September 16, 2020
September 16, 2020
Burkina Faso Executions Prompt Broad Call for Inquiry
Donor Countries Urge Investigations into Mass Graves
![Djibo, Burkina Faso](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/07/202007africa_burkinafaso_djibo.jpg?h=c4e2ccbc&itok=apwmZZcb)
September 16, 2020
UN: On 75th Anniversary, Recommit to Human Rights
General Assembly Should Reject Attempts to Roll Back Freedoms, Protections
![U.N. headquarters Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon)](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/08/202001ij_UN_build.jpg?h=1116cd87&itok=fPq4Nifh)
September 16, 2020
How to Answer Iraq’s Dangerous Failure to Put a Stop to Torture
![Juveniles’ cell at Tal Kayf prison, taken in April 2019 and shared confidentially with Human Rights Watch, shows extreme overcrowding at the prison.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/09/202009mena_iraq_torture.jpg?h=01c32648&itok=VghLlgyp)
September 16, 2020
Turkey: Lawyers Arrested in Terror Probe
Abusive Mass Arrests Damage Rule of Law, Expose Detainees to Covid-19 Risk
![Defense lawyers, arrested in dawn raids on September 11 because they represent persons accused on terrorism charges, are handcuffed as they wait with police in the corridor of the Ankara courthouse, September 14, 2020 © 2020 private](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/09/202009eca_turkey_lawyers.jpg?h=c29758e4&itok=lTsgqzqQ)
![Belarusian security forces dragging protester](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/09/Belarus_Thumb2.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=biuOP21R)
September 16, 2020
India: Arrests of Activists Politically Motivated
Sedition, Counterterrorism Laws Used to Silence Dissent
![202009asia_india_umar_khalid](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/09/202009asia_india_umar_Khalid.jpg?h=fa1c963e&itok=V6sPIEK3)
September 16, 2020
Lebanon: Ensure Aid Goes Directly to Those in Need
Avoid Sending Emergency Funds Through Government
![Aid from the European Union is being unloaded from a cargo plane at Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport on September 12, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/09/GettyImages-1228476980.jpg?h=5ca1afba&itok=Vh7hxDiA)
September 16, 2020
Greece/EU: Bring Moria Homeless to Safety
Collective European Action Needed for Migrants Stranded on Lesbos
![202009ccd_Greece_fire_main.jpeg](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/09/202009ccd_Greece_fire_main.jpeg?h=707772c7&itok=OstUZlBU)
September 15, 2020
Singapore Should Rehabilitate, Not Execute, Drug Users
Halt Imminent Execution of Syed Suhail Bin Syed Zin; Abolish Death Penalty
![People walk past the Supreme Court in Singapore January 22, 2014.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201803asia_singapore_supreme_court.jpg?itok=behndwOW)
September 15, 2020
Bahrain: Joint Letter to Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council Delegates
Re: Upcoming 45th Session of the Human Rights Council
September 15, 2020
Witness: Tortured in Belarus
What Detained Protesters Endured at the Hand of Police
![Riot police stand guard during demonstrations against police violence in Minsk, Belarus, September 6, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/09/202009europe_belarus_police.jpg?h=f2b2e2b0&itok=h5IIwaG9)
September 15, 2020
UN rights body should monitor abuses, ensure accountability in Philippines, Saudi Arabia, China
Item 2 General Debate on High Commissioner's Update - HRC45
![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_2020/06/202006un_hrc_geneva.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=ekSWyFT8)