFD)
August 30, 2016
Indonesian LGBT Activists Receive Free Expression Award
Government Should Support Inclusive Democratic Values
![Kanza Vina (left), a transgender woman, talks with Abhipraya Ardiansyah (far right), a transgender man, and Yuli Rustinawati (center), their colleague from Forum LGBTIQ Indonesia. Vina and Abhipraya received awards from an independent journalism union.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-08-indonesia-asia-lgbt-transgender.jpg?itok=5LBxTU8u)
August 30, 2016
Baltimore Police Stretch Laws to Spy on Thousands
Aerial Surveillance Latest in Pattern of Abuses Based on Legal Loopholes
![Photograph depicting an aerial view of the city of Baltimore, Maryland, April 29, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-08-us-baltimore-surveillance-aerial.jpg?itok=Rp2rOWAc)
August 30, 2016
SADC: Reverse Downward Slide on Rights
Several Member Countries Falling Behind on Protections, Quality of Life
![Billboard advertising the 2016 Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit in Mbabane, Swaziland.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/billboard2.jpg?itok=ESou8iEp)
August 30, 2016
Iraq: Militias Recruiting Children
Before Mosul, All Sides Should Demobilize Child Soldiers
![A camp for displaced persons who fled from the extremist group Islamic State, or ISIS, in the Makhmour area near Mosul, Iraq, June 17, 2016. Picture taken June 17, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/final_0.jpg?itok=0T0DbsoN)
August 30, 2016
UN Security Council: Ensure Justice for Syria Atrocities
Impose Sanctions on Government, Refer Situation to ICC
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/images/photographs/2013_Syria_chemicalweapons.jpg?itok=FMRiyOAf)
August 30, 2016
Remembering Victims of a Mass Killing in Japan
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![MENA Palestine Free Speech 2](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/image3.jpg?itok=dteutEYE)
August 29, 2016
Thailand: Break Silence on Day of the ‘Disappeared’
Fulfill Pledge to Criminalize Enforced Disappearance
![Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha speaks during a news conference in Bangkok, Thailand on August 15, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-8-thailand-asia-prayut2.jpg?itok=BoCD5mvC)
August 29, 2016
Turkmenistan is Not Free After All
Germany Should Press Government to Respect Basic Rights, Freedoms
![Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov (L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel speak at a press conference in Berlin, Germany, August 29, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-08-turkmenistan-eca-merkel-berdi2.jpeg?itok=u7hht6vz)