October 21, 2015
Côte d’Ivoire: Respect Rights During Elections
An Appeal From 15 Ivorian, International Groups
![People attend the rally of the opposition National Coalition for Change (CNC) in Yopougon district, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire on October 7, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/afr_cdi_rally_2015.jpg?itok=IxuV0cRt)
October 21, 2015
With the Saudis, the West Should Take No Prisoners
October 21, 2015
Dispatches: Going Backwards on Child Marriage in Bangladesh
![Shiekh Hasina](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/rtx1spvx_layout_comp.jpg?itok=egQPMEsK)
October 21, 2015
Iraqi Kurdistan: Ruling Party Forces Fire on Protesters
Independent Investigation Needed Into Lethal Crackdown
![Kurdistan Democratic Party offices in Kalar on October 10, 2015, after demonstrators had shattered the windows with stones.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/photo_iraq_crackdown.jpg?itok=yY0pL7YO)
October 21, 2015
Kazakhstan: Move to Curb Independent Groups
Draft Law Threatens Freedom of Association
October 20, 2015
Yemen: Houthis Shell Civilians in Southern City
Mortars, Rockets Repeatedly Strike Taizz Neighborhoods
![Street corner in the Deluxe neighborhood in western Taizz that has been damaged by shelling since March 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/taizz_2_new.jpg?itok=EGwJsxF9)
October 20, 2015
Ana's story: fighting for disability rights in Croatia
![Restraints on a bed in Lopaca Psychiatric Hospital. Emina Cerimovic/Human Rights Watch 2014.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/img_83101.jpg?itok=UUmNFDY0)
October 20, 2015
Dispatches: Keeping a Promise to Canada’s Indigenous Women and Girls
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October 20, 2015
Turkey: Rights Lawyer Faces Terrorism Probe
Drop Inquiry Over TV Comments; Lift Travel Ban
![2015-10-eca-turkey-elci](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/tahir_elci_photo.jpg?itok=95hbXBqM)
October 20, 2015
Dispatches: EU Border Closures Leave Asylum Seekers Stranded
![migrants slovenia border](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/lydiadispatch2_0.jpg?itok=8DngQq8M)
October 20, 2015
Pernambuco’s Privatized Prisons
![Makeshift “barracos,” or cubicles, inside Pavilion 7 at Presídio Juiz Antônio Luiz L. de Barros (PJALLB), in Recife.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/2-pejallb_075.jpg?itok=EsXI3wib)
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October 19, 2015
Brazil: Where Inmates Run the Show
Among Brazil’s Overpacked Prisons, Pernambuco Tops the List
![Penitenciária Agro-Industrial São João](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/brazil1015_reportcover.jpg?itok=K893GX5L)
October 19, 2015
Witness: The Horrors of Brazil’s Prisons – Jorge’s Story
![brazil prison Inmates in a windowless cell](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/4_pejallb_001.jpg?itok=H5J7h8na)