Brazil: Zika Epidemic Exposes Rights Problems
Government Announced Emergency Over, But Major Risks Remain
![Raquel, 25, holds her daughter Heloisa in Areia, Paraíba state, Brazil. Raquel gave birth to twin daughters with Zika syndrome in April 2016. “I want to give my best to my daughters,” she said in an interview with Human Rights Watch.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707womensrights_brazil_zika_photo_presser.jpg?itok=qNfc-DdS)
Interview: Zika’s Toll on Brazil’s Families
![Raquel bathes her daughter Heloisa, a girl with Zika syndrome born in April 2016. Raquel says she cannot afford the medicines her twin daughters need for convulsions.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707womensrights_brazil_zika_photo_01.jpg?itok=e-tLUuM3)
Indonesia: Counterterrorism Law Changes Threaten Rights
Reject Proposals to Restrict Speech, Revoke Citizenship
![Counterterrorism police stand guard near evidence confiscated in raids on suspected militants at police headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia, November 30, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707asia_indonesia_counterterror.jpg?itok=XV4_mOgY)
Qatar: Isolation Causing Rights Abuses
Families Separated; Workers Stranded; Education, Medical Care Interrupted
![A road sign is seen near Abu Samra border crossing to Saudi Arabia, Qatar June 12, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707mena_qatar_isolation.jpg?itok=NUI6f7hV)
Iran Should Grant Rights Groups Access to Prisons, not just Foreign Diplomats
Ambassadors Get a Rare Official Visit to Evin Prison
![Exterior view of Evin prison](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707middle_east_iran_evin_prison.jpg?itok=-_R6z2JZ)
A Welcome Delay by US on Sudan Sanctions
Khartoum’s Rights Record Should also Face Scrutiny in Sanctions Review
![Fighters of the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces in captured vehicles celebrate a victory against the rebel Justice and Equality Movement, Goz Dango, South Darfur, April 28, 2015. © 2015 Reuters](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-wr-sudan.jpg?itok=LYj9depe)
African Union Troops Vacate Base in Somali University
Time for AU to End Military Use of Schools and Universities
![Screenshot from a video showing the ceremony as Burundian soldiers from AMISOM leave their military base on the Somalia National University campus in Dharkenley district, west of Mogadishu.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707africa_somalia_amisom.jpg?itok=VeJQQNRl)
Yemeni Activists Face Reprisals for Speaking Out
Attack on Human Rights Watch Provides a Tiny Glimpse of the Threat
![Hadrami elite forces guard Mukalla from Al-Qaeda by creating check-points.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706mena_yemen_uae_complicity_1.jpg?itok=Mu9Ig0bl)
Hungarian Government Stoops to New Low with Hate Campaign
Billboards Evoking Anti-Semitism Part of Wider Attack on Independent Voices
![Anti-Soros campaign poster defaced with "vampire" scribbled across Soros' face. Budapest metro, July 12, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707europe_hungary_soros_poster.png?itok=56mliPvk)
Franco-German Summit an Opportunity to Defend Rights
Macron and Merkel Meeting Should Prioritize Rule of Law in EU
![German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron addresses a joint news conference at the EU summit in Brussels, Belgium, June 23, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707europe_germany_france_merkel_macron.jpg?itok=GkiZX0W8)
![The impact crater in the Martyr Kiwan school courtyard from a Syrian-Russian airstrike on June 14, 2017. Seven of the eight casualties, including a child, were from a displaced family and had been sheltering in the school.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707children_syria_school_crater.jpeg?itok=sYT0hjyC)
EU/Greece: Asylum Seekers’ Silent Mental Health Crisis
Identify Those Most at Risk; Ensure Fair Hearings
![Souda refugee camp on the island of Chios. Poor living conditions in the camp and overcrowded hotspots, with little to no access to basic services, such as sanitation and proper shelter is key factor that contributes to psychological distress.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707disability_greece_mentalhealth.png?itok=JGDlvap9)
Arab Gulf States: Assault on Online Activists
Leading Bahraini Rights Activist Sentenced to Two Years in Prison
![Portraits of online activists in Gulf states.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707mena_onefortycharacters_promo.jpg?itok=wsBjpYFG)
EU: Draft Code for Sea Rescues Threatens Lives
Leaked Document Would Tie Nongovernmental Groups’ Hands
![Migrants look at south Italy's coast as they approach on the Vos Hestia ship after being rescued by " Save the Children" crew on the Mediterranean sea off the Libya coast, June 20, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707eca_libya_italy_coast.jpg?itok=3Z51GANW)