May 9, 2016
Dispatches: Punishing a Poet in Burma
![Poet Maung Saung Kha served six months in prison for posting a poem online. He was released in May 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-05-burma-asia-maung.jpg?itok=FZiDkveg)
May 9, 2016
US: Court Weighs Border Killing of Child
Enforcement Should Follow International, Human Rights Standards
![2016_US_immigration_Rodriguez3](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016_us_immigration_rodriguez3.jpg?itok=mXf-XDQO)
May 9, 2016
Bangladesh: Suspend Death Penalty for War Crimes Convict
Rejection of Review Petition Paves Way for Execution Despite Fair Trial Concerns
![Bangladesh](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016_asia_bangladesh_nizami.jpg?itok=ErTSsVp0)
May 9, 2016
Tanzania: Updated UPR Submission
May 8, 2016
Dispatches: Why Does Pakistan Fear its Farmers?
![A farmer harvests wheat at a field on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, May 6, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-05-pakistan-asia-farmer.jpg?itok=SSrXHT9k)
May 7, 2016
Quote of the Day Twitter Poll
May 6, 2016
China: Detained Activist, Journalist Denied Needed Health Care
Preventing Access to Adequate Medical Treatment is Cruel, Inhuman
![China](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016_asia_china_guo.jpg?itok=STJsOxQC)
May 6, 2016
Pakistan: Independently Investigate Aftab Ahmad’s Death
Pakistan Rangers should be held accountable for abuses
![Pakistan 2016_05_06](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/pakistan_rangers_1.jpg?itok=DWFw4Y6o)
May 6, 2016
The Rights Weekender
!["Adam," arrested in Kenya in February 2015 on homosexuality charges and subjected to a forced anal exam, sorts through police documents on his case. © 2015 Zoe Flood](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/hrw_mombasa_aug2015-0992_2_002.jpg?itok=EfhTfHIG)
![Somali women and children fleeing their homes in Nairobi’s predominantly Somali suburb of Eastleigh on November 20, 2012, two days after an attack on a bus by unknown perpetrators caused Kenyan gangs to riot and attack Somali refugees and Somali Kenyans.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/kenya0513_coverimage.jpg?itok=0i1K5nQu)
![Can Dundar, editor-in-chief of Cumhuriyet, accompanied by his Ankara bureau chief Erdem Gul, talks to media as they leave the Justice Palace in Istanbul, Turkey on May 6, 2016. © 2016 Reuters](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/dundar_photo_2.jpg?itok=wj-Hr2YI)
![Still from a video showing protests inside of Hama Central Prison, north of Homs, Syria, that began on May 1, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/screen_shot_2016-05-06_at_4.11.48_pm.png?itok=ly_u9ees)