January 15, 2018
Macron’s Calais Visit Should Lead to Change for Migrants
Authorities Should End Abuse of Migrants, Open Shelters for Winter
![A migrant walks past the slogans which read "refugees welcome" written on a wall near the former "jungle" in Calais, France, August 23, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801europe_france_calais_migrants.jpg?itok=J6i_6_dL)
January 14, 2018
Somalia: Al-Shabab Demanding Children
Residents Threatened to Hand Over Boys, Girls
![Children learning to read the Quran at the Gaabow Islamic school in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, August 2013. Parents and teachers told Human Rights Watch that Al-Shabab militants threatened and on occasion abducted teachers and children from schools in](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801africa_somalia_children.jpg?itok=LZ4hAIsw)
January 14, 2018
Vietnam: Drop Charges Against Nguyen Van Oai
Intensive Crackdown on Rights Campaigners
![201801asia_vietnam_nguyenvanoai Nguyen Van Oai](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801asia_vietnam_nguyenvanoai.jpg?itok=wNIgpDAA)
January 14, 2018
Human Rights Weekend Amsterdam: ‘Where Do I Stand?’
February 2-4, De Balie, Amsterdam
![Human Rights Weekend Amsterdam: Where Do I Stand?](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801eca_netherlands_human_rights_weekend.png?itok=KocMa-7E)
January 14, 2018
Israeli Prosecutors Throw Book at Palestinian Child Protestor
Military Court to Decide if Ahed Tamimi to Be Released on Bail
![Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi enters a military courtroom escorted by Israeli Prison Service personnel at Ofer Prison, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, January 1, 2018. © 2018 Reuters](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801middleeast_israel_palestine_tamimi.jpg?itok=pQ-o9JoY)
January 13, 2018
India: Identification Project Threatens Rights
Ensure Access to Essential Services, Investigate Data Breach Claims
![Village women stand in a queue to get themselves enrolled for the Unique Identification (UID) database system at Merta district in the desert Indian state of Rajasthan February 22, 2013.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801asia_india_dna2.jpg?itok=7ItcSaFj)
January 13, 2018
Can an EU Country Forbid You from Being with Your Spouse?
What Happens When a Government Does Not Recognize Your Same-Sex Marriage
![People walk behind the European Union's flag during the annual gay parade in Budapest July 5, 2008.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801europe_eu_lgbt_hungary.jpg?itok=tUp7S0UB)
January 12, 2018
Indonesia’s ‘Anti-Communism’ Law Used Against Environmental Activist
Pollution Protester Denies Hoisting Hammer-and-Sickle Banners
![201801asia_indonesia_goldmine An illegal miner leaves a cave after mining for gold in the mountain of Tumpang Pitu in Banyuwangi, East Java November 21, 2009.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801asia_indonesia_goldmines.jpg?itok=4qGexDz0)
January 12, 2018
Freedom of Expression Under Threat
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January 12, 2018
Pakistan Needs to Protect Children from Sexual Abuse
Protests Erupt After 7-Year-Old Girl Raped and Killed
![People chant slogans and hold signs to condemn the rape and killing of 7-year-old girl Zainab Ansari in Kasur, during a protest in Peshawar, Pakistan January 11, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801asia_pakistan_zainab.jpg?itok=m4beT2xa)
January 12, 2018
Burma: Privacy Law Used to Prosecute Critics
Amend Provision Violating Free Expression Rights
![201801asia_burma_privacylaw Burma's President Htin Kyaw arrives for a dinner reception in Naypyitaw, Burma on March 30, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801asia_burma_privacylaw.jpg?itok=p4vUnLIU)
January 12, 2018
The Rights Weekender
![Medallion that includes the words ‘Special Operations Division’ with an image of Darth Vader over the globe on one side, and the words ‘Drug Enforcement Administration’ and the DEA logo on the other side.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801us_surveillance_main3.jpg?itok=tEmY13Lb)
January 12, 2018
Leading Environmentalists Violently Attacked in Russia
Activist Suffers Severe Injuries in Attack After Illegal Logging Investigation
![Andrei Rudomakha in the hospital the day after the attack, Krasnodar, Russia, December 29, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801europe_russia_rudomakha.jpg?itok=klvun1rj)
January 12, 2018
Macron Preserves China Contracts, Ignoring the Persecuted
![French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) shake hands during a press conference in Beijing, China, January 9, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801europe_asia_france_china.jpg?itok=-_zCIPJ6)