April 13, 2018
47 Groups Urge UN Secretary-General to Act on Syria
Establish Investigative Body on Chemical Weapons Attacks
![United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during the United Nations Security Council meeting on Syria at the U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S, April 13.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201804mena_syria_sg.jpg?itok=gnKJqIly)
April 13, 2018
The Congolese Government Is at War with Its People
![A girl stands in an Internally Displaced Camp in Bunia, Ituri province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, April 9, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201804africa_drc_ituri_idp_camp.jpg?itok=TQ4y47fB)
April 13, 2018
Turkey: Tajik Activists Face Deportation
Risk Torture, Politically Motivated Imprisonment if Returned
![Nasimjon Sharipov](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201804eca_turkey_sharipov_.jpg?itok=MQcg9JCT)
April 13, 2018
Mozambique: Growing Fear Among Activists
Authorities Fail to Seriously Investigate Apparent Political Attacks
![People lay flowers and pay their respects where Constitutional law expert Gilles Cistac was murdered on March 3, 2015, in Maputo, Mozambique. © 2015 Getty Images](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201804africa_mozambique_cistac.jpg?itok=_2RKTWju)
April 13, 2018
Trinidad and Tobago: Court Overturns Same-Sex Intimacy Ban
Victory for LGBT Rights Activists
![Jason Jones, activist of the LGBT community celebrates with other activist court judgment outside the Hall of Justice in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, April 12, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201804lgbt_trinidadtobago_ruling.jpg?itok=3n326S7u)
April 13, 2018
Statement by the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, CCW meeting on lethal autonomous weapons systems
Delivered by Mary Wareham, Human Rights Watch, on behalf of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots
April 12, 2018
In China, a March to Find Her Husband
Wife of Forcibly Disappeared Rights Lawyer Harassed
![Li Wenzu, wife of lawyer Wang Quanzhang, who was detained in what is known as the "709" crackdown, joins others protesting in front of the Supreme People's Procuratorate in Beijing, China July 7, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201804asia_china_wenzu_quanzhang.jpg?itok=ksTq8Tss)
April 12, 2018
India: Manipur Victim Families, Activists Harassed
Comply with Court Orders to Investigate Security Force Abuses
![Women from Manipur state protest against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in New Delhi, January 25, 2008.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707asia_india_asfpa.jpg?itok=SkQrFpK7)
April 12, 2018
US Senators Press Zimbabwe to Hold Free, Fair Elections
Sanctions Renewed Against 77 Officials, Including Zimbabwe’s President
![Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa looks on after delivering the State of the Nation Address (SONA) in Harare, Zimbabwe, December 20, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201804africa_zimbabwe_mnangagwa_sona.jpg?itok=ievsDYO9)
April 12, 2018
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
![Ricardo Montaner and Human Rights Watch Campaign for Venezuela](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201804americas_venezuela_protest_0.jpg?itok=m4HW2NvH)
April 12, 2018
Kids Behind Bars in Venezuela
![Los niños del SEBIN en Venezuela](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201804americas_venezuela_childrenbehindbars.jpg?itok=TGzd-T8c)
April 12, 2018
What US Generals Get Wrong About Afghanistan
![A US army crew chief flying onboard a Chinook helicopter observes a test of flares during a training flight in Afghanistan, March 14, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201804asia_afghanistan_us.jpg?itok=BHEGS0fD)