November 28, 2017
North Carolina Citizens’ Commission Examines US Torture
Holds Hearings on State’s Role in CIA Secret Renditions Program
![The lobby of the CIA Headquarters Building in Langley, Virginia, U.S. on August 14, 2008.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-02-us-united-states-cia.jpg?itok=8ZTdxt1Y)
November 23, 2017
Rwanda’s Torture Problem
![201710africa_rwanda_torture01](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201710africa_rwanda_torture01.jpg?itok=5tRpXe9C)
November 15, 2017
US Senate Fails to Confront Torture
Bradbury Confirmation Disregards Key Role in Detainee Abuse
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![Lebanese members of parliament attend a parliament discussion in Beirut, Lebanon, October 17, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201711mena_lebanon_parliament.jpg?itok=L6_9_jAZ)
October 25, 2017
Uzbekistan: A Year into New Presidency, Cautious Hope for Change
Government Needs to Secure Steps Taken to Support Rights
![201710eca_uzbekistan_bekjanovmemoir](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201710eca_uzbekistan_bekjanovmemoir.jpg?itok=7xsmD3Vj)
September 15, 2017
Ukraine: Woman Detained, Held Incommunicado, Tortured
Ensure Due Process; Investigate Torture, Liberty Violations
![201709eca_ukraine_daria](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709eca_ukraine_daria.jpg?itok=TJ3DN5YI)
September 13, 2017
Italy Returns Ambassador to Egypt Despite Unresolved Regeni Case
Lack of Justice All Too Familiar for Victims of Torture in Egypt
![Giulio Regeni](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709eca_italy_regeni.jpg?itok=tN_mKrwv)
September 11, 2017
Britain Should Be Championing Rights Not Repression in Egypt
![Members of security forces keep watch in Tahrir Square during the fifth anniversary of the uprising that ended the 30-year reign of Hosni Mubarak in Cairo, Egypt, January 25, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709mena_egypt_torture_photo_main.jpg?itok=zwxhVR0S)
September 10, 2017
If a Doctor Tells a Parent That Surgery Could Prevent Their Child’s Suicide, It's Not True
It’s Advice Doctors Are Giving Based Not on Science, But on Fear of Difference
![A two-and-a-half-year old born with intersex traits walks with her parents in their garden. The parents have decided to defer all medically unnecessary surgeries until their child can decide for herself.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707lgbt_intersex_presserpicfamily.jpg?itok=l9ycHtLs)
September 6, 2017
Egypt: Torture Epidemic May Be Crime Against Humanity
Beatings, Electric Shocks, Stress Positions Routinely Used Against Dissidents
![Members of security forces keep watch in Tahrir Square during the fifth anniversary of the uprising that ended the 30-year reign of Hosni Mubarak in Cairo, Egypt, January 25, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709mena_egypt_torture_photo_main.jpg?itok=zwxhVR0S)
August 30, 2017
Syria: Talks Should Address ‘Disappeared’
Create Independent Body to Investigate Missing Persons
![A mother shows a picture of her son, who was detained by authorities in the northern Syrian province of Idlib, Syria, March 20, 2016. She has not heard any news about her son since then.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201708mena_syria_disappeared_son.jpg?itok=AaUdJPfu)
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![Ali Feruz at Basmanny district court in Moscow waiting for his hearing in the evening of August 1, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201708eca_russia_ali_feruz.jpg?itok=hSmv_w2a)