Qatar Joins Core Human Rights Treaties
But Rejects Major Protections for Women, Migrant Workers
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Thailand: Turn Words Into Action on Fishing Industry
Paper Reforms Not Enough to End Forced Labor; Implementation Lagging
![Migrant workers prepare to unload their catch at a port in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand, January 22, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201804asia_thailand_letter.jpg?itok=ZMGF9fTr)
Thailand: Burmese Workers on Trial for Reporting Abuses
14 Migrants Face Year in Prison for Alleged Defamation
![A worker tends to chickens at a farm in Thailand.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201804asia_thailand_chicken.jpg?itok=WFXy7WYd)
Thailand: Forced Labor, Trafficking Persist in Fishing Fleets
Reforms Fall Short of Addressing EU, US Concerns
![A fisher at the prow of a boat, mooring rope in hand, as the vessel arrives in port in Pattani, August 12, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801asia_thailand_fishing_photo1.jpg?itok=kK_277vb)
Qatar: Implementation Will Be Key for Labor Reforms
Measures Could Be Pathbreaking for Region but Fall Short of Full Kafala Repeal
![Migrant laborers work at a construction site at Aspire Zone in Doha, March 26, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/rtscx17_0.jpg?itok=skZAxzpB)
World Bank Presses Uzbekistan to End Forced Labor
Some Students, Teachers, Medical Workers Released
Qatar: Take Urgent Action to Protect Construction Workers
FIFA, National Associations Should Press Qatar on Heat Risks, Preventable Deaths
![Migrant laborers work at a construction site at Aspire Zone in Doha, March 26, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/rtscx17_0.jpg?itok=skZAxzpB)
India Can’t Mistreat Refugees By Not Signing Refugee Convention
Customary International Law Prohibits Returning Rohingya to Burma
![A group of Rohingya refugees cross a canal after travelling over the Bangladesh-Burma border in Teknaf, Bangladesh, September 1, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709asia_burma_teknaf.jpg?itok=UUsSmrWi)
Spain: LGBT Asylum Seekers Abused in North African Enclave
Transfer Sexual Minorities from Ceuta to Mainland
![Double-layer fence around Spain’s north Africa enclave Ceuta, January 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/5_1.jpg?itok=OPzcdoWR)
North Korea: Celebrations Hide Human Rights Violations
Demand Accountability on Occasion of Kim Jong-Un’s Birthday
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Lesbos Fatal Blast a Stark Reminder of Hardships Refugees Face in Greece
Greece and EU Should Deal With Crowded Conditions on the Islands
![Asylum seekers stand among the remains of a burned tent at the Moria migrant camp, after a fire started in the camp ripped through tents and destroyed containers, on the island of Lesbos, Greece, September 20, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/rtsojfg.jpg?itok=_cwjtbwv)
Oman: Domestic Workers Trafficked, Trapped
Reform System, Laws to Protect Migrant Women
![A migrant domestic worker watches over a child playing in the Magic Planet, City Centre Muscat, a shopping mall in Oman.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/oman_report-_cover_photo_july_2016.jpg?itok=auvg-EGN)
EU/NATO: Europe’s Plan Endangers Foreigners in Libya
Migrants, Asylum Seekers Face Killings, Torture, and Rape
![Migrants sit at a detention center in Tripoli after they were detained by the Libyan authorities on September 17, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/rts1mytsized.jpg?itok=3wbirmw6)
Migrant Domestic Workers: Overworked and Underprotected
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