August 8, 2017
China: Protect 15 Detained North Koreans
Halt Forced Returns of North Koreans to Prison, Torture, and Forced Labor
![North Korean soldiers in a border guard post are seen from the Chinese side in Tumen, China, January 7, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201708asia_china_nkorea.jpg?itok=YDmrawXJ)
August 8, 2017
Why No Rush to End Child Marriage in Nepal?
Still No Concrete Plan Despite Early Promises
![17-year-old Anjana M., married at 14, sits outside her home with her two-year-old daughter Ishita. Anjana’s aunt and uncle pressured her to marry her husband because of rumors about her relationship with him. Anjana’s father sent her to Pokhara when she w](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-09-asia-nepal-photo-06.jpg?itok=JTA4LzVi)
August 8, 2017
Joint Letter to the President of the Olympic Council of Asia
August 8, 2017
Morocco: Prominent Journalist Jailed
Hamid Mahdaoui Convicted for Criticizing Protest Ban
![Screenshot from a video of Hamid Mahdaoui, a Moroccan journalist and director of the news website badil.info, speaking on his Youtube channel.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707mena_morocco_journalist.jpg?itok=J4wOy5Sx)
![Screenshot of a resident in the Trubchevsk psycho-neurological institution in the Briansk region chained to a metal frame.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201708europe_russia_disabilities_shackling.jpg?itok=nFe-6h5t)
August 8, 2017
Israel: Jerusalem Palestinians Stripped of Status
Discriminatory Residency Revocations
![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 8, 2017
Turkmenistan: Death Threats Against Journalist
Ahead of Asian Games, Olympic Council of Asia Should Act
![2016-11-07-eca-turkmenistan-achilova](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/achilova-2011_003.jpg?itok=Pe0xDcpu)
August 8, 2017
Letter to the Commander of the Libyan National Army
August 7, 2017
Cambodia: Quash Conviction of Rights Land Activist
Court Rejects Tep Vanny’s Appeal Despite Absence of Witnesses
![People gather outside the Appeals Court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on August 8, 2017, holding signs of support for land rights activist, Tep Vanny.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201708asia_cambodia_tep.jpeg?itok=bfv57zf8)
August 7, 2017
Afghanistan’s Torture Victims Deserve Redress
Add Compensation Provision to Anti-Torture Law
![Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani addresses U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis and his delegation at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan April 24, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201708asia_afghanistan_ghani.jpg?itok=CVGsrJ3m)
August 7, 2017
Burma: National Commission Denies Atrocities
After ‘Inept Inquiry,’ Allow UN Fact-Finding Mission Unfettered Access
![Vice President Myint Swe speaks at a press conference of the government commission’s final report on the Rakhine State investigation in Rangoon, Burma, August 6, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707asia_burma_investigation.jpg?itok=kRrtruES)
August 7, 2017
Indonesia Again Silences 1965 Massacre Victims
Security Forces Derail Workshop on Compensation
![A student is led away after a raid on a university in Jakarta, Indonesia in 1965.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201708asia_indonesia_massacre.jpg?itok=qRLBY8lX)
August 7, 2017
Partisan Security Forces a Key Election Threat
![Supporters of President Robert Mugabe cheer at a rally of his ruling ZANU (PF) in Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe, July 29, 2017. © 2017 Reuters](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201708africa_zimbabwe_zanupf.jpg?itok=1PV0Ji-l)