February 18, 2016
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)
February 18, 2016
Syria: Great Danger to Civilians in Azaz
Hospitals, School Hit, No Place to Flee for Civilians
![A child stands in the hole created by the impact of what local activists say was a ballistic missile.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/20160216015944.jpg?itok=v0sdUqFh)
February 17, 2016
Egypt: Order to Shut Clinic for Torture Victims
Nadeem Center Provides Crucial Support
![Protest co-organised by El Nadeem Center on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on June 26, 2013. El Nadeem Center Facebook Page](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/a504492f-82ee-4dbe-ba2b-885df056d185.jpg?itok=ze_GfcvL)
February 17, 2016
Afghanistan: Taliban Child Soldier Recruitment Surges
Children Trained in Madrasas to Fight, Plant IEDs
![Afghanistan](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016_asia_afghanistan_child02172016.jpg?itok=WTU7bRYM)
February 17, 2016
Dispatches: Playing Politics With Torture in the US
![Republican U.S. presidential candidates (L-R) Governor John Kasich, former Governor Jeb Bush, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, businessman Donald Trump, Senator Marco Rubio and Dr. Ben Carson arrive onstage before the start of the Republican U.S. presidential candi](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-02-us-torture-debate.jpg?itok=TGiqiTLO)
February 17, 2016
Dispatches: Inaction on Darfur, Again
![Fighters of the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces in captured vehicles celebrate a victory against the rebel Justice and Equality Movement, Goz Dango, South Darfur, April 28, 2015. © 2015 Reuters](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-wr-sudan.jpg?itok=LYj9depe)
February 17, 2016
Dispatches: No ‘Honor’ in Murder in Pakistan
![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 17, 2016
Occupation Makes for Risky Business
![Barkan, located in the occupied West Bank, is an Israeli residential settlement and industrial zone that houses around 120 factories that export around 80 percent of their goods abroad. In the background is the Palestinian village of Qarawat Bani Hassan.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/cover.png?itok=1woSZtYc)
February 17, 2016
Tajikistan: Severe Crackdown on Political Opposition
US, EU Should Urgently Raise Abuses
![2016-2-eca-tajikistan-kabiri](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/kabiri_2016.jpg?itok=9Gzcf-Gh)
February 17, 2016
Bahrain: Release Ebrahim Sharif
Secular Opposition Leader Jailed Again on Speech Charge
![Protesters hold pictures of political prisoner Ebrahim Sharif as they participate in a protest held in the village of Sanabis, west of Manama, Bahrain on December 22, 2012.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/ebrahim_4.jpg?itok=qLRH8rfz)
February 17, 2016
Joint Letter to UN Human Rights Council Members
Re: DPRK Resolution – Need for Enhanced Focus on Accountability
February 17, 2016
UN: Support Accountability Panel on North Korea
Body of Experts Would Set Out Plan for Rights Responsibility
![UN Special Rapporteur Marzuki Darusman addresses a news conference on the situation of human rights in North Korea in Geneva on March 16, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/marzuki.jpeg?itok=7gf7qYnM)