September 5, 2018
September 5, 2018
Over 150 Rights Organizations Urge Congress to Prohibit Expanded Immigration Detention Funding
![A girl stands in the lobby of the Adelanto immigration detention center, in Adelanto, California, U.S., April 13, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201806us_immigration_detention.jpg?itok=XkTq4N4g)
September 5, 2018
Mauritania: Rape Survivors at Risk
Inadequate Investigations, Prosecutions, Remedies, Support
![The criminalization of sexual relations outside marriage in Mauritania puts rape survivors at risk. The law deters them from filing complaints because they could themselves face prosecution.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201809mena_mauritania_still.jpg?itok=WDWK27sn)
September 5, 2018
The Courage of Women in Mauritania
Tales of Activism in the Fight Against Sexual Violence
![Rape survivors, NGO leaders, and activists supporting women’s and girls’ rights in Mauritania, Nouakchott, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201809mena_mauritania_main.jpg?itok=G2B4caKV)
September 5, 2018
Rights Groups Form Coalition To “Protect the Protest” in US
Coalition Pledges to Push Back Against Malicious Lawsuits
![201809us_environment_standingrock_DAPL_protest](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201809us_environment_standingrock_dapl_protest.jpeg?itok=MOUMIml7)
![Supporters of Congolese opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba run to take cover after riot police fired teargas to disperse them in downtown Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, August 1, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201808africa_drc_bemba2.jpg?itok=w73PFbWY)
September 5, 2018
Iran: Intensified Crackdown on Rights Defenders
Lawyers, Women’s Rights Activists Arrested
![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)
September 4, 2018
Nepal’s Rape Survivors Need Answers
Police Still Not Doing Enough to Tackle Sexual Violence
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/images/photographs/2014_Nepal_protests.jpg?itok=BiZEONf3)
September 4, 2018
Human Rights Watch Letter on the Venezuelan Migration Crisis
September 4, 2018
Tens of Thousands in Chemnitz Stand Up to Far-Right Extremism
Swift Action by German Authorities Against Racist Attacks Needed
![201809europe_germany_chemnitz_protest](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201809europe_germany_chemnitz_protest.jpg?itok=BTnb4hVg)
![Wa Lone arrives for a court hearing in Yangon, Myanmar, June 18, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201806asia_burma_walone.jpg?itok=HtDSpscU)
September 4, 2018
Before We Pay $250bn to ‘Rebuild Syria’, We Should Force Putin to Stop the Endless Death and Destruction
![A woman walks with a child amid rubble at Bustan al-Qasr neighbourhood in Aleppo, Syria July 16, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201807middleeast_syria_woman_child.jpg?itok=6uoRGpOZ)
September 4, 2018
Addressing the Serious Human Rights and Humanitarian Situation in Sudan
To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council
![Overview of the United Nations Human Rights Council is seen in Geneva, Switzerland June 6, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706united_nations_human_rights_council.jpg?itok=RkIpQIUl)
September 4, 2018
An Opportunity for LGBT Rights in Ecuador
Provincial Court Expected to Rule on Same-Sex Marriage
![201809americas_ecuador_lgbt_pride](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201809americas_ecuador_lgbt_pride.jpg?itok=kVy_7Aki)