Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week

Congress Should Reject Pesticide Bill

Iran’s Judiciary Threatens Executions for Economic ‘Crimes’

Implementing the Death Penalty is Wrong Response to Economic Crisis

Violence Against LGBT Activists in Armenia

Prompt, Thorough and Effective Investigation Needed

Coalition of Rights Groups Submit Public Comment on the Sentencing Commission’s Proposed Priorities for 2018-2019 Amendment Cycle

Why Are India’s Laws to Protect the Rights and Dignity of the Mentally Ill Not Working?

Residents of Mental Health Institutions Remain Isolated, Neglected, and Invisible

"In the Central African Republic, AU Peacekeepers Carried Out an Egregious Crime"

In an op-ed, Human Rights Watch calls on the pan-African organization to release its report on the 2014 killings in Boali

South Sudan: No Amnesty for War Crimes

Don’t Ignore Victims’ Rights, International Obligations

“Bright Women Need Not Apply”

Admission Policy at Tokyo Medical University Highlights Discrimination Against Women

Comments on proposed DOJ Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) implementation of the Death in Custody Reporting Act (DCRA)

We are asking DOJ to immediately adopt the near-final compliance guidelines for DCRA that were published in the Federal Register on December 19, 2016.

The Nightmare Lives of Indigenous Prisoners in Australia

On International Day of World’s Indigenous Peoples, Government Should Address Marginalized Group

Maldives President’s Comments Raise Questions Over Missing Blogger’s Fate

On Fourth Anniversary of Rilwan Ahmed’s Disappearance, Concerns of a Cover-Up

Iran: Activists’ Families Facing Harassment

Authorities Using State TV to Discredit Journalists, Dissenters

Turkmenistan: UN Blames Government for Activist’s Death

Carry out Ruling in Muradova Case