Russian Court Says Foster Mother Unfit Because of ‘Male Behavior’
Discriminatory Ruling Breaks Up Family
![“Sometime and somewhere there used to be summer,” Yulia Savinovskikh posted to Facebook in November 2017 after guardianship agency officials removed two foster children from her care.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201802eca_russia_savinovskikh.jpg?itok=72pz6RiD)
China: Release Human Rights Lawyers
Restore Licenses Revoked for Criticizing Government
![Relatives of lawyers and activists detained in the “709” crackdown protest in front of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate in Beijing, China, July 7, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201802asia_china_lawyers.jpg?itok=vYxNqpiB)
Thailand: Rights Agenda Hollow Without Major Reforms
Fulfill Pledges, Restore Democratic Rule
![Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha gestures during a news conference after a weekly cabinet meeting at Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, January 9, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201802asia_thailand_borisprayuth_0.jpg?itok=GFujjLIB)
Open Letter Concerning the Crackdown on Peaceful Protests and the Wave of Arbitrary Arrests and Continued Incommunicado Detentions by Sudanese Government Forces
![Demonstrators in Khartoum march to protest against the Sudanese government's subsidies cuts and austerity measures on January 16, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801africa_sudan_janprotests.jpg?itok=lR9qf4NF)
Philippines: Drop Charges Against Duterte Critic
One Year Since Politically Motivated Jailing of Senator Leila de Lima
![Philippine Senator Leila de Lima, who is detained on drug charges, gestures a "Laban" (Fight) sign inside a local court where she faces an obstruction of justice complaint in Quezon city, metro Manila, Philippines March 13, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201802asia_philippines_delima.jpg?itok=l4yn7-gw)
Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concerning Bangladesh
63rd plenary session
Indonesia Dishonors Rule of Law with Award to Philippines’ Top Cop
Medal of Honor a Gross Insult to ‘Drug War’ Victims
![Ronald Dela Rosa talks to President Rodrigo Duterte at the Malacanang presidential palace in metro Manila, Philippines, January 19, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201802asia_indonesia_bato.jpg?itok=g4RUIUmd)
Cambodia: Legislating New Tools of Repression
Hun Sen Expands Rule by Changing Constitution, Criminalizing ‘Insulting Monarchy’
![Prime Minister Hun Sen signs a register before a plenary session at the National Assembly of Cambodia, in Phnom Penh, February 14, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201802asia_cambodia_hunsen_0.jpg?itok=YZjZSHkg)
Law Not on Side of Russia’s Domestic Violence Victims
One Year Since Legislative Changes Weakened Protections
![A A protest performance staged by women’s rights activists in Saint Petersburg after Russia’s adoption of domestic violence legislation, January 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201802eca_russia_domesticviolence.jpg?itok=RAB5jxuR)
Duterte’s Pledges of Rewards Encourage War Crimes
Exhorts Philippine Soldiers to Shoot Female Rebels in their Vaginas
![New People’s Army rebels sing during an anniversary celebration in Surigao del Sur province in the southern Philippines, December 2010.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201802asia_philippines_lumad.jpg?itok=u_jXjzbV)
US Finds ‘Gag Rule’ Flaws, but Makes No Changes
Planned New Analysis Should Look at Health Impact of this Harmful Policy
![A woman walks past a mural on a Family Health Options clinic in the Kibera slums in Nairobi, Kenya, May 16, 2017. © 2017 Reuters](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201710wrd_kenya_globalgag.jpg?itok=o_3ctFPK)
Uzbekistan: Investigate Torture of Journalist
12 Human Rights Groups Call for Journalist’s, Others’ Immediate Release
![Akrom Malikov](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201802eca_uzbekistan_malikov.jpg?itok=132Fpl5W)
Misery for Women and Girls in Greece’s Island Paradise
Government Downplays Sexual Violence Risks in Migrant Hotspots
![A girl walks next to a self-made shower at a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants next to the Moria camp on the island of Lesbos, Greece, November 30, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201802europe_greece_moria_lesbos_refugees.jpg?itok=pGDEVVfr)
Court Embraces Right to a Healthy Environment in the Americas
Ruling Will Empower Citizens
![San Andres island.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201802americas_nicaragua_sanandres.jpg?itok=o1L4L0-h)