![Essam Koshak](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/essam_koshak.jpg?itok=MjntNUHk)
![Essam Koshak](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/essam_koshak.jpg?itok=MjntNUHk)
July 18, 2017
Witness: Russia’s New Normal
An Increase in Prosecutions for Social Media Posts is Silencing Russia’s Citizens
![Ekaterina Vologzheninova](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707eca_ekaterina_russia.png?itok=LJ6xjK97)
July 18, 2017
Will Human Rights Still Be Protected After UK Brexit?
Government’s ‘Repeal Bill’ Fails to Guarantee Rights Contained in EU Law
![Flags are seen at the EU Commission headquarters ahead of a first full round of talks on Brexit, Britain's divorce terms from the European Union, in Brussels, Belgium July 17, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707europe_uk_brexit.jpg?itok=6Nq9K4Wu)
July 18, 2017
Review of Somalia’s Media Law Falls Short
Key Provisions that Severely Restrict Speech Remain
![Journalists queue for a security sweep outside the venue of the presidential vote at the airport in Somalia's capital Mogadishu](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707africa_somalia_media.jpg?itok=_dk2Nw80)
July 18, 2017
Russia: Assault on Freedom of Expression
Repressive Laws and Policies Restrict Online Speech, Stifle Critical Voices
![An illustration depicting a small pointer (for a mouse) chained as it scrolls over a Russian website.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707europe_russia_freedomofexpression_main_0.jpg?itok=241Lex6Q)
July 18, 2017
Turkey: Disgraceful Court Ruling To Jail Rights Defenders
Six Activists Held During Investigation, Four Released Pending Trial
![Human rights defenders detained by police in Istanbul on July 5, 2017. From bottom left: Nalan Erkem; Nejat Taştan; İlknur Üstün, İdil Eser, Özlem Dalkıran, Günal Kurşun.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707eca_turkey_defenders.jpg?itok=ouyelWjT)
July 18, 2017
Congress should reject ‘Back the Blue’ Act
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July 17, 2017
Millions of Venezuelans Speak Out Against Government
Massive Turnout for Unofficial Plebiscite on Constitution
![Opposition supporters react while waiting for results of the unofficial plebiscite against President Nicolas Maduro's government and his plan to rewrite the constitution, in Caracas, Venezuela July 16](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707americas_venezuela_vote.jpg?itok=NC4xDo3-)
July 17, 2017
Liu Xia: “I Am Not Free”
![Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo and his wife, Liu Xia.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/images/photographs/2010_China_LiuFamily.jpg?itok=8tWPFb9Y)
July 17, 2017
“Aren’t you provoking him?”
![Veículo da Patrulha Maria da Penha em Roraima, Brasil](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706americas_brazil_domesticviolenceroraima.png?itok=rJHEgYJ_)
July 17, 2017
The World Bank’s Investment in Forced Labor
July 17, 2017
Canada: Expedite Snowden-Linked Asylum Cases
Hong Kong Threatens to Deport Families Who Aided US Whistle-Blower
July 17, 2017
Morocco/Western Sahara: Torture Allegations Cast Shadow Over Trial
Verdict Awaits Sahrawis Charged in Fatal 2010 Clashes
![Tents burn after Moroccan security forces broke up the protest camp on the outskirts of Western Sahara's capital, El-Ayoun, on November 8, 2010.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707mena_morocco_sahrawis.jpg?itok=MmdzK5UO)
July 17, 2017
The Day of International Criminal Justice
An Account of Steps Forward on Difficult Terrain
![The Permanent Premises of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-ij-icc-building-logo.jpg?itok=62spWQZl)