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November 4, 2019
Saudi Arabia: Change Comes with Punishing Cost
Arrests, Torture, Murder Accompany Reforms
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November 3, 2019
Bride Trafficking to China Spreads Across Asia
China’s Gender Imbalance Having Devastating Regional Consequences
![A young woman who was trafficked at age 17 by a friend’s mother who promised her a well-paid child care job and then sold her to a family in China as a “bride.” Once purchased, she was confined and subjected to sexual slavery, but managed to escape after](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201903wrd_myanmar_main.jpg?itok=eCsd_XT9)
November 3, 2019
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
![Demonstrators run from police launching water canons and tear gas as a state of emergency remains in effect in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201910chile_protests_watercanons.jpg?itok=RJEhaDML)
November 2, 2019
Egypt: Prominent Rights Defender Attacked
Assaults, Threats Against Gamal Eid Indicate State Involvement
![Human rights activist Gamal Eid is seen at a court in Cairo, March 24, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201911mena_egypt_gamaleid.jpg?itok=A5DFZnnV)
November 1, 2019
Turkmenistan: Gay Man Missing After Coming Out Online
![Kasymberdy Garayev](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201911eca_turkmenistan_garaev.jpg?itok=gAINISB0)
November 1, 2019
Lebanon’s Women Have Fought for Change – and Should Get It
Reform Personal Status Laws, End Child Marriage
![Women shout slogans and wave the Lebanese flag during a demonstration in down town Beirut.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201911mena_lebanon_women.jpg?itok=1F0EjDcy)
November 1, 2019
Russia’s Crackdown on Human Rights Defenders Escalates
Court Case and Smear Campaign Won’t Defeat Defenders
![Russian human rights activist Lev Ponomarev speaks to the media at the For Human Rights movement headquarters in Moscow, Russia](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201911eca_russia_ngo.jpg?itok=TRLSVZ8l)
November 1, 2019
France: Highlight China’s Rights Crisis
Macron Should ‘Show Courage’ on Xinjiang, Detentions During Visit
![French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese President Xi Jinping shaking hands after releasing joint press remarks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on January 9, 2018. © 2018 Kyodo via AP Images](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201801asia_china_xi_macron.jpg?itok=UIqVH_0h)
November 1, 2019
The Devil Is in the Details
Why India’s Database of Sex Offenders May Do More Harm Than Good
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November 1, 2019
Crimea: Conscription Violates International Law
Russia Flouting Human Rights Obligations Five Years into Occupation
![Russian Marine Corps conscripts stand in formation as they take the oath in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201910eca_ukraine_conscription.jpg?itok=DCLYYJOe)
November 1, 2019
ISIS Suspect Transfers to Iraq Replete with Risks
![Men, suspected of being affiliated with the Islamic State, gather in a prison cell in the northeastern Syrian city of Hasakeh on October 26, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201911mena_isis_prisoners.jpg?itok=_b92B8om)
October 31, 2019
Myanmar: Actors Convicted of Criticizing Army
Drop All Charges Against Theater Troupe Members
![Zayar Lwin, center left, member of Student Union and a leader of Peacock Generation "Thangyat" Performance Group, talks as he leaves a township court along with his colleague Paing Phyo Min, right, after their trial Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019, in Yangon, My](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201910asia_burma_satire.jpg?itok=-AqC4bDR)
October 31, 2019
Indonesia to Expand Abusive Blasphemy Law
Revoke New Provisions Violating Basic Rights
![Muslim protesters display flags with Arabic writings that read: "There's no God but Allah and Muhammad is his messenger"](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201910asia_indonesia_blasphemy.jpg?itok=wSe5JVBS)
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