![Demonstrators protest against police violence and the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega in Managua, Nicaragua, April 23, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201804americas_nicaragua_protests.jpg?itok=pYWj3PjT)
![Demonstrators protest against police violence and the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega in Managua, Nicaragua, April 23, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201804americas_nicaragua_protests.jpg?itok=pYWj3PjT)
Human Rights Situation in Eritrea
Submission to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
![Wendy Isaack, researcher at Human Rights Watch, delivers a statement at the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, in Banjul, Gambia, November 6, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201711africa_acphr_isaack_1.jpg?itok=BLH3HVof)
Human Rights Situation in Nigeria and Women’s Rights Concerns in Mauritania
Submission to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
![Wendy Isaack, researcher at Human Rights Watch, delivers a statement at the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, in Banjul, Gambia, November 6, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201711africa_acphr_isaack_1.jpg?itok=BLH3HVof)
HRW Statement at the 62nd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, April 2018
Agenda Item 3: Human Rights Situation in Africa
![Wendy Isaack, researcher at Human Rights Watch, delivers a statement at the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, in Banjul, Gambia, November 6, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201711africa_acphr_isaack_1.jpg?itok=BLH3HVof)
Turkey: Journalists Convicted for Doing Their Jobs
Harsh Sentences for Cumhuriyet Staff in Politically Motivated Case
![Press freedom activists read opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet during a demonstration in solidarity with the jailed members of the newspaper outside a courthouse, in Istanbul, Turkey, July 28, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201804europe_turkey_press_cumhuriyet.jpg?itok=zlEwg_be)
Letter to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban Regarding Human Rights Priorities for the New Government
![Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán addresses supporters after the announcement of partial results of the parliamentary election in Budapest, Hungary, April 8, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201804europe_hungary_orban.jpg?itok=BF1p_EE2)
Colombia: Witness Linked to Uribe Probe Murdered
Others Involved in Ex-President’s Case Threatened
![Alvaro Uribe, Colombia's former president, attends a debate as a senator at the Congress in Bogota, Colombia, October 3, 2016. © 2016 Reuters](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201804americas_colombia_uribe_0.jpg?itok=9zy8eKTQ)
Villagers in Zimbabwe Marange Diamond Fields in Mass Protests
Army and Police Fire Teargas to Stop Protests
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Chinese Tech Companies Delete Gender Discriminatory Job Ads
Firms Pledge Stricter Reviews of Ads in Wake of Human Rights Watch Report
![China ads](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201804asia_china_job_ads.png?itok=DjwzXtFI)
Iraq: Local Forces Banish ISIS Suspects’ Families
Relatives Punished Though Considered Innocent
![Minutes of a meeting in al-Ba’aj on February 7, 2018, where sheikhs and mukhtars were instructed not to grant security clearances to relatives of ISIS members. © 2018 Belkis Wille/Human Rights Watch](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201804mena_iraq_minutes.jpg?itok=z0HkNsPF)
Lebanon: Political Parties Shun Rights Issues
May Elections a Chance to Strengthen Human Rights Protections
![Candidates for Lebanon’s parliamentary elections should commit to human rights reforms.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201803mena_lebanon_elections.jpg?itok=OW2x2X-X)
Villagers Demand the Right to Say No to Mining in their South African Community
Court Case May Have Far-Reaching Implications for Mining Companies
![Xolobeni community members and environmental activists march and chant slogans in front of South Africa's Pretoria High Court, April 24, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201804africa_southafrica_xolobeni_mining_environment.jpg?itok=rNBBopqP)
Lessons for Nepal, Three Years After Deadly Earthquake
Government Should Ensure Support for Survivors
![Abandoned houses, damaged during the 2015 earthquake, stand in Bhaktapur, Nepal April 21, 2017. Picture taken April 21, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201804asia_nepal_earthquake_environment.jpg?itok=4LYN_lSi)
Saudi Arabia: Executions for Drug Crimes
Crown Prince Signals Possible Limit on Non-Murder Executions
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![Palestinian Bedouin school children walk towards their tents on September 15, 2010 at their Bedouin camp outside the Israeli West Bank settlement of Ma'ale Adumin. Israel does not recognize the Bedouins’ property claims and has demolished homes and school](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/cover.jpg?itok=XedI3ipk)