![“My name is Amina and I am twenty years old. I grew up here in the town of Bagega. I had six children. Three have died. Each time one died, I was so distraught and I was very traumatized.” Amina, Bagega, Zamfara state, Nigeria, 2011.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201711africa_nigeria_childrensrights_amina.png?itok=lOmbE1F_)
![“My name is Amina and I am twenty years old. I grew up here in the town of Bagega. I had six children. Three have died. Each time one died, I was so distraught and I was very traumatized.” Amina, Bagega, Zamfara state, Nigeria, 2011.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201711africa_nigeria_childrensrights_amina.png?itok=lOmbE1F_)
March 8, 2018
China: Allow UN Rights Experts into Tibet
International Monitors Need to Investigate Abusive Detentions, Harsh Sentences
![China’s national flag is raised during a ceremony marking the 96th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party at Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, July 1, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201803asia_tibet_potala_palace.jpg?itok=UXNqDKUF)
March 8, 2018
Philippines Terrorist Petition Virtual Hit List
UN Expert, Leftist Activists Named Without Due Process Protections
![Members of the New Peoples Army (NPA), armed group of the Communist Party of the Philippines, are silhouetted during graduation after their military training in their jungle hideout in Lianga in southern Mindanao island March 13, 2004.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-02-philippines-asia-npa.jpg?itok=LZPuoyGA)
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March 8, 2018
German Judge Takes Stand Against Xenophobic Violence
Court Finds Anti-Refugee Group Members Guilty of Terrorism, Attempted Murder
![Defendants of the the far-right group "Gruppe Freital" wait for their verdict in a courtroom in Dresden, Germany, March 7, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201803europe_germany_freital_court.jpg?itok=76aA4JiZ)
![Main image for India Report](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201711india_women_main.jpg?itok=QgTYIyM4)
March 8, 2018
Money Welcome But No Panacea for Iraq’s Yezidi Victims
Freed Yezidi Captives Need Truth and Justice, Too
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March 8, 2018
Colombia Should Celebrate its Women Activists
On International Women’s Day, Remember the Dangers Women Activists Face
![Ruth Alicia López Guisao.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201803america_colombia_guisao.jpg?itok=EyFmsyLE)
March 8, 2018
Lebanon: 5 Steps to Improve Women’s Rights
Parliament Candidates Should Commit to Reforms
![Activists hold placards during a protest demanding civil marriage in Lebanon. There is currently no Lebanese civil personal status law.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/lebanon0115_reportcover_front.jpg?itok=F5lSx2zL)
March 7, 2018
Ukraine Should Drop Law That Hampers Activists’ Work
EU Diplomat Should Raise Issue with Ukraine’s President
![Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speaks during a joint news conference with European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker following the EU-Ukraine summit in Kiev, Ukraine, July 13, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201803europe_ukraine_eu_poroshenko.jpg?itok=8Ck1rdSh)
March 7, 2018
Pakistani Film Examines Mindset of a Dictator
General Pervez Musharraf Should Be Held Accountable for Rights Abuses
![Promo ad for Insha’Allah Democracy screening at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival in London March 9-10, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201803asia_pakistan_filmfest_london_ad_0.png?itok=6WNWA49D)
March 7, 2018
UN Security Council Should Protect Eastern Ghouta
Time for Arms Embargo on Syria, Individual Sanctions for Violators
![Civil defence members sit amid the rubble as they watch an aid convoy of Syrian Arab Red Crescent driving through the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria March 5, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201803middleeast_syria_ghouta_aid.jpg?itok=5pdJycw5)