![A view of the Iranian parliament in Tehran September 2, 2009.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707mena_iran_parliament.jpg?itok=hk6czhYW)
![A view of the Iranian parliament in Tehran September 2, 2009.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707mena_iran_parliament.jpg?itok=hk6czhYW)
August 14, 2017
Joint Statement on the First Anniversary of the Grossly Unjust Imprisonment of Land Activist and Human Rights Defender Tep Vanny
Civil Society Organizations Call for Her Release #FreeTepVanny
![erkin musaev](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201708eca_uzbekistan_musaev.jpg?itok=9wfFsj3v)
August 14, 2017
Update: US President Trump’s Response to Charlottesville Events
![Love trumps hate](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/love_trumps_hate_rtr.jpg?itok=Yvh9IEzD)
August 14, 2017
Authorities in Southern Russia Scared of Feminism
Police and Cossacks Harass Local Activists
![Activists hoping to attend a gathering on feminism, instead harassed and brought to the Dzhubga police station in Krasnodar region, Russia.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201708europe_russia_womens_rights_police.jpg?itok=CPSM0rlu)
August 14, 2017
Egypt: Detained Journalist’s Health Deteriorating
Held 21 Months Without Trial Despite Serious Illness
![1. Egyptian journalist Hisham Gaafar before his detention in October 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707middle_east_egypt_gaafar_predetention.jpg?itok=5MuB40Z_)
August 13, 2017
Saudi Arabia: Security Forces Seal Off Eastern Town
Awamiya Residents Caught in Crossfire, Lack Essential Services
![Remains of cars and buildings are seen following a security campaign against Shi'ite Muslim gunmen in the town of Awamiya, in the eastern governorate of Qatif, August 9, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707mena_saudi_awamiya2.jpg?itok=Qta0x_zw)
August 12, 2017
Kenya: Police Restraint Critical
Election Result Announcement Prompts Areas of Protest
![Policemen chase protesters in Kisumu, Kenya August 11, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201708africa_kenya_kisumuprotests.jpg?itok=giQC2tr_)
August 11, 2017
Philippines: Mandatory College Drug Tests Imperil Students
Duterte’s Campus Anti-Drug Plans Threaten Student Safety, Education Rights
![Students protest extrajudicial killings at a university in metro Manila, Philippines, September 30, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201708asia_philippines_college.jpg?itok=hsdvwG4E)
August 11, 2017
Time for Action on Malaysia’s Death Penalty
End Mandatory Death Sentences for Drug Offenses
![Malaysia's national flag flies in front of the Federal Court on a hazy day in Putrajaya, Malaysia, October 6, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201708asia_malaysia_federal_court.jpg?itok=zGt_Hse1)
August 11, 2017
How Did Nepal Become a Global LGBT Rights Beacon?
![Marchers in the 2013 Gai Jatra LGBTI pride parade fill the streets of Kathmandu.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/08-11-2015gay_pride.jpg?itok=tYEJ3JF4)
August 11, 2017
The Rights Weekender
![Israeli police check the identification card of a Palestinian woman at Damascus Gate in the Israeli occupied Old City of Jerusalem. © 2016 Ammar Awad/Reuters](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201708mena_palestine_jerusalem_ids.jpg?itok=XKGHXQDP)
August 11, 2017
Human Rights Watch Submission re the Situation of Human Rights Defenders Working on Business and International Financial Institutions
To the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
August 11, 2017
Another Flawed Extremism Verdict in Russia
4 Sentenced to Prison for Operating ‘Extremist Organization’
![Screenshot from video depicting, from left to right, Kirill Barabash, Alexander Sokolov, and Valery Parfenov in the courtroom, Moscow, August 10, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201708europe_russia_sokolov.jpg?itok=SPqk6ASm)
August 11, 2017
Philippine Journalist Killings Demand State Action
Duterte Task Force Should Promptly Investigate
![Filipino journalists escort the coffin of slain news reporter Alex Balcoba during his funeral in metro Manila, Philippines June 1, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201708asia_philippines_journalist_killing.jpg?itok=fE9LTC0U)