The Burmese military has conducted a campaign of arson, killing and rape against ethnic Rohingya that has threatened the lives of thousands.

A recently formed armed group called “Return, Reclamation, Rehabilitation,” or 3R, has killed civilians, raped, and caused largescale displacement over the past year in northwest Central African Republic.

Police in India often bypass arrest procedures and torture suspects in custody to death.

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The mounting use of incendiary weapons, which cause horrific wounds to civilians, should prompt countries to strengthen the law restricting them.

The Saudi Arabia-led coalition killed several dozen civilians in three apparently unlawful airstrikes in September and October 2016. The coalition’s use of United States-supplied weapons in two of the strikes, including a bomb delivered to Saudi Arabia well into the conflict, puts the US at risk of complicity in unlawful attacks.

The Philippine government is fueling a rising human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic among men who have sex with men through policies that restrict interventions proven to prevent transmission of the virus.

Many schools across the United States remain hostile environments for LGBT students despite significant progress on LGBT rights in recent years.

The Chinese government should immediately abolish a secretive detention system used to coerce confessions from corruption suspects.

Hate crimes are spiking and elected leaders are rejecting basic standards of human rights. It is the darkest decline in global values we’ve seen in our 38 years standing up for human rights.