![A girl walks past the site after a suicide car bomb attack at the shopping area of Karrada, a largely Shi'ite district, in Baghdad, Iraq July 4, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-07-iraq-mena-isis-attack-baghdad-bombing.jpg?itok=yaUaUGkg)
![A girl walks past the site after a suicide car bomb attack at the shopping area of Karrada, a largely Shi'ite district, in Baghdad, Iraq July 4, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-07-iraq-mena-isis-attack-baghdad-bombing.jpg?itok=yaUaUGkg)
January 10, 2017
US: Don’t Confirm Sessions as Attorney General
Nominee’s Record Shows Disregard for Rights
![Sessions confirmation](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/sessions.jpg?itok=ZlSpdMv8)
January 9, 2017
Barack Obama’s Shaky Legacy on Human Rights
For all his promises — and a Nobel Peace Prize — the Obama presidency delivered more hope than change
![U.S. President Barack Obama waves at the conclusion of his final State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in Washington January 12, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/rtx2250s_layout_comp.jpg?itok=5yI84qem)
January 4, 2017
Trump’s Guantanamo Tweet was Uninformed and Ill-Advised
Keeping Facility Open Threatens US National Security
![A detainee paces around a cell block while being held in Joint Task Force Guantanamo's Camp VI at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba March 22, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-01-us-united-states-guantanamo-counter-terrorism.jpg?itok=ZouKrExK)
December 22, 2016
Obama Did Right by Repealing Registration Regulations
Trump Should Not Reinstate Them
![Protesters march past the White House during a protest to shut down the existing Muslim registry program NSEERS in Washington U.S., December 12, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-12-united-states-us-nseers.jpg?itok=oUjBf42l)
![Displaced Iraqi civilians hold white flags as they flee a battle with the Islamic State in Kokjali village near Mosul, November 03, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/rtx2rq2f.jpg?itok=ixQUVqQ2)
December 15, 2016
France: Emergency Renewal Risks Normalizing Extraordinary Powers
Following 5th Extension, Time to Rethink Exceptional Measures
![French policemen attend a drill at the Marseille railway station in France on May 4, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/eca-france-police-2016-2.jpg?itok=tp9SNs_9)
December 15, 2016
Turkey: Silencing the Media
Ruthless Assault on Press Freedom Shields State from Scrutiny
![Journalists targeted in Turkey’s media crackdown. From top left: Aslı Erdoğan, Ahmet Altan, Kadri Gürsel, Necmiye Alpay; Erdem Gül, Ceyda Karan, Can Dündar, Hatice Kamer; Refik Tekin, Hanım Büşra Erdal, Nedim Oruç, Nazlı Ilıcak](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/turkey-silencing-the-media-home3.jpg?itok=lGj2Cj8q)
December 12, 2016
Egypt: Deadly Bombing at Coptic Cathedral
Authorities Should Better Protect Christian Community
![A nun cries inside Cairo's Coptic cathedral following a bombing on December 11, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/4_4.jpg?itok=LO6BnaAD)
December 6, 2016
Statement on President Obama’s MacDill Air Force Base Speech
December 6, 2016
US: Counterterrorism Report Sets Standards
Trump Should Continue Disclosures, Uphold Legal Obligations
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/images/photographs/2012_yemen_strikes_presser.jpg?itok=UuRfvgEb)
December 2, 2016
“Foreign Terrorist Fighter” Laws
Human Rights Rollbacks Under UN Security Council Resolution 2178
November 30, 2016
EU Counterterrorism Directive Seriously Flawed
November 23, 2016