February 20, 2016
UAE: Egyptian Detainee Alleges ‘Brutal’ Torture
Would Have “Confessed to Coming From Mars” to Stop Abuse
![Mosaab Abd el Aziz and his sisters Yara and Arwa at a graduation exhibition in 2014.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/mosaab1.jpg?itok=YEizbzYM)
February 20, 2016
Bangladesh: Charging Editors Is Dramatic Backslide
Repeal Abusive Criminal Defamation and Sedition Laws
![A man buys a local newspaper in Dhaka, Bangladesh on March 20, 2011.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/bangladesheditors.jpeg?itok=LiVQGHUP)
February 20, 2016
Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer Women Speak Out in Kenya
February 19, 2016
Haiti: Move Ahead with Ex-Dictator Case
Don’t Let Political Instability Interfere With Justice
![A family of internally displaced Sri Lankan Tamils wait in Kathankulam village in Mannar, Sri Lanka on October 22, 2009.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/mannarfamily.jpeg?itok=6nw4A53R)
February 19, 2016
Afghanistan: Investigate Army Killings of Hospital Patients
Protect All Medical Facilities, Patients, Health Workers From Attack
![Members of the Afghan special forces are seen in Kabul, Afghanistan on March 29, 2014.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/afghanspecialforces.jpeg?itok=34X5-nhy)
February 19, 2016
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
February 19, 2016
India: Outspoken Activists Charged with Sedition
Police Stand By While Suspect’s Supporters Assaulted in Court
![Demonstrators hold placards and a t-shirt featuring Kanhaiya Kumar during a protest demanding his release in New Delhi, India on February 18, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-2-india-asia-sedition.jpg?itok=BNmr-tU7)
February 19, 2016
Best of Dispatches: Top News Posts This Week
![Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan addresses attendees during the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. Headquarters in New York, September 30, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-02-pakistan-asia-sharif.jpg?itok=P0F2KeY0)
February 19, 2016
Mali: Abuses Spread South
Islamist Armed Groups’ Atrocities, Army Responses Generate Fear
![Malian soldiers survey the damage after the August 7, 2015 attack by gunmen in Sévaré, a garrison town 600 kilometers northeast of Bamako, the capital.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/mali_sevare_attack.jpg?itok=ilXt7136)
February 18, 2016
Dispatches: Probe Allegations of Philippine Police Abuses
![Regor Cadag Aguilar, 42, arrived in Manila, Philippines, Wednesday, February 18, escorted by ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-02-philippines-asia-us-ice-aguilar.jpg?itok=ixftxyyT)
February 18, 2016
Dispatches: Apple’s Standoff and Security for All
![An Apple iPhone 6 is seen on display at the Apple store on 5th Avenue in the Manhattan borough of New York City, July 21, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-02-us-iphone-apple-cyber-security.jpg?itok=1e47t4d6)
February 18, 2016
Nato enters the migration control business
February 18, 2016
Safe, Yes, and Waiting for What’s Next
![Hassan fled Damascus and after arriving in Berlin began volunteering at a refugee center, handing out clothes, food and baby carriages.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/ayham.jpg?itok=B1im_CfD)