More than 400,000 Syrian refugee children living in Turkey are not attending school. While the Turkish government has been generous in its response toward the Syrian refugee crisis, Turkey has struggled to ensure that Syrian schoolchildren have the access to education to which they are entitled under international law.

After the 1979 Iranian revolution, women lost many rights they once enjoyed. Laws segregated the sexes and literally sidelined women—who now can’t even watch sports in stadiums. That ban was extended to volleyball in 2012, a hugely popular sport in Iran. Since then, Iranian women have been fighting this ugly discrimination—even risking jail. Iran’s ban violates women’s rights, the Olympic Charter, and even the International Volleyball Federation’s (FIVB) own constitution.

Women suffering domestic violence in Kyrgyzstan lack adequate protection and access to justice due to insufficient police and judicial response.

People with mental health conditions in Somaliland are increasingly forced into institutions, where they face serious abuses and poor conditions.

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At least 31 civilians, possibly many more, were shot at point-blank range or stabbed to death, or their throats were slit during five days of sectarian violence that gripped Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, between September 25 and October 1, 2015.

Among Brazil’s Overpacked Prisons, Pernambuco Tops the List

Climate change and regional development projects are threatening the health and livelihood of indigenous peoples in the Turkana region of northwest Kenya.