October 28, 2019
Venezuela's Infiltration of the UN Human Rights Council
![Venezuela's Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza Montserrat listens during the opening of the 36th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva on September 11, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201910un_venezuela_hrc_0.jpg?itok=LGRe5ypn)
October 28, 2019
European Parliament: Rights Award Boosts Pressure on China
Sakharov Prize to Uyghur Scholar Spotlights Xinjiang Crisis
![In this Feb. 4, 2013 file photo, Ilham Tohti, an outspoken scholar of China's Uighur minority, gestures as he speaks during an interview at his home in Beijing, China.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201910asia_china_tohti.jpg?itok=5W43AX0q)
October 28, 2019
137 Groups Urge Lawmakers to End Prolonged Solitary Confinement In New York
Legislature Should Pass the HALT Act
![solitary prisons](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/2015_us_solitary_confinement_.jpg?itok=MvsjBRJ_)
October 28, 2019
EU Parliament Urges Tough Action Against Egypt’s Crackdown
EU Should Use ‘All Tools at Its Disposal’ to Secure Human Rights Progress
![Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi gives an address at the Ittihadiya presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, May 26, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/rtx37t68_0.jpg?itok=Q5D6dnx8)
October 28, 2019
Tanzania: Climate of Fear, Censorship as Repression Mounts
Repeal Repressive Laws; Investigate Abuses of Activists, Critics, Opponents
![201910AFR_tanzania_main](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201910afr_tanzania_main.jpg?itok=2ps1Foyu)
October 28, 2019
Witness: When the Law is Unjust in Tanzania
Activist Pushes Back Against Crackdown on Free Speech
![Prison guards escort Bob Chacha Wangwe to the Kisutu Magistrates Court in Dar es Salaam, May 11, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201910africa_tanzania_activist_court_header.jpg?itok=cw0smyIe)
October 28, 2019
Escaped Congolese Warlord Inspires New Attacks
Return Gédéon Kyungu to Prison for Crimes Against Humanity
![Warlord Gédéon Kyungu Mutanga surrenders in southern Democratic Republic of Congo](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/screen_shot_2016-10-14_at_12.17.30_pm.png?itok=NkDOVABK)
October 27, 2019
Iraq: Protesters Killed by Teargas Canisters
Security Forces Use Excessive Force Despite Government Promises
![Iraqi security forces fire tear gas to disperse protesters during a demonstration in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Oct. 25, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201910mena_iraq_protests_0.jpg?itok=m9tSEUsX)
October 26, 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)
October 25, 2019
Study Finds Deterioration in US Air Quality
Increased Pollution Linked to Nearly 10,000 Deaths
![The Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, shown obscured in smoke in November 2018, after the disastrous Camp Fire occurred north of Sacramento.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201910us_environment_pollution.jpg?itok=pVfBqsBH)
October 25, 2019
A Hopeful Speech, but Will Tunisia’s President Deliver?
Kais Saied Should Back Words with Action on Key Rights Issues
![Kais Saied during the sworn ceremony in Bardo, Tunis, Tunisia on October 23, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201910mena_tunisia_saied.jpg?itok=Gj_Mp_r1)
![Rep. Elijah Cummings speaks during a luncheon at the National Press Club in Washington, August 7, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201910us_congress_cummings.jpg?itok=VAAusFg4)
October 25, 2019
Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency Response to HRW
October 25, 2019
UN Criticized for Failing to Live Up to Its Own Values in Kosovo
Lead Poisoning Victims Await Justice, Compensation
![Houses in Kosovo](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709env_kosovo_lead.jpg?itok=sy1gPZNV)