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)
July 23, 2018
Duterte Vows More Bloodshed in Philippine ‘Drug War’
In State of the Nation Address, President Attacks Rights Defenders
![Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his State of the Nation address at the House of Representatives in Quezon city, Metro Manila, Philippines, July 23, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201807asia_philippines_duterte_sotu.jpg?itok=o7xkTPw9)
![Deputies attend the opening ceremony of the National Assembly's autumn session in Hanoi, Vietnam October 23, 2017. REUTERS/Kham](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201806asia_vietnam_national_assembly.jpg?itok=t80qy6WN)
July 23, 2018
A Move to Undermine Women’s Reproductive Health
![People rallied outside the U.S. Supreme Court while the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra case remained pending, in Washington, U.S., June 25, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201806us_womensrights_supremecourt_abortion.jpg?itok=iDifZU4E)
July 23, 2018