![A woman holds her hands up during the Durban Pride parade where several hundred people marched through the Durban city centre in support of gay rights, July 30, 2011.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201710africa_southafrica_lgbt_pride.jpg?itok=oQ02MOLM)
![A woman holds her hands up during the Durban Pride parade where several hundred people marched through the Durban city centre in support of gay rights, July 30, 2011.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201710africa_southafrica_lgbt_pride.jpg?itok=oQ02MOLM)
![Image of men and women who were executed for petty crimes in Rwanda](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707africa_rwanda_executions_presser_web.jpg?itok=eSOsS4xh)
November 1, 2017
US: New Drone Rules Increase Risks for Civilians
Trump Administration Should Publish Policy, Strengthen Protections
![The remnants of a US drone strike on August 29, 2012 in Khashamir, Yemen. The strike killed three alleged members of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, a policeman, and a cleric who preached against the armed group.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/yemen1013_coverimage.jpg?itok=86jqjnkf)
November 1, 2017
DR Congo: Human Rights Watch Submission to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
61st session
![Prominent human rights activist and president of the nongovernmental organization Justicia, Timothée Mbuya, was arrested in Lubumbashi on July 31, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707africa_congo_blog073117arrests.jpg?itok=P4Fg_a2C)
November 1, 2017
Rwanda: Human Rights Watch Submission to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
61st session
![201710africa_rwanda_torture01](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201710africa_rwanda_torture01.jpg?itok=5tRpXe9C)
November 1, 2017
Germany Interrupts Egypt’s Bid to Crush Online Dissent
Cyber Training Cancelled Amid Human Rights Concerns
![Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel meet at the Ittihadiya presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt March 2, 2017. © 2017 Reuters](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201711mena_egypt_merkel_sisi.jpg?itok=gAB6QexZ)
October 31, 2017
New FBI Report on US Crime Notable for What’s Missing
Worrying Lack of Data Linked to Police Accountability
![FBI building](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709usp_fbi_qa.jpg?itok=hPSY80hy)
October 31, 2017
Protecting Environmental Defenders Should Be a Central Issue at Climate Talks
As Attacks on Environmental Rights Defenders Escalate, the Stakes Are High for the Upcoming Climate Change Talks in Germany.
![Indigenous peoples demand their rights at climate negotiations in Marrakesh](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/screen_shot_2016-11-18_at_7.46.42_am.png?itok=Ambq7XBc)
October 31, 2017
KiK Fails to Turn a New Page on Ethical Business
![A garment worker sews clothing in a building near the site of the Rana Plaza building collapse.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/00185497_0.jpg?itok=iyviUlNA)
October 31, 2017
Russia/Syria: Deadly Airstrikes on Trapped Civilians
Cluster Munitions, Attacks on Main Roads, Residential Areas in Idlib Area
![Screenshot from recording of cluster munition attack in Qalaat Al-Madiq, Syria.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201710mena_syria_qalaat_almadiq_explosives_2.png?itok=jQExD_u0)
October 31, 2017
Hope for Egypt’s Scorpion Prison Inmates
Commissioners’ Report to Scrutinize Prison Conditions
![Police and army soldiers are seen in front of a tank as they guard outside Tora prison in Cairo, Egypt, July 30, 2015. © 2015 Reuters](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201710mena_egypt_tora_prison_guards.jpg?itok=dCI1GXED)
October 31, 2017
Brazil Bill Would Try Children as Adults
Constitutional Amendment Would Harm Children, Society
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October 30, 2017
Philippine Drug Board Urges New Focus to Drug Campaign
Proposal for ‘Protecting the Life of the People’
![A woman displays a placard during a protest against Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s “war on drugs” in front of a local court in Muntinlupa city, south of Manila, Philippines October 13, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201710asia_philippines_drugs_killings.jpg?itok=VNEsPQvJ)
October 30, 2017
Indonesia’s ‘Religious Tolerance Model’ Fantasy
Vice President Disregards Discriminatory Regulations
![Indonesian Vice President Muhammad Jusuf Kalla addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 21, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201710asia_indonesia_un_kalla.jpg?itok=5KMMjE_0)
October 30, 2017
‘Try Me or Clear Me’
Arrested Mauritanian Senator Mohamed Ould Ghadda Demands Fair Trial
![Mauritanian authorities detained opposition leader, Mohamed Ould Ghadda, for two months on vague corruption charges. © 2016 Mohamed Ould Ghadda (Official Facebook Page)](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201710mena_mauritania_ould_ghadda.jpg?itok=IgUbVXTA)