![Juíz Fernando Mendonça conduz uma audiência de custódia em janeiro de 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2015ame_brazil_prisons_reblur_13.jpg?itok=rnzMH7YS)
![Juíz Fernando Mendonça conduz uma audiência de custódia em janeiro de 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2015ame_brazil_prisons_reblur_13.jpg?itok=rnzMH7YS)
September 13, 2017
US Justice Department Looks to Curtail LGBT Protections
Recent Positions Help Legitimize Discrimination
![A wedding cake at a reception for same sex couples is seen at The Abbey in West Hollywood, California, July 1, 2013.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709us_lgbt_cake.jpg?itok=lfQ6TPNH)
September 13, 2017
Will the US Weaken its Disability Laws?
House to Vote on Bill Protecting Businesses Over Persons with Disabilities
![Protesters with ADAPT, a disabled people's rights organization, stage a demonstration at the gates of the White House in Washington, April 20, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-05-us-health-disabilities_.jpg?itok=KFdREquV)
September 13, 2017
1971 All Over Again
Helping the Rohingya is the Job of a Responsible World Nation
![Rohingya refugees wait for food to be distributed by local organisations in Teknaf, Bangladesh on September 13, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709asia_burma_oped.jpg?itok=hzpuOZr5)
September 13, 2017
Why The UK Needs Human Rights
![Women gather in Parliament Square for a protest in support of legal abortion in Northern Ireland, Britain, June 24, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706uk_northern_ireland_womens_rights_abortion.jpg?itok=ELTEai1C)
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