![A mother shows a picture of her son, who was detained by authorities in the northern Syrian province of Idlib, Syria, March 20, 2016. She has not heard any news about her son since then.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201708mena_syria_disappeared_son.jpg?itok=AaUdJPfu)
![A mother shows a picture of her son, who was detained by authorities in the northern Syrian province of Idlib, Syria, March 20, 2016. She has not heard any news about her son since then.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201708mena_syria_disappeared_son.jpg?itok=AaUdJPfu)
July 27, 2018
The EPA is Wrong to Weaken Coal-Ash Rules
The new acting administrator of the EPA—and former coal lobbyist—is easing rules that protect people who live near coal plants from toxic ash
![TVA Kingston Fossil Plant fly ash spill](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201807bhr_coalash_tennessee.jpg?itok=OsW-AGWU)
July 27, 2018
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
![Children are escorted to the Cayuga Center, which provides foster care and other services to immigrant children separated from their families, in New York City, U.S., July 10, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201807usa_ny_familyseperation.jpg?itok=EbR8r6U0)
July 27, 2018
US Release of Military Aid to Egypt Sends Signal
Restoration of US$195 Million Comes Amid Intensifying Crackdown
![Members of security forces keep watch in Tahrir Square during the fifth anniversary of the uprising that ended the 30-year reign of Hosni Mubarak in Cairo, Egypt, January 25, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709mena_egypt_torture_photo_main.jpg?itok=zwxhVR0S)
![201806us_immigration_oped3](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201806us_immigration_oped3.jpg?itok=iCOgKvre)
July 27, 2018
Two Years On, No Clarity on Fate of Burundian Journalist
Government has Failed to Adequately Investigate Disappearance of Jean Bigirimana
![Jean Bigirimana.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-08-burundi-africa-bigirimana.jpg?itok=BujyBA91)
July 27, 2018
Activist Faces Trumped-Up Charges in Sudan
Case Underlines Fight Against Gender Discrimination and Repression
![Wini Omer.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201807africa_southsudan_winiomer.jpg?itok=vQ2I_n2L)
July 27, 2018
Tajikistan: Lift Travel Ban on Critically Ill Child
Allow 4-Year-Old with Cancer to Travel Abroad for Treatment
![Ibrohim Hamza Tillozoda](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201807eca_tajikistan_health.jpg?itok=fyliRU0o)
July 27, 2018
Human Rights Watch Letter to UK Foreign Secretary
July 27, 2018
Greece: Inhumane Conditions at Land Border
Pregnant Women, Others ‘At-Risk’ Lack Health Care, Support
![Migrants that crossed the land border between Greece and Turkey are seen at the Pre-Removal Detention Center in the village of Fylakio, Northern Greece, February 24, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201807wrd_greece_detention.jpg?itok=eaX0njYm)
July 27, 2018
Bahrain: Hundreds Stripped of Citizenship
Bahrainis Deported from Homeland; Others at Risk
![© 2017 Human Rights Watch](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201807mena_bahrain_map.jpg?itok=b9We6Jkv)
July 26, 2018
Vietnam: Drop Charges Against Environmental Activist
Rights Campaigner Le Dinh Luong Faces Harsh Sentence
![Le Dinh Luong Source: Le Dinh Luong’s facebook page, December 2015](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201807asia_le_dinh_luong.jpg?itok=aOb779pw)
July 26, 2018
Will Britain Stand Up for Hong Kong?
UK Foreign Secretary Should Speak Out on Rights During China Visit
![British Prime Minister Theresa May (R) sits with Chinese State Councillor Yang Jiechi (L) for a meeting at 10 Downing Street in London on December 20, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201807europe_uk_asia_china_may.jpg?itok=_si9XOka)
July 26, 2018
Indonesia’s Blasphemy Law Survives Court Challenge
Constitutional Court Ruling a Blow Against Religious Freedom
![The Ahmadiyah mosque in Depok, West Java ordered sealed by local police to "protect" Ahmadiyah from attacks by militant Islamists, June 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706asia_indonesia_ahmadiyah_mosque.jpg?itok=_Kiw_Ik6)