October 22, 2017
China: Voice Biometric Collection Threatens Privacy
Police, AI Giant Collaboration in Legal Gray Area
![A man talks on the phone in Beijing, China, March 2, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201710asia_china_phone.jpg?itok=fKIsyjWq)
October 21, 2017
Transgender Activists Fight Historical Mental Health Diagnosis
International Day of Solidarity Marks Progress, Challenges
![Participants March during the Tokyo Rainbow Parade. On October 22, hundreds of activist groups throughout the world will gather to mark the 8th annual International Day for Trans Depathologization.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201710lgbt_global_transdepathologizationjp.jpg?itok=_EPy8mNj)
October 20, 2017
Azerbaijan Gets US$500 Million Loan for Gas Transportation
Missed Opportunity to Affect Much Needed Reforms
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October 20, 2017
Russia: Don’t Veto Extension of Syria Inquiry
Security Council to Decide on Chemical Weapons Inquiry Renewal
![Russia's deputy UN envoy, Vladimir Safronkov delivers remarks during the Security Council meeting on the situation in Syria at the United Nations Headquarters, in New York, US. April 7, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201710emer_russia_veto.jpg?itok=Gc-aS7bw)
October 20, 2017
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
![Civilians walk at the scene of an explosion in KM4 street in the Hodan district of Mogadishu, Somalia October 14, 2017](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201710africa_somoalia_octbomb.jpg?itok=RC4Ew_cB)
October 20, 2017
Facing Prosecution for Challenging HIV Policies in Tanzania
Lawyers Arrested Under Pretext of ‘Promoting Homosexuality’
![Tanzania Sisi Kwa Sisi Foundation, a non-governmental LGBT youth organization based in Dar Es Salaam. On October 17, 2017, police raided a workshop at a hotel in Dar Es Salaam, where lawyers and activists were meeting to discuss HIV preve](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201710lgbt_tn_building.png?itok=qEzPmqog)
October 20, 2017
Afghanistan Has a Tougher Law on Child Marriage than Florida
![201709US_Florida_ChildMarriage4](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709us_florida_childmarriagebackground_0.jpg?itok=JLNXATn2)
October 20, 2017
“We slept out in the open air like wild animals”
![201710wrd_zambia_land](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201710wrd_zambia_landrights.jpg?itok=gCc5w_9j)
![Boris Johnson waving](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/borisreuters.jpeg?itok=OoPFmLmj)
October 20, 2017
Iraq: Fighting in Disputed Territories Kills Civilians
Iraqi Forces Slow to Prevent Looting
![MENA-Iraq-Qutan-Kirkuk-destroyed-homes-Nov-2016](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/img_2843.jpg?itok=MTmqU2bv)
October 20, 2017
India’s Response to the Rohingya Crisis Is Timid
Call Upon Myanmar to End Ethnic Cleansing
![A group of Rohingya refugees cross a canal after travelling over the Bangladesh-Burma border in Teknaf, Bangladesh, September 1, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709asia_burma_teknaf.jpg?itok=UUsSmrWi)
October 19, 2017
Pollution Is One of World’s Biggest Killers
New Lancet Report Says Poorer Countries Are Most Affected
![Slum houses in Hazaribagh beside an open gutter channeling untreated effluent from tanneries nearby. Local residents of Hazaribagh reported to Human Rights Watch an array of health problems—many of them undiagnosed due to the cost of medical attention—suc](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201207ehr_bangladesh_tanneries_repor.jpg?itok=d3q8Ptql)
October 19, 2017
DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis FOIA documents
October 19, 2017