![Bahraini anti-government protesters raise signs with images of jailed human rights activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja Friday, April 6, 2012, in Jidhafs, Bahrain.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/01/202101mena_bahrain_alkhawaja.jpg?h=d09e9a64&itok=vj07GVuL)
![Bahraini anti-government protesters raise signs with images of jailed human rights activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja Friday, April 6, 2012, in Jidhafs, Bahrain.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/01/202101mena_bahrain_alkhawaja.jpg?h=d09e9a64&itok=vj07GVuL)
September 27, 2022
Sri Lanka: Revoke Sweeping New Order to Restrict Protest
Misuse of Official Secrets Act Latest Measure to Suppress Dissent
![Sri Lankan police disperse protesters in Colombo with tear gas and a water cannon, September 24, 2022.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/09/202209asia_srilanka_protestteargas.jpg?h=b98cb14d&itok=7Kq6zWTM)
September 27, 2022
Belarusian Authorities Further Tighten Chokehold on Civil Society
Arrests, Harshened Criminal Charges against Human Rights Defenders
![Solidarity action with Viasna’s imprisoned human rights defenders in Warsaw.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/09/202209eca_belarus_viasna_protest.jpg?h=a1e1a043&itok=WrBAZyMR)
September 27, 2022
Migrants Crossing a Dangerous Area Need Panama’s Help
![Migrants waiting for a boat to take them from the Indigenous community of Canaán Mebrillo to Puerto Limón, Panama, after a days-long walk across de Darien Gap, May 2022.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/07/202207Americas_Venezuela_darien.jpg?h=dbeb307d&itok=14TlmFS4)
September 27, 2022
UN Rights Body Should Seize Opportunity for Action on China, Russia
Item 4 General Debate - HRC51
![Delegates sit at the opening of the 41th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 24, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/09/202109Americas_Venezuela_HRC.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=is8vJVBl)
September 27, 2022
Statement Regarding BSR’s HRA for Meta on Palestine & Israel
![A Palestinian demonstrator holds a banner of the Facebook logo.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/10/202110mena_israel_palestine_facebook.jpeg?h=b8c0c725&itok=WwlNpr_Y)
September 27, 2022
Q & A: Renewal of the Mandate of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia (ICHREE)
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September 27, 2022
US: Budget Cuts Put Public Housing Tenants at Risk
Underfunding Causes Deteriorating Living Conditions, Exacerbates Affordable Housing Crisis
![A woman looks out at a city from a patio](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/09/202209ejr_us_bronx_tenant.jpg?h=53bc2015&itok=wUBu3oLo)
September 26, 2022
Japan Should Strengthen New Business and Human Rights Guidelines
Voluntary Guidelines a Stepping Stone Towards Corporate Accountability Law
![Shipping cranes on a wharf inside the Tokyo Bay.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/09/202209eca_japan_supply_chain.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=aKLHfPp8)
September 26, 2022
Venezuela: UN Experts Mandate Should be Renewed
![202209Americas_Venezuela_statement](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/09/202209Americas_Venezuela_statement.jpeg?h=903dff9f&itok=jYVr2Rt5)
September 26, 2022
Hungary Should Guarantee Safety of Lesbian Activists During DykeMarch
Government Attacks on Freedoms Undermine Activism
![Pride March in Budapest, Hungary.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/09/202209lgbt_hungary_pride_march.jpg?h=810b210d&itok=Dv6sp9-a)
September 26, 2022
Nepal President Blocks Citizenship Law
The Law Would Reduce Statelessness, but Still Excludes Many
![Student activists protest against President Bidya Bhandari’s unwillingness to endorse the Citizenship Bill that was passed by parliament.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/09/202209asia_nepal_citizenship_bill_protest.jpg?h=82f92a78&itok=fFpRY2wR)
September 26, 2022
ICC Starts Trial against Central African Republic Rebel Leader
Other “Big Fish” Commanders Should Also Be a Priority
![Mahamat Said Abdel Kani](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/09/202209afr_car_mahamat_said.jpg?h=099104e8&itok=DHOzN8yL)
September 26, 2022
Latin America Should Take a Stand on Repression in Russia
![Delegates sit at the opening of the 41th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 24, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/03/202003AFR_SOUTHSUDAN_HRC_41SESS.jpg?h=1c9b88c9&itok=ujntb3PN)
September 26, 2022
Lebanon: Syrian Refugee Apparently Tortured to Death
Prosecute Security Force Members Charged in Ordinary Criminal Courts
![Bashar Abed Al Saud](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/09/202209mena_lebanon_bashar.jpg?h=54cb645b&itok=7sXoGhKn)