May 31, 2018
Lawsuit Against Greenpeace Raises Freedom of Speech Concerns
Suits Increasingly Used to Hamper Environmental Activism
![A workers unloads a truckload of logs in Howe Sound near Squamish, British Columbia, Canada April 25, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201805americas_canada_environment_logging.jpg?itok=rmtfF7v7)
May 29, 2018
Equatorial Guinea: Artist, Finally Free, Leaves Country
Jailed for 6 Months, Barred from Leaving for 3 More
![Ramón Esono Ebalé release selfie photo](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201805bhr_equatorialguinea_ramon.png?itok=3Qkd7KDe)
![A road near the Israeli settlement of Dolev, where a gate blocks Palestinians from the nearby village of Ein Qinya from driving to the main road.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201805mena_israelopt_main.jpg?itok=_-X8wfH2)
May 25, 2018
New Research Shows Forced Labor Still Rampant in Uzbekistan
World Bank President Jim Kim Should Press to Eliminate Labor Abuses
![A woman picks cotton during the 2015 cotton harvest, which runs from early September to late October or early November annually.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706business_uzbekistan_photo_presser.jpg?itok=bKWn0Dsb)
May 16, 2018
The World Bank Should Stop Dodging Accountability
US Supreme Court Challenge Calls Legal Immunity Into Question
![Police officers stand in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., January 19, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201804us_justice_supremecourt.jpg?itok=joZtgHTO)
May 10, 2018
Diamond Trade Still Fuels Human Suffering
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/images/photographs/2006_Zimbabwe_Diamonds.jpg?itok=d1C2DBpj)
!["Peter," 15, working alongside a teenage girl at an artisanal and small-scale mine in Odahu, Amansie West district, Ghana.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201805crd_ghana_petergirlminer.jpg?itok=8imoObmH)
May 1, 2018
Equatorial Guinea: Government Critic Blocked from Leaving Country
Unreasonable Delay in Renewing Cartoonist’s Passport
![Equatorial Guinea frequently harasses government critics. These cartoons are part of a campaign to free Ramón Nsé Esono Ebalé, a cartoonist who has been in prison since September 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801bhr_equatorialguinea_freeramon.jpg?itok=uWTFTqkP)
![Garment workers take part in a May Day demonstration in Phnom Penh, Cambodia May 1, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201804asia_cambodia_garment_labor.jpg?itok=PLqFp5zW)
April 27, 2018
Alabama Town Cancels Contract with Private Probation Company
Residents No Longer Face Extra Probation Fees
![Court money bhr private probation report](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201802bhr_privateprobation_courtmoneysized.jpg?itok=qvJgl-Me)
April 24, 2018
New IMF Anti-Corruption Blueprint Holds Promise
New Policy Aims to Assist Countries in the Fight Against Corruption
![International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters building is seen during the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Washington, U.S., October 14, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201804business_imf_building.jpg?itok=LoL2RPjj)