![Unaccompanied minors are seen at the Bristow facility, in this photo provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in Bristow, Virgina, U.S., June 21, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201806us_health_humanservices_refugee_kids.jpg?itok=Zky_EXQO)
![Unaccompanied minors are seen at the Bristow facility, in this photo provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in Bristow, Virgina, U.S., June 21, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201806us_health_humanservices_refugee_kids.jpg?itok=Zky_EXQO)
July 25, 2018
US: Bill Advances Bias in Adoption, Foster Care
Strip Anti-LGBT Amendment from Funding Package
![Child welfare agencies could be allowed to discriminate under a recent amendment to legislation pending before Congress that would threaten the rights of children in care.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201807lgbt_us_adoption.png?itok=s7PHWN3c)
July 25, 2018
EU/Italy/Libya: Disputes Over Rescues Put Lives at Risk
Allow European Rescues, Agree on Safe Disembarkation
![SOS MEDITERRANEE crew rescue people off an over-crowded rubber boat in the Mediterranean, June 9, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201807eca_libya_sos.jpg?itok=sLLXLBXx)
July 25, 2018
Torture is ‘Systemic and Endemic’ in Azerbaijan
Torture Prevention Body Publishes Damning Reports
![Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan prison.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201807centralasia_azerbaijan_nakhchivanprison.jpg?itok=wmhFuaSK)
July 24, 2018
A Bold Step to End Impunity in Syria Chemical Attacks
Effort Follows Russia Killing Off UN Investigation
![2017_EME_syria_chemical](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/screen_shot_2017-02-10_at_12.31.11_pm_005.png?itok=LhoCxXbe)
July 24, 2018
Tunisia: Pact for Equality, Individual Freedom
More Than 90 Groups Among the Signatories
![Logo of the Covenant for individual Rights and Freedoms. © 2018 Coalition for Individual Rights and Freedoms.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201807mena_tunisia_covenant_for_individual_rights_and_freedoms.png?itok=0K4wfCIW)
July 24, 2018
Guinea: Deaths, Criminality in Post-Election Violence
Credible Evidence Security Forces Implicated in Excessive Use of Force
![Protesters clash with riot police during a February 6 demonstration against the results of Guinea’s February 4 local elections.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201807africa_guinea_police.jpg?itok=KtZ6zFky)
July 24, 2018
Iraq: Security Forces Fire on Protesters
Investigate Use of Excessive, Lethal Force in Basra
![An Iraqi security officer grabs a protester during a demonstration at al-Burjisiya oil field near Basra City, Iraq, July 17, 2018. © 2018 Essam al-Sudani/Reuters](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201807mena_iraq_basra_0.jpg?itok=4aBKp9N_)
July 23, 2018
Silencing a Witness to Thailand’s Deadly 2010 Crackdown
Flimsy Charges Brought Against the Outspoken ‘Nurse Waen’
![Natthida ‘Waen’ Meewangpla, a volunteer nurse who witnessed Thailand’s 2010 military shooting of civilians, faces trumped-up charges in a military tribunal.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201807asia_thailand_nurse.jpg?itok=JaegJMuv)
July 23, 2018
Vaccine Safety in China Requires Releasing Lawyers, Free Press
Latest Public Health Scandal Ignites Debate Over Government Accountability
![A nurse prepares a vaccine to be given to a child in a hospital in Beijing, China, April 13, 2016. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201807asia_china_vaccine.jpg?itok=SX0-s5uM)
July 23, 2018
Australia: Don’t Prosecute for Exposure of Misconduct
Whistleblowing Former Spy, Lawyer Face Hearing for Revealing Bugging Operation
![Barrister Bernard Collaery speaks at an event in Sydney.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201807asia_australia_bernardcollaery.png?itok=s_qyZFBL)
July 23, 2018
White Helmets Evacuation Shows What Can Be Accomplished in Syria
Fate of Other Syrians Left Stranded at the Border Remains an Open Question
![People walk past Israeli soldiers as they board a bus during the Syria Civil Defence, also known as the White Helmets, extraction from the Golan Heights in this still image taken from video, provided by the Israeli Army July 22, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201807middleeast_syria_israel_whitehelmets.jpg?itok=cFX6VPYj)
![Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang stands in front of a statue of late Vietnamese revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh while he waits for arrival of Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (not pictured) in Hanoi, Vietnam January 23, 2018. REUTERS/Kham](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201807asia_vietnam_president.jpg?itok=vGdvagH0)