![Hoang Duc Binh.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801asia_vietnam_hoangbinh.jpg?itok=-s52sqKQ)
![Hoang Duc Binh.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801asia_vietnam_hoangbinh.jpg?itok=-s52sqKQ)
January 23, 2018
South Sudan: A Year On, Two Men’s Whereabouts Unknown
Reveal Fate, Whereabouts of Dong Samuel Luak, Aggrey Idri
![Preview Image of Dong Luak](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/dong_luak_cropped-perview_version.jpg?itok=79F2GMvm)
January 23, 2018
Burma/Bangladesh: Return Plan Endangers Refugees
Repatriated Rohingya Would Face Abuse, Insecurity, Aid Shortages
![201801asia_burma_rohingya](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801asia_burma_refugees.jpg?itok=_1VABLVj)
January 23, 2018
Prominent Rights Group Targeted Yet Again in Chechnya
The Future of Memorial, and Hope for Human Rights in Chechnya, at Stake
![Memorial’s car torched in Dagestan on January 22, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801europe_russia_memorial_car.jpg?itok=DUnItPzN)
January 23, 2018
Venezuelan Authorities Should Pay for their Crimes
![Members of the Lima Group nations attend a meeting in Santiago, Chile, January 23, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801americas_venezuela_grupolima.jpg?itok=tCbxbpfn)
January 23, 2018
Thailand: Forced Labor, Trafficking Persist in Fishing Fleets
Reforms Fall Short of Addressing EU, US Concerns
![A fisher at the prow of a boat, mooring rope in hand, as the vessel arrives in port in Pattani, August 12, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801asia_thailand_fishing_photo1.jpg?itok=kK_277vb)
January 23, 2018
Asylum-Seeking Kids Locked Up in Greece
Government Should Transfer Children On Their Own From Cells to Safe Housing
![Unaccompanied children line up for an evening meal at a detention facility run by the Greek police.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-08-eca-greece-main.jpg?itok=z3HX44Mm)
January 23, 2018
Shining a Spotlight on Hate Speech in Saudi Textbooks
![Illustration of a sword made out of writing © 2017 Adam Maida for Human Rights Watch](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709middleeast_saudiarabia_hatespeech_main_eng.jpg?itok=nWiXEtQ-)
January 22, 2018
Philippines’ Duterte Pursues Distraction Over Accountability
Administration Claims Human Rights Watch ‘Politicized’ Drug War Killings
![Philippine’s Secretary of Foreign Affairs Alan Cayetano gives a speech at Asia Society in Manhattan, New York, U.S., September 21, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801asia_philippines_cayetano.jpg?itok=23VLsH87)
![Smoke rises from the Intercontinental Hotel during an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan January 21, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801asia_afghanistan_taliban_hotel_bombing.jpg?itok=GPNVmpxU)
January 22, 2018
Activist Detained in Turkey for Tweets
Turkey Censors Criticism of Military Operation in Syria
![Writer and human rights activist, Nurcan Baysal, pictured in Diyarbakır, Turkey.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801europe_turkey_nurcan_baysal.jpg?itok=uCuphHtc)
January 22, 2018
Palestine Joins Global Push to Eliminate Landmines
Israel, Others in Region Should Follow Suit
![A member of the Palestinian security forces takes part in a training session to find and remove landmines, organised by the Palestinian Ministry of Interior and the United Nations, in the West Bank city of Jericho June 25, 2012.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801middleeast_palestine_arms_landmine.jpg?itok=HvVT_FV9)
January 22, 2018
Germany Sends Positive Signal on Defending Rights in Europe
Bundestag Drops Two Controversial Members from Rights Body
![Members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe take part in a debate on the functioning of democratic institutions in Turkey, at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France, April 25, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-04-eu-eca-council-europe.jpg?itok=xIJoUBCU)
January 22, 2018
Algeria: New Trials Shake Ahmadi Minority
More Than 50 Tried in December on Charges Relating to Religion
![Mohamed Fali.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709mena_algeria_minority1.jpg?itok=vWAihSny)
January 22, 2018
More Arrests in Egypt’s LGBT Crackdown, but No International Outcry
10 Held by Police at Risk of Torture
![Young people wave a rainbow flag at a Cairo concert featuring the Lebanese Band Mashrou’ Leila. Activist Ahmed Alaa confirmed that he raised a rainbow flag at the concert in a Buzzfeed video including this image prior to his arrest.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201710lgbt_egypt_mashrou.jpg?itok=1OR8BQDn)