February 9, 2018
One year of Sessions-style justice
![Sessions confirmation](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/sessions.jpg?itok=ZlSpdMv8)
February 9, 2018
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
![A man breathes through an oxygen mask at a medical center in Douma, Eastern Ghouta in Damascus, Syria January 22, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201802middleeast_syria_douma_chemical.jpg?itok=VpEZeo-O)
February 9, 2018
Behind the Valentine’s Day Glitter
![Mercury-contaminated water](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/hrw7.jpg?itok=DkGwTMNE)
February 9, 2018
Moscow Court Overrules Expulsion Order of Uzbek Journalist
Still Too Early to Celebrate the Freedom of Ali Feruz
![Khudoberdi Nurmatov and his lawyer, Daniil Khaimovich, Moscow, February 2, 2018](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201802eca_russia_ali.jpg?itok=s_PkqdRi)
February 9, 2018
People With Disabilities To Get Vote in France
65,000 people currently deprived of right to vote
![France elections voting](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201802eca_france_elections_voting.jpg?itok=k9FKGI99)
February 9, 2018
Philippines: Discrimination Against Workers with HIV
Amid Epidemic, Weak Government Response to Unlawful Firings, Harassment
![A supporter lights candles in commemoration of HIV/AIDS victims in the Philippines at a ceremony in Quezon City, Metro Manila, May 14, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201802asia_philippines_hiv.jpg?itok=cajFwuCN)
February 9, 2018
Malaysia: Don’t Send 11 Detainees to China
Group Members Face Possible Torture, Ill-Treatment
![Ethnically Turkic people are transported back to a detention facility in the town of Songkhla in southern Thailand, March 26, 2014.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201802asia_thailand_uyhgur.jpg?itok=vXpg-lY_)
February 9, 2018
Ethiopia Pardons More Journalists, Politicians
Key political prisoners remain behind bars
![Eskinder Nega](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/eskindernega-banner.jpg?itok=-zgDRI2G)
February 8, 2018
Kurdistan Regional Government: Allegations of Mass Executions
Mass Grave Located Near Bardiya Village
![Mass grave site near Bardiya village visited by Human Rights Watch on January 30. © 2018 Belkis Wille/Human Rights Watch](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201802mena_iraq_mass_grave_bardiya_0.jpg?itok=ZG_lImYP)
February 8, 2018
Bangladesh: End Crackdown on Opposition Supporters
Hundreds Detained Ahead of Court Verdict on BNP Leader
![Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia waves to activists as she arrives for a rally in Dhaka in this file picture taken January 20, 2014. A Bangladesh court issued an arrest warrant on March 30, 2016 for former prime minister an](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201802asia_bnp_leader.jpg?itok=EV5cpLHK)
February 8, 2018
Vietnam: End Repression Against Religious Activists
Hoa Hao Buddhist Practitioners Persecuted
![Top: Bui Van Trung (left), Bui Van Tham (center), and Le Thi Hen (right) Bottom: Bui Thi Bich Tuyen (left) Nguyen Hoang Nam (center), and Le Hong Hanh (right)](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201802asia_vietnam_hoahao_0.png?itok=xgyis4BE)
February 8, 2018
UN Rights Chief Urges Indonesia to End LGBT Discrimination
Criminalizing LGBT People Born of Same Bigotry as Islamophobia, Says Zeid
![U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein talks to reporters in Jakarta, Indonesia February 7, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201802asia_indonesia_un_zeid.jpg?itok=klksTjM2)
February 8, 2018
Philippines Murderous ‘Drug War’ in ICC Crosshairs
UN Investigation Still Urgently Needed
![A protester lights candles next to a placard, seeking justice for killings in President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs, during a protest in front of the Philippine National Police (PNP) headquarters in Quezon city, Metro Manila, Philippines August 23, 201](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709asia_philippines_protest_drugs_killings.jpg?itok=xDWb4AQI)
February 8, 2018
The Olympics Have Left Sochi, but Don’t Forget LGBT Russians
![People sing the Russian national anthem while raising rainbow flags and a Russian flag in solidarity with the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community of Russia](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201802lgbt_russia_reuters.jpg?itok=JPOfSSEF)