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December 16, 2015 News Release

DR Congo: Kidnappings Skyrocket in East

Create Special Police Unit to Address Threat

Jean Emmanuel Biriko (right), also known as Manoti, on trial for his alleged role in kidnappings in Rutshuru territory, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. He was convicted and sentenced to death in May 2015. Kidnappings continued in the area after his

December 15, 2015 News Release

Thailand: Jailed Activist Needs Urgent Medical Care

Pressing ‘Like’ on Facebook Can Lead to Detention

Thailand

December 15, 2015 Dispatches

Dispatches: “Improving” Family Detention

December 15, 2015 Dispatches

Dispatches: Greed and Death in Burma’s Jade Mines

Rescue workers look for bodies of miners killed by a landslide in Hpakant jade mine, at Kachin state, Myanmar November 24, 2015.

December 15, 2015 Dispatches

Dispatches: Jailed for Discrediting the Police

Demonstrators take part in a protest in Quito December 3, 2015 as the Ecuadorean National Assembly attended the second debate about constitutional amendments.

December 15, 2015 Dispatches

Dispatches: Domestic Worker Starved in Singapore

December 15, 2015 Commentary

Counterterrorism 101: Don’t Ignore Lessons of 9/11

December 15, 2015 Dispatches

Dispatches: Climate Pact Recognizes Rights, Now the Work Begins

Participants are seen in silhouette as they look at a screen showing a world map with climate anomalies during the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21).

December 15, 2015 Letter

Malawi: Letter to Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs

Re: Arbitrary Arrests for Alleged Consensual Homosexual Conduct

December 15, 2015 Witness

Witness: A Doctor Detained and Tortured in Syria

The café where Dr. Sami Sharif was interviewed.

December 15, 2015 Dispatches

Dispatches: Stranded in an EU country

Migrants, who were stranded between Greece and Macedonia, rest next to placards hung on a metal fence, outside the Tae Kwon Do stadium at the southern suburb of Faliro, in Athens, Greece, December 14, 2015.

December 15, 2015 Witness

Witness: Abducted From School and Forced to Fight in South Sudan’s War

A school in Bentiu, Unity state, used as a barracks by soldiers and their families.

December 14, 2015 News Release

Bahrain: Travel Ban on Rights Activist

Criticized Torture, Yemen Bombing Campaign

MENA 2015 Bahrain Nabeel Rajab

December 14, 2015 News Release

South Sudan: Terrifying Lives of Child Soldiers

Children Describe Forced Recruitment, Trauma, Abuse

Child soldiers put down their guns in a disarmament and release ceremony in Jonglei state, South Sudan, February 10, 2015.

December 14, 2015 Commentary

Why is Venezuela’s Democracy Still at Risk?

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