July 7, 2015
July 7, 2015
Tunisia: Flaws in Revised Counterterrorism Bill
Strengthen Safeguards for Detention, Abolish Death Penalty
![A tourist police officer patrols at the beach near the Imperiale Marhaba hotel, which was attacked by a gunman in Sousse, Tunisia on July 1, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/tunisia_counterterrorism.jpg?itok=7TucxHaX)
![Irregular migrants off the coast of Tunisia, near Ben Guerdane, June 10, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/tunisia_migrant_boat.jpg?itok=XZnRErtM)
July 7, 2015
Tunisia: Emergency Shouldn’t Trump Rights
Sweeping Powers to Bar Demonstrations; Control the Media
![Tunisian soldiers and police patrol the area of Mount Salloum near Algeria's border in Kasserine, Tunisia July 4, 2015. Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi declared a state of emergency on Saturday, saying the Islamist militant attack on a beach hotel th](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/tunisia_emergency.jpg?itok=5krxZpAt)
July 6, 2015
Dispatches: Broken Promise to Colombia’s Women
![A home in the rural area of Municipality San Carlos Antioquia abandoned by persons displaced by violence, with graffiti of a woman’s body left by armed groups.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/colombia1112_coverimage.jpg?itok=lIJlizij)
July 3, 2015
Syria: Deliberate Killing of Civilians by ISIS
Children, Women, Elderly Among Kobani Targets
![Mohammed, 42 and three of his relatives who were orphaned in the attack on June 25, 2015 in Kobani, Syria.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/201507mena_syria_kobane_img_1117_crop_sized.jpg?itok=m21cGw0r)
July 2, 2015
US/Bahrain: Bad Move to Resume Arms Sales
Few Steps Toward Reform; New Jail Terms for Critics
![Protesters holding photos of Bahrain's main opposition leader Ali Salman march during an anti-government protest in the village of Diraz, west of Manama, Bahrain on June 12, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/2015_07_mena_bahrain_protest.jpg?itok=R_F3GHF1)
July 2, 2015
Iran: Volleyball Federation Should Penalize Ban on Women
Iranian Women Still Excluded from Stadiums
![Fans of Iran during FIVB Volleyball World League 2015 Iran during a match against Poland on June 26, 2015 in Tehran, Iran.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/2015_07_mena_iran_volleyball.jpg?itok=63lPdWhV)
July 2, 2015
US: Adopt New Criminal Justice Bill
Federal Sentences Would Be Fairer, More Rights-Respecting
![solitary prisons](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/2015_us_solitary_confinement_.jpg?itok=MvsjBRJ_)
July 2, 2015
Uganda: Stranglehold on Independent Groups
Parliamentary Committee Should Reject Bill’s Repressive Measures, Criminal Sanctions
July 2, 2015
UK: Flawed Policy on Eritrean Refugee Claims
Government’s New Position Based on Unreliable Evidence