![Larisa Kharkova, President of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Kazakhstan (right), and her lawyer, Dina Volkova (left), seated before Khakova gives her closing statement in court on July 24, 2017. © Galym Ageleuov](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707eca_kazakhstan_larisa_kharkova_trial.jpg?itok=3LR7ckE_)
July 26, 2017
US Surveillance Makes Privacy Shield Invalid
EU Should Reevaluate Decision on Transfer of Personal Data
![Fiber optic cables carrying internet providers are seen running into a server room at Intergate.Manhattan.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707us_us_computercables.jpg?itok=49uMB9qF)
July 26, 2017
In Turkey, Freedom of Expression is in the Dock
Journalists’ Trial Part of Vicious Crackdown on Independent Voices
![A demonstration outside a courthouse in Istanbul, Turkey in solidarity with the staff of the opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet on trial over alleged support to terrorist groups, July 24, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707europe_turkey_cumhuriyet_demonstration.jpg?itok=wK1ogRJV)
July 26, 2017
Qatar: Finding Opportunities for Reform in Crisis
Qatar today faces a crisis, but it is also an opportunity to become a regional leader on human rights
![Doha Skyline, Qatar.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201810mena_qatar_skyline.jpg?itok=kou7gQlJ)
July 26, 2017
France: Police Attacking Migrants in Calais
Government Ignores Widespread Reports of Ill-Treatment
![French police detain two migrants, one a 14-year-old boy, before dispersing a late-night food distribution in Calais on June 29, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707childrensrights_france_presser.jpg?itok=wknN-hDL)
July 25, 2017
Philippine President’s Appalling Threat to Bomb Tribal Schools
Duterte Should Sign ‘Safe Schools Declaration,’ Not Threaten Students
![Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte speaks to protesters after he delivered his State of the Nation address at the Congress in Quezon city, Metro Manila Philippines July 24, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707asia_philippines_duterte.jpg?itok=DOJSriv7)
July 25, 2017
Ali’s Long Wait for Justice in Greece
After Six Years, Afghan Man’s Attackers are Finally Convicted
![Ali Rahimi](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707europe_greece_ali_rahimi.jpg?itok=YxlAVUPQ)
July 25, 2017
Making Transgender Rights a Reality in India
New Parliamentary Report Finds Crucial Gaps in Draft Law
![Participants hold placards during a protest demanding an end to what they say is discrimination and violence against the transgender community, in Bengaluru, India October 21, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707asia_india_lgbt_transgender.jpg?itok=r7241rw_)
July 25, 2017
For Russia’s students, the price of protest can be high
Students have featured prominently in Russia’s latest wave of anti-corruption protest, and now they're facing repression as a result
![12 June: Police detain Oleg Alexeev during an anti-corruption protest in the city centre of Kaliningrad, Russia.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707eca_russia_alexeev.jpg?itok=NQ_82TrN)