Iran: Free Ailing Labor Activist

Medical Issues After Possible Stroke

Laos: 5 Years Since Civil Society Leader’s ‘Disappearance’

Disclose Sombath Somphone’s Fate or Whereabouts

Will Russia Block Twitter?

Authorities Threaten to Block Twitter, YouTube Over Open Russia Accounts

Calling Out the ‘American Illusion’

UN Expert’s US Investigation Points to Massive Inequality, Poverty

The Rights Weekender

The State of Marriage Equality Worldwide

French Legislators Rebuked for Seeking to Criminalize Online Browsing

Court Ruled Provision Was Too Restrictive of Freedoms

US Homeland Security Department Needs Accountability

Retirement of Inspector General Leaves Dangerous Gap

UK Judge Finds British Soldiers Responsible for Abuses in Iraq

Daily Mail Coverage Distorts Ruling

Uganda: Police Raid Queer Kampala Film Festival

Stop Blocking LGBT Cultural Events

Greece: Dire Risks for Women Asylum Seekers

In Lesbos Camp, Neglect Threatens Women’s, Girls’ Safety, Health

Turkey: Saudi Sisters at Risk of Forced Return

Could Face Criminal Charges, ‘Honor’ Violence

South Sudan: Stop Delays on Hybrid Court

Four Years Into Conflict, Rampant Abuse

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development on Child Labor and Modern Slavery

December 2017