Bahrain: 13 People Convicted in Unfair Mass Trial
Court Failed to Properly Investigate Defendants’ Torture Claims
![Flag of Bahrain in Sakhir, March 2, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/06/202306mena_bahrain_flag.jpg?h=90d10537&itok=ey4JcwJQ)
Libya: Derna Flood Response Costs Lives
Independent Investigation Needed; Prioritize Reconstruction
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UAE’s COP28 Promises on Climate, Health Ignored at Home
Country’s Migrant Workers Face Climate-Related Harms to Their Well-Being
Afghanistan: Taliban Schools Also Failing Boys
Educational Policies Not Just Hurting Girls, Women
![Schoolboys in a classroom](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/11/202310asia_afghanistan_boysschool.jpg?h=22a390db&itok=QcEft65x)
Even More Journalists Arrested in Azerbaijan
Authorities Target Independent Media, Government Critics
![Ulvi Hasanli, director of "Abzas Media" online publication is seen during a rally of journalists against a new media bill, in front of the Parliament building in Baku, Azerbaijan, December 28, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/12/202312eca_azerbaijan_abzas_media_rally.jpg?h=34bbd072&itok=4QH_Sb1_)
EU Commission Highlights Disability Rights in Ukraine
Bold Measures Needed to End Institutionalization of Children and Adults
![A child walks down a hallway](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/03/202303crd_ukraine_residentialinstitution.jpg?h=876ea36b&itok=EUhPoUOe)
Uzbekistan: Blogger Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison
Prosecutions of Journalists, Bloggers Threaten Media Freedom
![Olimjon Khaidarov](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/12/202312eca_Uzbekistan_Khaidarov.jpg?h=408cabf4&itok=QT6stNgJ)
Jordan: Security Forces Target LGBT Activists
Systematic Crackdown on Organizing; Official Intimidation, Interrogations
![Illustration of string sealing person’s lips.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/06/202006lgbt_freedomofspeech.jpg?h=843493f2&itok=NqstQjZ-)
Ghana: Invest More in Mental Health Services
New Video Shows People Living Rich Lives with Community Support
![Abena, a young woman with a psychosocial disability, walks along the seashore in Accra, Ghana.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/12/202312drd_ghana_shackling_beach.jpg?h=5e644479&itok=dj6sQnLu)
![Former Council of Europe investigator Dick Marty delivers a speech at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, October 6, 2011.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/11/202311eca_switzerland_dick_marty.jpg?h=80ad26b7&itok=CTWMW7-T)
EU: Take Strong Rights Stance at Summit With China
European Union Leaders Should Publicly Promote Accountability
![China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi at a meeting with European Council President Charles Michel in Brussels, December 17, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202001asia_china_fm.jpg?itok=0HC9kW09)
Burkina Faso: Prominent Rights Activist Abducted
Investigate Possible Politically Motivated Conscription of Daouda Diallo
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