May 19, 2016
May 19, 2016
Vietnam: Obama’s Visit Should Advance Human Rights
Visit Coincides with Staged Elections and Crackdown on Peaceful Protests
![Vietnam 051916](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/tran_huynh_duy_thuc_-_copyright_tran_huynh_duy_thuc_family.jpg?itok=Q-LKKhvB)
May 19, 2016
Venezuela: Revoke Emergency Decree
President Targets National Assembly, Independent Groups
![Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro gestures while he speaks during a news conference at Miraflores Palace in Caracas on May 17, 2016. © 2016 Reuters](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/maduro.jpg?itok=Vb4yih5A)
![Safi, 30, (right) a Syrian refugee from Aleppo, walks on highway M1 near Budapest, Hungary in an attempt to reach Vienna, Austria by foot.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/2015-12-disabilities-conflict-eur3.jpeg?itok=8JfEowlV)
May 19, 2016
Dispatches: Return of Chibok Schoolgirl Renews Hope
![Gary Noling holding dogtags belonging to his daughter, Carri Goodwin, a rape victim who died of acute alcohol intoxication less than a week after receiving an Other Than Honorable discharge from the Marines.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/garynoling_0254.jpg?itok=qtDNuHQq)
May 19, 2016
EU: Use National Courts To Fight Impunity
EU Day Against Impunity Highlights Progress, Challenges
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May 19, 2016
Greece: Refugee “Hotspots” Unsafe, Unsanitary
Women, Children Fearful, Unprotected; Lack Basic Shelter
![2016-5-eca-greece-woman-crying](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/woman_crying.jpeg?itok=WnJP3LsA)
May 18, 2016
Vietnam: Crackdown on Peaceful Environmental Protesters
Respect Rights to Demonstrate and Freedom of Expression
![Plainclothes security forces drag away blogger Huynh Ngoc Chenh.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/huynh_ngoc_chenh_2.jpg?itok=GBDDHbwe)
May 18, 2016
Libya: ISIS Executed Dozens in Newest Stronghold
Also Diverts Food, Medicine from Sirte Residents
![An ISIS official makes an announcement ahead of the execution of two men for “sorcery” in Sirte, Libya. Image from a 2015 Islamic State (ISIS) video. The online clearinghouse Jihadology.net posted the video on its website.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/libyacover_option2.jpg?itok=fNXTdirA)