May 8, 2019
Human Rights Watch Letter to Hon. Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad
Re: Enforced Disappearances of Amri Che Mat and Pastor Raymond Koh
![Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, center, speaks next to Deputy Prime Minister Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, left, and People's Justice Party President Anwar Ibrahim, right, during a press conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, Jan. 4, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201905asia_malaysia_ph.jpg?itok=KJQzX4ll)
![South Sudan arms](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201905africa_southsudan_arms.jpg?itok=kadJqx0t)
May 8, 2019
Investigating ‘Sex for Food’ Allegations in Mozambique
UN Should Work With Local Officials to Address Exploitation, Abuse
![201905africa_mozambique_idai_aid](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201905africa_mozambique_idai_aid.jpg?itok=V3SHTTYG)
![Illustration based on a detainee's testimony about abuse inflicted on him in detention in the Grozny Internal Affairs Department compound, in Chechnya because of his presumed sexual orientation.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201905eca_russia_chechnyaprison.jpg?itok=r8cGOFMk)
May 8, 2019
Poland: Arrest Over Virgin Mary’s Rainbow Halo
Response to LGBT-Themed Artwork Threatens Free Speech, Gender Equality
![201905ECA_Poland_Podlesna](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201905eca_poland_podlesna.jpg?itok=Q4YEqXKw)
May 7, 2019
Malaysia: Little Progress on Rights Reforms
One Year After Election, Promises Unfulfilled
![Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, center, speaks next to Deputy Prime Minister Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, left, and People's Justice Party President Anwar Ibrahim, right, during a press conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, Jan. 4, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201905asia_malaysia_ph.jpg?itok=KJQzX4ll)
May 7, 2019
Two Myanmar Journalists Freed, but Many Face Charges
Government Uses Draconian Laws to Keep a Grip on the Media
![201905asia_burma_journalists](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201905asia_burma_journalists.jpg?itok=xZEd8m90)
May 7, 2019
Cambodia: Opposition Harassed in the Courts
Drop Summons Against Former CNRP Officials in Battambang
![Security personnel guard the Supreme Court after its hearing to dissolve the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, November 16, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201905asia_cambodia_cnrp.jpg?itok=m8OhxPjP)
May 7, 2019
Hope for Justice for Georgian Nationals Expelled from Russia
Russia Ordered to Compensate Thousands of Expelled Georgians
![201905europe_russia_georgia_protest](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201905europe_russia_georgia_protest.jpg?itok=oJhF1NBe)
May 7, 2019
Turkey’s Democratic Credentials Pushed to The Limit
Re-run of Istanbul’s Mayoral Election Threatens Voters’ Right to Choose
![201905europe_turkey_erdogan_election](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201905europe_turkey_erdogan_election.jpg?itok=v265zQnh)
May 7, 2019
Nepal Should Not Backslide on Human Rights
![Nepal's Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018, at the United Nations headquarters.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201905asia_nepal_oli.jpg?itok=9TCCwDdl)
May 7, 2019
The Human Rights Watch 30th Anniversary Film Festival
Brave Cinematic Works that Challenge the Rise of Authoritarianism and Oppression
![The Sweet Requiem follows Dolkar who lives in a Tibetan refugee colony in Delhi, India.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201905ff_thesweetrequiem_final.jpg?itok=sgzLj5Ok)