![President Ivan Duque](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/031219amer_colombia_duque.jpg?itok=2Sa4vRFP)
![President Ivan Duque](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/031219amer_colombia_duque.jpg?itok=2Sa4vRFP)
March 12, 2019
Passing of a Congolese ‘Patriarch’
Félicien Tamuzi Talekwene Tafe Was Widely Respected Rights Activist
![Félicien Tamuzi Talekwene Tafe, July 23, 1958 – March 2, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201903africa_drc_felicientamuzi.jpg?itok=FtmUOLkF)
March 12, 2019
Strong Measures Needed to Advance Accountability in North Korea
Interactive Dialogue under item 4 with Special Rapporteur on DPRK
![201801wr_northkorea_human_rights North Korean leader Kim Jong-un participates in the opening of the 5th Conference of Cell Chairpersons of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) in Pyongyang, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central New](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801wr_northkorea_human_rights.jpg?itok=M8e_0F8_)
March 12, 2019
Council Should Renew Commission of Human Rights in South Sudan
Interactive Dialogue with Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan
![Women from more than forty South Sudanese womens organizations carry placards during march through the city to express the frustration and suffering that women and children face in Juba, South Sudan on December 9, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201802africa_southsudan_childsoldiers.jpg?itok=jjrLae4F)
March 12, 2019
Zimbabwe: Excessive Force Used Against Protesters
Investigate, Prosecute Responsible Security Forces
![A man is beaten by a Zimbabwean soldier after protests broke out across the country on January 14, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201903afr_zimbabwe_protests.jpg?itok=cy1olIA1)
March 12, 2019
Iran: Decades-Long Sentence for Women’s Rights Defender
Draconian Sentence for Well-Known Activist
![Human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and Farhad Meysami, a human rights defender, protest the suspension of Sotoudeh's law license in front of the Tehran bar association in Tehran, February 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201808mena_iran_lawyer.jpg?itok=Vs-t7L3z)
March 11, 2019
Thai Lawyer’s ‘Disappearance’ Unsolved 15 Years On
Still No Justice for Somchai Neelapaijit and Other Victims
![A sketch of Somchai Neelapaijit.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-3-thailand-asia-somchai.jpg?itok=zwjIOvK5)
March 11, 2019
Military Tribunal Sentences Journalist for Criticizing Lebanese Security Agency
Sentence Latest in Crackdown on Free Speech in Lebanon
![Al-Jadeed TV correspondent Adam Chamseddine, Sept. 26, 2018. (The Daily Star/Hasan Shaaban)](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201903mena_lebanon_adam_chamseddine.jpg?itok=qyzAivNz)
March 11, 2019
A Challenge to FARC’s Narrative on Child Recruitment
March 11, 2019
Eritrea should permit access to United Nations Special Rapporteur
Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on Eritrea
![Eritrean refugees hold placards during a protest against the Eritrean government outside their embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel May 11, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-wr-eritrea_0.jpg?itok=50gc4yS4)
March 11, 2019
Complaint Filed Against Bauxite Mining Company in Guinea
Complaint Linked to World Bank Loan Alleges Land Seizures, Damage to Water Sources
![A woman in Lansanayah, a village 750 meters from a bauxite mine owned by La Société Minière de Boké consortium.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201810africa_guinea_main.jpg?itok=Er_9ci-0)
March 9, 2019
Myanmar: Halt Land Law Implementation
Millions At Risk of Eviction, Arrest As Deadline Looms
![A farmer tends to her paddy field just a few weeks ahead of harvesting in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, Wednesday, November 14, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201903asia_burma_farmer_0.jpg?itok=vqqSdJyC)
March 8, 2019
Indonesia: Prison for WhatsApp Messages
Repeal Criminal Defamation Provisions in Internet Law
![Saidah Saleh Syamlan](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201903asia_indonesia_whatsapp.jpg?itok=ywxMbZ8_)
March 8, 2019
Egypt: Trans Activist Risks Serious Abuse
![201712lgbt_flag_protest_generic2](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201712lgbt_flag_protest_generic.jpg?itok=XQEgV-dX)
March 8, 2019
Human Rights Watch Mourns Loss of Sid Sheinberg
![201903global_board_sid_sheinberg](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201903global_board_sid_sheinberg.jpg?itok=hfsnDyXm)