September 13, 2017
Italy Returns Ambassador to Egypt Despite Unresolved Regeni Case
Lack of Justice All Too Familiar for Victims of Torture in Egypt
![Giulio Regeni](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709eca_italy_regeni.jpg?itok=tN_mKrwv)
September 13, 2017
Turkmenistan: Repression Casts Shadow on Asian Games
Olympic Council of Asia Fails Olympic Charter
![The main stadium in Ashgabat where the fifth Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games will be held.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-06-eca-turkmenistan-aimag.jpg?itok=BwV-yEmd)
September 13, 2017
Saudi Arabia: Religion Textbooks Promote Intolerance
Textbooks Disparage Sufi, Shia; Label Jews, Christians ‘Unbelievers’
![Ministry of Education, Al-Tawhid, Student Book, Secondary Semester Program, Level Three, 2016-17, p. 104](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709mena_saudi_text6.png?itok=aP0EEqLQ)
September 13, 2017
Israel/Palestine: Israeli Banks Supporting Settlements
No Domestic Obligation to Provide Many Services That Aid Rights Abuses
![Customers use ATMs outside a bank branch in the Israeli settlement of Modi'in Ilit.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709mena_israel_banks_1.jpg?itok=l8qlNh-f)
September 13, 2017
Jordan: Media Rights Group Threatened Over Funding
Vague, Restrictive Laws Hamper Freedom of Association
![The Jordanian Parliament in Amman](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709mena_jordan_parliament.jpg?itok=3fY50t4k)
September 12, 2017
Israeli Law and Banking in West Bank Settlements
![Customers use ATMs outside a bank branch in the Israeli settlement of Modi'in Ilit.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709mena_israel_banks_1.jpg?itok=l8qlNh-f)
September 12, 2017
Cambodia: Protect Montagnards Refugees
Forced Return to Vietnam Will Bring Mistreatment, Arrest
![201709asia_cambodia_montagnard](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709asia_cambodia_montagnard.jpg?itok=Dkb45dll)
September 12, 2017
Joint letter from groups opposed to draconian immigration bill
350 Organizations Urge Congress to Oppose HR 3697
September 12, 2017
US Congress Can Help Curb Saudi War Crimes in Yemen
Coalition’s Empty Promises Should Prompt Suspension of Arms Sales
![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)
September 12, 2017
Pakistan Should Back Rohingya Rights Abroad and at Home
Longtime Refugees from Burma Denied Citizenship, ID Cards
![Rohingya immigrants living in Pakistan, react during an interview with Reuters at their residence in Arkanabad neighborhood in Karachi, Pakistan September 7, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709asia_pakistan_burma_rohingya.jpg?itok=BSmt_Kdg)
September 12, 2017
US State Department’s First Steps at Reorganization Downgrade Human Rights
Tillerson’s Plan Includes Cuts to Special Envoys
![People enter the State Department Building in Washington, U.S., January 26, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709us_state_department_building.jpg?itok=lKQ8kIGg)
September 12, 2017
Human Rights Council leadership needed on Yemen, Venezuela, China, Myanmar, Philippines
Item 2 General Debate on High Commissioner’s update
![Delegates arrive for the 34th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, February 27, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/rts10k8d_layout_comp.jpg?itok=5c-FiZo8)
September 12, 2017
Hurricanes, Human Rights and Fiji
![Maldivian Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture Ibrahim Didi signs a declaration calling on countries to cut down carbon dioxide emissions ahead of a major UN climate change conference in the Maldives, October 17, 2009. The Maldivian president and ministe](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709ehr_maldives_climatechange.jpg?itok=h1aJuhLk)