August 20, 2015
August 20, 2015
Syria: Impose Arms Embargo Following Deadly Airstrikes
Repeated Strikes on Douma Kill At Least 112
![Syrian emergency personnel gather around dead bodies wrapped in shrouds following air strikes by Syrian government forces on a marketplace in the rebel-held area of Douma, east of the capital Damascus, Syria on August 16, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/gettyimages-484229294.jpg?itok=qJ089Ea4)
August 19, 2015
Dispatches: Unending Impunity in the Philippines
August 19, 2015
The missing link in new US AIDS strategy
August 19, 2015
500 000 kids did not go school today
![An estimated half-a-million children with disabilities have been shut out of South Africa’s education system, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today at a joint event with South Africa’s Human Rights Commission.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/2015-08-south_africa-crd-education.jpg?itok=gkwIlOTF)
August 19, 2015
Yemen: Set UN Inquiry Into Violations by All Sides
Growing Toll From Indiscriminate Attacks, Cluster Weapons
![Men dig through rubble at a residential compound housing employees of the Mokha Steam Power Plant and their families that was struck by six bombs dropped by warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition, killing 57 people in Mokha, Yemen on July 24, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/201507mena_yemen_mokha_img_4754_sized.jpg?itok=cFGdYeaM)
August 19, 2015
Egypt: Counterterrorism Law Erodes Basic Rights
Broad ‘Terrorist Acts’ List May Criminalize Civil Disobedience
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/images/photographs/2014MENA_Egypt_SisiObama.jpg?itok=TII5XV4e)
August 18, 2015
Thailand: Deadly Bomb Attack in Bangkok
Authorities Should Commit to Respect Rights and Due Process
![Experts investigate the Erawan shrine at the site of a deadly blast in central Bangkok, Thailand on August 18, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/2015-8-thailand-asia-bkkbombing.jpg?itok=wKSNyJcd)
August 18, 2015
The CIA’s Grotesque Secret
How it’s partnering with human rights abusers — and sparking blowback
August 18, 2015
Dispatches: Bangladesh’s Machete Attacks On Free Speech
![Niladri Chakrabarti](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/niladri_chakrabarti_2015_08.jpg?itok=AQ9cuvO6)
August 18, 2015
Witness: Sidelined in South Africa For Being Different
Sisandua Hani’s fight to keep her son in school
![sisandua](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/p1040269.jpg?itok=U66S4kw0)
August 18, 2015
South Africa: Education Barriers for Children with Disabilities
Discriminated Against, Excluded from Schools
![An estimated half-a-million children with disabilities have been shut out of South Africa’s education system, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today at a joint event with South Africa’s Human Rights Commission.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/2015-08-south_africa-crd-education.jpg?itok=gkwIlOTF)
August 17, 2015
Moldova: Activist Faces Extradition to Tajikistan
Forced Return Could Lead to Torture, Ill-Treatment
![2015_August_Tajikistan_Sobir_Valiev](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/sobirvaliev.jpg?itok=R_O7h-kK)