![Police officers patrol the Rocinha slum after violent clashes between drug gangs, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil September 29, 2017. The banner reads: "The Rocinha asks for peace."](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801americas_brazil_worldreportpresser.jpg?itok=x8Q70dPP)
![Police officers patrol the Rocinha slum after violent clashes between drug gangs, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil September 29, 2017. The banner reads: "The Rocinha asks for peace."](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801americas_brazil_worldreportpresser.jpg?itok=x8Q70dPP)
January 18, 2018
Yemen: All Sides Fuel Humanitarian Crisis
Coalition Blockade Imperils Civilians; Houthis Hinder Aid
![Saudi-led coalition aircraft struck three apartment buildings in Sanaa on August 25, 2017, killing at least 16 civilians, including seven children, and wounding another 17, including eight children. After an international outcry, the coalition admitted to](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709mena_yemen_attan2.jpg?itok=_G-xxCtm)
January 18, 2018
Azerbaijan: Intensified Crackdown
Authorities Stifle Critics, Impede Work of Independent Groups
![Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Mukhtarli is brought to the court after he has been abducted in Georgia and forcibly taken to neighboring Azerbaijan where he was detained in custody.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801wr_azerbaijan_human_rights.jpg?itok=0DnNVfip)
![Head of Protocol and representative of the King of Bahrain, Brigadier Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad al Khalifa (C) inspects an armoured military ballistic helmet during inauguration of Bahrain International Defense Exhibition and Conference at the Bahrain Exhib](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801wr_bahrain_human_rights.jpg?itok=w48sYypN)
January 18, 2018
Armenia: Uneven Record on Human Rights
Lack of Meaningful Accountability for Police Violence
![Public debate on the law on violence in the family, passed in December 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801wr_armenia_human_rights.jpg?itok=Sqp4YLjL)
![People look at a model of Al Thumama stadium during an unveiling ceremony at Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar, August 24, 2017. © 2017 REUTERS/Naseem Zeitoon](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801wr_quatar_human_rights.jpg?itok=QvctJYod)
January 18, 2018
Russia: Dark Year for Freedom
Repressive Laws, Charges Against Critics, Impunity for Abuse
![Riot police detain a man during an anti-corruption protest on Tverskaya Street in central Moscow, Russia, June 12, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801wr_russia_human_rights.jpg?itok=3JQg2nZd)
January 18, 2018
Tunisia: Slow Reform Pace Undermines Rights
Regressive Laws Adopted; No Action to Create Constitutional Court
![Tunisians demonstrate against a bill that would protect those accused of corruption from prosecution on Habib Bourguiba Avenue in Tunis, Tunisia, May 13, 2017. © 2017 REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801wr_tunisia_human_rights.jpg?itok=DD5iJfQE)
January 18, 2018
EU: Treating Rights as Optional Extra
Migration, Terrorism Responses Should Reflect Core Values
![SOS MEDITERRANEE rescuers help a Somali woman off their rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RHIB) so she can board the Aquarius.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801wr_europeanunion_human_rights.jpg?itok=QPai2ANJ)
January 18, 2018
Libya: Impunity Drives Violence
Extrajudicial Killings, Arbitrary Detentions, Migration Crisis
![Demonstrators gather to protest against the presence of militias in the Libyan capital in Tripoli's Martyrs' Square on March 17, 2017. © MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP/Getty Images](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801wr_libya_human_rights.jpg?itok=TVT850Xc)
January 18, 2018
Central Asia: Window of Opportunity on Rights
Regional Leaders Should End Repressive Policies
![People attend the opening ceremony of the new Belarussian-built potash plant in Garlyk, Turkmenistan March 31, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801wr_turkmenistan_human_rights.jpg?itok=TfOdAs_u)
![Members of security forces keep watch in Tahrir Square during the fifth anniversary of the uprising that ended the 30-year reign of Hosni Mubarak in Cairo, Egypt, January 25, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709mena_egypt_torture_photo_main.jpg?itok=zwxhVR0S)
January 18, 2018
UAE: Abuses at Home, Abroad
Prominent Critic Detained; Possible War Crimes in Yemen
![Hadrami elite forces guard Mukalla from Al-Qaeda by creating check-points. © 2016 Getty Images](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201712mena_uae_wrchapter.jpg?itok=u1J_eikt)
January 18, 2018
Saudi Arabia: Repression Overshadows Women’s Reforms
Unlawful Attacks in Yemen; Discrimination Against Women, Religious Minorities
![Saudi-led coalition aircraft struck three apartment buildings in Sanaa on August 25, 2017, killing at least 16 civilians, including seven children, and wounding another 17, including eight children. After an international outcry, the coalition admitted to](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201712mena_saudi_wrchapter.jpg?itok=srlaBw4d)
![Moroccans take part in a demonstration against what they perceive as the marginalization of the Rif region, in the town of Al-Hoceima, Morocco early June 3, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201712mena_morocco_wrchapter.jpg?itok=IFm1UAVK)