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April 5, 2019 Commentary

When Egypt’s Leader Visits Washington, Understand the Regime the President is Blessing

U.S. President Donald Trump and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi walk the colonnade at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 3, 2017.

April 5, 2019 Commentary

Ethiopia: Abiy’s First Year as Prime Minister, Review of Arbitrary Detention, Torture and Detention Conditions

Satellite image of Jail Ogaden May 2016.

April 5, 2019 Commentary

Political Parties Should Pledge to Uphold Human Rights — and Mean It

A woman casts her vote on a demo electronic voting machine during an election awareness drive ahead of India’s general election in Jorhat, India, April 1, 2019.

April 4, 2019 Commentary

Freshwater Canada’s Dirty Water Secret

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April 4, 2019 Commentary

Ethiopia: Abiy’s First Year as Prime Minister, Review of Freedom of Association

A man holds an Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) flag as hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians gathered to welcome returning leaders of the once-banned group in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018.

April 3, 2019 Commentary

Ethiopia: Abiy’s First Year as Prime Minister, Review of Freedom of Expression

Ethiopian men read newspapers at a cafe during a declared state of emergency in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

April 2, 2019 Commentary

Blog: Abiy’s First Year as Prime Minister of Ethiopia

Abiy Ahmed, newly elected prime minister of Ethiopia, is sworn in at the House of Peoples' Representatives in Addis Ababa, April 2, 2018. © 2018 Hailu/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

April 2, 2019 Commentary

Ethiopia: Abiy’s First Year as Prime Minister, Review of Freedom of Assembly

Ethiopian army soldiers attempt to control protestors from the capital and those displaced by ethnic-based violence over the weekend in Burayu, as they demonstrate to demand justice from the government in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Monday, Sept. 17, 2018.

April 2, 2019 Commentary

Where Is China’s Interpol Chief?

Then-Interpol President Meng Hongwei at an International Cybersecurity Congress at Moscow’s World Trade Center, July 6, 2018.

April 1, 2019 Commentary

Why Congress Must Act Now on Yemen

April 1, 2019 Commentary

UK’s twisted logic: Selling arms in name of peace in Yemen

Jeremy Hunt’s justifications for selling arms to Saudi Arabia do not add up

The house of Judge Yahya Muhammad Rubaid in Sanaa was hit by a coalition airstrike on January 25, 2016, killing the judge and four members of his family. Photograph by Belkis Wille.

March 31, 2019 Commentary

Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week

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March 25, 2019 Commentary

Why Executions in Egypt are Skyrocketing and Why They Should End

Demonstrators chant slogans during a protest against the execution in Egypt of nine suspected Muslim Brotherhood members convicted of involvement in the 2015 assassination of the country's top prosecutor, in front of Egypt's consulate in Istanbul, Saturda

March 25, 2019 Commentary

Why Germany Shouldn’t Yield on Arms Sales to the Saudis

People are seen near a bus destroyed by an airstrike that killed dozens of children, in a photograph taken on August 12, 2018 in Saada, Yemen.

March 25, 2019 Commentary

The Abandoned Women of Tumaco

Colombian Marines patrol the waters around Tumaco municipality, Nariño Department, in the Pacific coast of Colombia, on April 14, 2018 as Ecuador and Colombia launched a military operation against renegade Colombian rebels who kidnapped and killed two

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