![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)
![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)
Indonesia: Medical Groups Silent on Abusive ‘Virginity Tests’
On International Women’s Day, End Cruel, Unscientific Practice
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Want To Worry About AI? Then Worry About This…
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![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)
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)
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)
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)
Violence Erupts Within Zimbabwe’s Opposition Party
All Parties Need to Act Peacefully Prior to Mid-Year Elections
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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)
UN Rights Body: Move Toward Recognition of the Right to a Healthy and Sustainable Environment
Item 3 interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the environment
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Endorsing Safe Schools Declaration important to protect children from horrors of armed conflict
Human Rights Watch statement to HRC panel on Protecting the Rights of the Child in Humanitarian Situations
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China’s ‘Win-Win’ Resolution Is Anything But
![Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech in the Palais des Nations at the United Nations in Geneva, January 18, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709asia_china_un_photo_main.jpg?itok=SBpi6_IB)
Uzbekistan Releases Journalist After 19 Years in Prison
Small Positive Step on a Long Road to Respecting Human Rights
![Yusuf Ruzimuradov in an undated photo.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201803centralasia_uzbekistan_ruzimuradov.jpg?itok=WKKm1nkH)
Past Time to End Impunity for Atrocities in Eastern Ghouta
Urgent Debate on deteriorating situation of human rights in Eastern Ghouta at the Human Rights Council
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