![Yasmen Almashan from Syria holds a poster with pictures of her five brothers who died in Syria as she waits in front of the court in Koblenz, Germany](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/01/202201eca_germany_koblenz_trial.jpg?h=1d635616&itok=rdCdJQRl)
![Yasmen Almashan from Syria holds a poster with pictures of her five brothers who died in Syria as she waits in front of the court in Koblenz, Germany](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/01/202201eca_germany_koblenz_trial.jpg?h=1d635616&itok=rdCdJQRl)
Egypt: Forced Returns of Eritrean Asylum Seekers
Children, Adults Arbitrarily Detained, Denied Access to UN Refugee Agency
![The scarred back of an Eritrean asylum seeker in Cairo who says Egyptian traffickers tortured him for ransom in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula by dripping molten plastic onto his back, May 2013.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/egypt0214_coverimage.jpg?itok=CT07vx9E)
US: Risky Fix for New York Public Housing Woes
Private Involvement Reduced Rights Protections, Increased Evictions in Two Developments
![Work permits displayed in front of an apartment complex](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/01/202201us_newyork_publichousing_building.jpg?h=ac778ff2&itok=dG4WGuzX)
EU: To End Deforestation, Protect Land Rights
New Law Should Protect Forest-Dependent Communities
Syria: Major Problems with UN Procurement Practices
Lack of Human Rights Diligence Risks Dealing With Abusive Vendors
![Vehicles of an aid convoy after arriving at the opposition-held city of Douma, Eastern Ghouta province, Syria, March 9, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/01/202201mena_syria_un.jpg?h=f2fcf546&itok=EJthsJrg)
Northeast Syria: Help Detainees from Recaptured ISIS-Held Prison
International Action Needed to Resolve Broader Detention Crisis
Afghanistan: Taliban Target LGBT Afghans
Surge in Threats, Rape, Assault, Wrongful Detention
![Drawing of two men holding hands](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/01/202201lgbt_afghanistan_cover_illustration_0.jpg?h=613550ff&itok=bMHiqU6P)
Kazakhstan: Killings, Excessive Use of Force in Almaty
Partners Should Press for Investigation into Abusive Response to Protests, Unrest
![Riot police officers holding 12-gauge shotguns, which can fire both lethal and less-lethal ammunition, in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/01/202201eca_kazakhstan_riotpolice.jpg?h=790be497&itok=XLbhN2ji)
Regression on Abortion Harms Women in Poland
Rights Groups Intervene in Cases Before the European Court of Human Rights
![Women take part in a demonstration against the Polish abortion law, in Wroclaw, Poland, on March 17, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/10/202110wrd_poland_protest.jpg?h=0f4230fa&itok=3A2oA7yb)
Interview: Helping LGBT People Flee Afghanistan
Rainbow Railroad Operates in Secret to Bring People to Safety
![Taliban fighters at checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/01/202201asia_wrd_afghanistan_lgbt_rainboworg.jpg?h=9eb0d413&itok=ZaJ7KdaX)
Interview: Phone of HRW Director Attacked Using Pegasus Spyware
Lama Fakih, Who Lives in Lebanon and Oversees Work on Conflict, Targeted by Government Attack
![Lama Fakih](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/05/202305mena_lebanon_lama1.jpg?h=431ff26f&itok=nTXpLtRj)
Human Rights Watch Among Pegasus Spyware Targets
Governments Should Urgently Halt Trade in Surveillance Technology
UN Security Council Should Act on Myanmar Atrocities
One Year After Coup, Global Arms Embargo Urgently Needed
![Anti-coup protesters run from teargas deployed by the police during a demonstration in Yangon, Myanmar, March 1, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/05/202105asia_myanmar_ptt.jpg?h=79583b4d&itok=o_Je7O-U)
Tunisian Activist Sentenced to Prison over Criticism of Police
Authorities Continue to Use Repressive Laws to Silence Critics
![A woman in sunglasses at a protest](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/01/202201mena_tunisia_myriambribri.jpg?h=8651250a&itok=fCsPOy8w)