![Gamal Eid after the December 29, 2019 assault in Cairo, Egypt in which he was beaten and had paint thrown at him.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201912mena_egypt_gamaleid_0.jpg?itok=8ajF9c1F)
![Gamal Eid after the December 29, 2019 assault in Cairo, Egypt in which he was beaten and had paint thrown at him.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201912mena_egypt_gamaleid_0.jpg?itok=8ajF9c1F)
December 28, 2019
Morocco: Free Outspoken Journalist Jailed Over Tweet
Faces Up to a Year in Prison at January 2 Trial
![Journalist Omar Radi in Casablanca, Morocco, 2018. © Fanny Hedenmo](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201912mena_morocco_radi2.jpg?itok=0aPAZQBN)
December 27, 2019
Being Homeless is Not a Crime
![201911US_poverty_inequality](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201911us_poverty_inequality.jpg?itok=wy2KGN7G)
December 24, 2019
Russian Authorities’ Bad Cheer to Environmental Defenders
December Brought a Spate of Arrests, Fines
![Rashid Alimov’s protest in St. Petersburg against nuclear waste import, December 17, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201912europe_russia_environment_greenpeace.jpg?itok=yn_JjT1a)
December 24, 2019
Refugees All Over the World Pressured to Go Back Home in 2019
![Men work to dismantle the walls of a shelter in a Syrian refugee camp in Arsal, Lebanon.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201907ref_lebanon_demolitions_main.jpg?itok=ZKVGy1zS)
![Shadows of people detained by Russian police, suspected of violating immigration rules during an action seen on containers at a street market in Moscow, Russia, August 7, 2013. © AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201912europe_russia_migrants.jpg?itok=4J7Ckdsz)
December 23, 2019
India: Deadly Force Used Against Protesters
Police Target Anti-Citizenship Law Demonstrators
![Indians, in large numbers, have been peacefully protesting against a new citizenship law that they believe threatens India's secular identity. Bangalore, India, Monday, Dec. 23, 2019](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201912asia_india_protest_0.jpg?itok=Vzs20OCP)
December 23, 2019
Bozizé Returns to Central African Republic
Former President Should Be Held Accountable for Past Crimes
![Seleka fighters standing outside former President François Bozizé’s villa at the Bossembélé military training center.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201912africa_car_seleka_bossembele.jpg?itok=QQm3Ajym)
December 23, 2019
Brazil Needs More Pesticide Regulation, Not Less
Anvisa report shows concerning findings about food bought and consumed by the Brazilians
![Drone view of a quilombo (Afro-Brazilian) community in Minas Gerais State, southeast Brazil. Some of the houses are around 20 meters from the adjacent sugarcane plantation.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201807americas_brazil_pesticides9.jpg?itok=PH1u5wxw)
December 23, 2019
US: Mexican Asylum Seekers Ordered to Wait
Mexicans Fleeing Violence Stuck in Dangerous Conditions at US Border
![201912US_Mexican_Metering](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201912us_mexican_metering.jpg?itok=7-7Sp3x6)
December 23, 2019
Transparency is in Fashion: Reward Brands that are Telling Consumers Where, How and by Whom Their Products are Made
![Women in the sewing division of a factory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital. Women constitute about 90 percent of the workforce in Cambodia’s garment industry.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-wr-cambodia.jpg?itok=s07rl8uR)
December 23, 2019
Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Review of Afghanistan
75th Session
December 23, 2019
Jordan: Insufficient Disability Rights Funding
Revise Budget to Ensure Adequate Funds
![A blind girl reads from a Braille book in a classroom at the Royal Academy for the Blind in Amman.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201912mena_jordan_drd.jpg?itok=flXBJKrb)
December 23, 2019
Saudi Arabia: Drop Charges Against Saudi-US Doctor
Trump Administration Should Speak Out on Walid Fitaihi’s Case
![Walid al-Fitaihi, with his daughter Mariam, whom Saudi authorities have placed under a travel ban since 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201912mena_saudi_fataihi.jpeg?itok=yfxjqZAv)
December 22, 2019
Cambodia: Drop Charges Against Journalists
Trial of 2 Ex-Cambodia Daily Reporters Part of Broader Media Crackdown
![The first issue of The Cambodia Daily is seen at the newspaper's office in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on the day of the newspaper's forced shut down, September 3, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201912asia_cambodia_cambodia_daily.jpg?itok=lpw9OW8S)