March 7, 2018
Equatorial Guinea: Artist Freed from Prison
Officer Admits Superiors Ordered Dubious Charges
![Equatorial Guinea frequently harasses government critics. These cartoons are part of a campaign to free Ramón Nsé Esono Ebalé, a cartoonist who has been in prison since September 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801bhr_equatorialguinea_freeramon.jpg?itok=uWTFTqkP)
March 7, 2018
State of Emergency Declared in Sri Lanka
Violence By Anti-Muslim Mobs Highlights Interethnic Strife
![Sri Lanka's Special Task Force and Police officers stand guard near a burnt house after a clash between two communities in Digana, central district of Kandy, March 6, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201803asia_srilanka_police_stateemergency.jpg?itok=ZV73nzB6)
March 7, 2018
The Middle East's Women Are Championing Their Own Change
![Demonstration outside Parliament on December 6, 2016, with women in white dresses and wrapped in bandages, calling for the repeal of article 522 of the penal code.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201212mena_lebanon_afp.jpg?itok=mTwGDv0J)
March 7, 2018
Saudi Arabia: Scant Justice for Pakistanis
Brief Unfair Trials, No Legal Representation
![Families of detained migrant workers protesting inadequate Pakistani government protection of Pakistani citizens in Saudi Arabia outside the Lahore Press Club in 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201803mena_saudi_pakistan_main.jpg?itok=rZ2GiNq8)
![The Six activists (Abdelkader Kherba, Hamid Farhi,; Fathi Gheras, Nedhir Dabouz, Gaddour Chouicha, and Ahmed Mansri) after their release from police detention in Ghardaia, July 13, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201802mena_algeria_activists.jpg?itok=lv1Oahe8)
March 7, 2018
Indonesia: Medical Groups Silent on Abusive ‘Virginity Tests’
On International Women’s Day, End Cruel, Unscientific Practice
![Members of the Indonesian Air Force march during celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of the Air Force in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 9, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201803asia_indonesia_army.jpg?itok=17l_vimI)
March 7, 2018
Want To Worry About AI? Then Worry About This…
![Audience members pose questions on AI and modern conflict at a town hall meeting of the Munich Security Conference in February 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201802arms_munich_security_conference.jpg?itok=zyVosoTP)
![President Xi Jinping speaks during the opening of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Beijing, China, October 18, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201710asia_china_xi.jpg?itok=jHWH3Qwh)
March 6, 2018
Theresa May and Boris Johnson should deliver tough messages during Bin Salman visit
The Saudi crown prince is far from the great reformer that he claims to be and that his admirers suggest he is
![Then-Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends a graduation ceremony at King Faisal Air College in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, January 25, 2017. © 2017 Reuters](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706mena_saudi_prince_mohammed_bin_salman.jpg?itok=eExKQhra)
March 6, 2018
Europe’s Climate of Intolerance
Political Leaders Across the Region Engage in Hateful and Divisive Rhetoric
![France's National Front leader Marine Le Pen and Netherlands' Party for Freedom (PVV) leader Geert Wilders take a Selfie during a European far-right leaders meeting about the European Union, in Koblenz, Germany, January 21, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801europe_netherlands_france_populist.png?itok=SgSzzOwy)
March 6, 2018
Greece: 13,000 Still Trapped on Islands
As EU-Turkey Anniversary Nears, Move Asylum Seekers to Mainland Safety
![Ali, a 22-year-old Afghan asylum seeker with a disability, living in Moria camp, on the beach in Lesbos, Greece. He told Human Rights Watch he can’t access showers in the camp and sometimes tries to wash himself in the sea.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201711eca_greece_refugeeswdisabilities2.jpg?itok=tt9kcJyW)
March 6, 2018
Violence Erupts Within Zimbabwe’s Opposition Party
All Parties Need to Act Peacefully Prior to Mid-Year Elections
![Mourners gather in Buhera, Zimbabwe, for the burial of the late Movement For Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai, February 20, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201803africa_zimbabwe_tsvangirai_burial.jpg?itok=Iyr4l1nR)
March 5, 2018
Children in Russian Orphanage Allege Rape
Horrific Allegations Need a Prompt and Effective Investigation
![The village of Cheremushki, Chelyabinsk Oblast, where the Lazurnenskaya Residential Corrective School is located.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201803europe_russia_cheremushki_school.png?itok=py64dSRx)