![Garance Le Caisne, author of the book "Opération César: Au coeur de la machine de mort syrienne" (Operation Caesar. In the Heart of the Syrian Death Machine), accepting the award on behalf of “Caesar” and his group of collaborators. The hooded man project](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709mena_syria_nuremburg_award.png?itok=ISijcrgN)
![Garance Le Caisne, author of the book "Opération César: Au coeur de la machine de mort syrienne" (Operation Caesar. In the Heart of the Syrian Death Machine), accepting the award on behalf of “Caesar” and his group of collaborators. The hooded man project](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709mena_syria_nuremburg_award.png?itok=ISijcrgN)
September 23, 2017
‘Safe Zones’ for Rohingya Refugees in Burma Could Be Dangerous
Deadly Experiences in Bosnia and Sri Lanka Should Serve as Warning
![201709Asia_Burma_Rohingya2](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709asia_burma_rohingya2.jpg?itok=gmNluAAe)
September 23, 2017
Burma: Landmines Deadly for Fleeing Rohingya
Military Lays Internationally Banned Weapon
![A Rohingya woman travels to a hospital near Kutupalong, Bangladesh, after a landmine blew off her right leg while she was crossing the border from Burma, September 4, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709asia_burma_mine.jpg?itok=NMOt9FY-)
September 22, 2017
Bashir Visit Highlights Abuses in Darfur
Five Dead Protesting Sudanese President’s Visit to Camp
![Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir addresses supporters during his visit to the war-torn Darfur region, in Bilal, Darfur, Sudan September 22, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709africa_sudan_darfur_bashir.jpg?itok=jNDI3DQg)
September 22, 2017
Canada Shows Global Leadership on Protecting Civilians in Yemen
Supports UN Human Rights Council Inquiry into Wartime Abuses
![Officials tour a government compound destroyed by recent Saudi-led air strikes in the northwestern city of Saada, Yemen September 3, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709middleeast_yemen_airstrike_building.jpg?itok=6649oMGe)
September 22, 2017
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
![Hasina witnessed a massacre. Burmese army soldiers threw her infant into a fire. Her younger siblings were beaten to death. The soldiers attempted to rape her before leaving her for dead in a burning house. Kutupalong refugee camp, Bangladesh, September 2](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709asia_burma_bangladesh_hasina.jpg?itok=nhtOFXwQ)
September 22, 2017
The Rights Weekender
![Destruction in Rakhine State since August 25, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709asia_burma_destructionzones.jpg?itok=H7fSqIIc)
September 22, 2017
Yemen: A diplomatic Test for Emmanuel Macron
![Saudi-led coalition aircraft struck three apartment buildings in Faj Attan, a densely populated neighborhood in Sanaa, on August 25, 2017. Two of the buildings were completely destroyed and the third suffered extensive damage. Saudi-led coalition aircraft](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709mena_yemen_attan1.jpg?itok=rrPkI-GQ)
September 22, 2017
Witness to Carnage in Burma’s Rakhine State
Burmese Soldiers Kill Her Baby, Slaughter Her Family and Neighbors
![Hasina witnessed a massacre. Burmese army soldiers threw her infant into a fire. Her younger siblings were beaten to death. The soldiers attempted to rape her before leaving her for dead in a burning house. Kutupalong refugee camp, Bangladesh, September 2](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709asia_burma_bangladesh_hasina.jpg?itok=nhtOFXwQ)
September 22, 2017
Thailand Needs to Stop Inhumane Navy 'Push-Backs'
![Smoke is seen on Myanmar's side of border as an old Rohingya refugee woman is carried after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border by boat through the Bay of Bengal in Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, September 15, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709asia_thailand_rohingya.jpg?itok=0uIX3hcW)
September 22, 2017
South Africa should prioritize implementing inclusive education for children with disabilities
Item 6 UPR adoption
![16-9-crd south africa piece preview 1](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/ccf12092016_0003_1_0.jpg?itok=hbuU8SaD)
September 22, 2017
Algeria should accept key UPR recommendations on freedom of speech, assembly and association
Item 6 UPR adoption
![A woman at Dar al-Insania, an NGO-run shelter in the eastern city of Annaba on March 3, 2010. Dar al-Insania provides women victims of domestic violence, among others, with shelter and services.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/rtr2b70h_edited.jpg?itok=gEdj_LPo)
September 22, 2017
Philippines: UN rights body should ensure accountability for unlawful killings
Item 6 UPR adoption
![Protesters and residents hold lighted candles and placards at the wake of Kian Loyd delos Santos, a 17-year-old high school student, who was among the people shot dead last week in an escalation of President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs in Caloocan city](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201708asia_philippines_killings_protest.jpg?itok=WXgrSBum)
September 21, 2017
India: Key UN Rights Recommendations Ignored
Act on Concerns Raised at Universal Periodic Review
![The Indian Delegation at the third Universal Period Review in Geneva, September 21, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709asia_india_upr.png?itok=DhTv2X63)