April 4, 2016
When is it okay for children to work?
Human Rights Watch letter on the minimum age of employment
April 4, 2016
Venezuela: Police Raids Hit Poor Areas
Alleged Extrajudicial Killings, Mass Detention, Forced Evictions
![Venezuelan soldiers detain men who allegedly had links to a Colombian paramilitary group during an OLP raid in Táchira state, Venezuela.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016_03_22_ven_report_cover_photo_2.jpg?itok=vGKvNG0q)
April 4, 2016
DR Congo: Children Held in Remote Military Prison
Former Child Soldiers Should Be Rehabilitated, Released
![Angenga military prison in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo, where alleged FDLR combatants are being held, including at least 29 children.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/prison_entry_2_copy.jpg?itok=b2fQKkJd)
April 4, 2016
Syria: Promised Aid for Key Areas Blocked
Eastern Ghouta, Daraya Civilians Denied Food, Medical Supplies
![Men store bags of flour unloaded from a Red Crescent aid convoy in the rebel-held, besieged town of Jesreen in Eastern Ghouta, Syria on March 7, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/syria_aid.jpg?itok=tI2YRnY4)
April 4, 2016
US: Releases Signal Progress on Guantanamo
Senegal Shows Leadership, Compassion in Accepting Libyan Detainees
![Camp delta](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/images/photographs/2007_GTMO_Campdelta.jpg?itok=35P3hX2c)
April 3, 2016
China: Detained Lawyers, Activists Denied Basic Rights
Free 18 Advocates Wrongfully Held for Nine Months
![china lawyers](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/2015-7-china-asia-lawyers.jpg?itok=YlvSEXK_)
April 2, 2016
Rescuing Pakistan
![Rescue workers move a body from the site of a blast outside a public park in Lahore, Pakistan on March 27, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-3-pakistan-asia-bombing.jpg?itok=nVx21FFm)
April 1, 2016
HRW Allegation Letter to UN Special Rapporteurs
Re: Legal Recognition of Transgender People in Japan
April 1, 2016
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
![A woman chained in a room built behind her family home in Ponorogo, East Java. She is forced to eat, sleep, and defecate in this room.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016_indonesia_11.jpg?itok=nMicA_3K)
April 1, 2016
Best of Dispatches: Top News Posts This Week
![A group of child brides at Annandale farm, Shamva, Mashonaland Central Province after participating in a community meeting on ending child marriage.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/2015_zim_mothers.jpg?itok=6-3UaOrM)