The Rights Weekender
![MENA Palestine Free Speech 4](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/image5.jpg?itok=FUtgXO5J)
Uzbekistan: Authoritarian President Karimov Reported Dead
Legacy Is Quarter Century of Ruthless Repression
![Karimov speaking](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/karimovobit.jpeg?itok=2IEwLY-I)
The Death of a Small Syrian Boy
One Year After Alan Kurdi’s Drowning, Mediterranean Death Tolls Rise
![A man carries the body of a dead Syrian boy who died at sea.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/syria.boy_.jpg?itok=Q0U7d6DY)
Statement on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, CCW Fifth Review Conference Preparatory Committee
Delivered by Mary Wareham, Advocacy Director
Bangladesh: Halt Imminent War Crimes Executions
Impose Immediate Moratorium on the Death Penalty
![Mir Quasem Ali boards a prison van after International Crimes Tribunal sentenced him to death on November 2, 2014, for alleged 1971 war crimes.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/bangladesh_mir_qasem_ali.jpg?itok=xog6GkfT)
How to Deal With China’s Human Rights Abuses
![People’s Liberation Army officers stand in front of a window before a welcome ceremony for U.S. Army Chief of Staff General Mark Milley at the Bayi Building in Beijing, August 16, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/gettyimages-590014942.jpg?itok=VTUIVMPK)
Afghanistan: Security Forces Assault Reporters
Investigate Abuse of Journalists, Detention of Protest Organizers
![Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani speaks during a joint news conference with U.S defense secretary Ashton Carter in Kabul, Afghanistan on July 12, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/afghanistan_ghani.jpg?itok=TxQ3CHq6)
Attack in Afghanistan Shutters its School for the Blind
Insurgent Attack Destroyed Braille Printing Press, Classrooms
![Damage from shrapnel is seen on the walls and locked garage doors at the Vocational High School for the Blind in Kabul, following an attack on August 25, 2016 that left the school closed.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-08-afghanistan-asia-school-attack-1.jpg?itok=0G-8J1QZ)
Serbian Children with Disabilities Left Out of School
Government Should Implement Law Providing for Inclusive Education
![A living room in Veternik Institution where children and adults with disabilities spend most of their days. There are no toys, education materials, or carpets on the floor. The only available source of stimulation is a TV attached to the wall.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/dsc06898_1.jpg?itok=ZHeDX2vQ)
Yonous Muhammadi, Greece
2016 Recipient of the Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism
![Yonous Muhammadi, 2016 Recipient of the Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/20160609_122741_-_final_2_0.jpg?itok=QmYMRxwr)
Pierre Claver Mbonimpa, Burundi
2016 Recipient of the Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism
Rights Activists Honored
Alison Des Forges Award Winners From Bangladesh, Burundi, Greece, India
![Voices for Justice Dinner](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/slide-1.jpg?itok=NJ8FMLui)
Kalpona Akter, Bangladesh
2016 Recipient of the Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism
![Headshot for Kalpona Akter](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/img_2211_-_final_1.jpg?itok=aBVTaVmn)
Ratnaboli Ray, India
2016 Recipient of the Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism