![The Jala Tower as it is destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza. Israel's air force targeted the 13-floor Jala Tower housing Qatar-based Al-Jazeera television and the Associated Press news agency.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/05/202105mena_gaza_ap.jpg?h=10d202d3&itok=gKl9roOB)
![The Jala Tower as it is destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza. Israel's air force targeted the 13-floor Jala Tower housing Qatar-based Al-Jazeera television and the Associated Press news agency.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/05/202105mena_gaza_ap.jpg?h=10d202d3&itok=gKl9roOB)
May 28, 2021
Qatar: Kenyan Labor Rights Activist in Solitary Confinement
Subjected to Enforced Disappearance, Denied a Lawyer
May 28, 2021
Ethiopia: Tigray Schools Occupied, Looted
Protect Students, Teachers in Region; Endorse Safe Schools Declaration
![Children look at books in an elementary school in the village of Bisober, Tigray on December 9, 2020. The school was occupied by Tigray Special Forces and also damaged after fighting broke out between Ethiopian and Tigray forces in November 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/05/202105africa_ethiopia_mainphoto.jpg?h=7c24b0f6&itok=hInFjvXx)
May 27, 2021
Russia Should End Harassment of Opposition Activist
Authorities Use Pandemic Restrictions to Target Opposition Figures
![Russia municipal deputies detained Novogorod Yulia](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/05/202105russia_arrest_Municipal_deputies.jpg?h=82f92a78&itok=i_9xNlOZ)
May 27, 2021
Human Rights Watch Response to Oregon Attorney General
End Opposition to Reversal of Non-Unanimous Jury Convictions
![201903us_oregon_statecapitol](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201903us_oregon_statecapitol.jpg?itok=WmIrjD-j)
May 27, 2021
Human Rights Watch Mourns the Loss of Robin Munro
Trailblazing China Researcher in Post-Tiananmen Era
![202105asia_china_munro](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/05/202105asia_china_munro.jpg?h=4521fff0&itok=7nt-tvC4)
May 27, 2021
OPT/Israel: Commission of Inquiry needed to advance accountability, address root causes
HRW statement to Human Rights Council Special Session
![Israel Palestine conflict protest](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/05/202105mena_jerusalem_israel_palestine.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=YvMFD1Mq)
May 27, 2021
Doing Human Rights in Afghanistan Right this Time
After the withdrawal the US can use aid as leverage, but it can no longer ignore the corruption festering in the system.
![Women walking Nadir Khan Overlooking Kabul womens rights us withdrawl](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/05/202105mena_afghanistan_women_rights.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=6W6arNMZ)
May 27, 2021
Iran: Ukraine Airline Victims’ Families Harassed, Abused
A Torture Case, No Transparency in Investigation of 2020 Downed Airliner
May 27, 2021
Ecuador: Implement Constitutional Court Rulings Protecting Rights
New President, Lawmakers Should Promptly Adopt Laws, Regulations
![Ecuador's newly sworn-in President Guillermo Lasso leaves the National Assembly after his inauguration ceremony in Quito, Ecuador on May 24, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/05/202005Americas_Ecuador_Lasso.jpg?h=e0d60013&itok=4gO7F5Xc)
May 27, 2021
Thailand: Child Prosecuted for Insulting Monarchy
Drop Politically Motivated Charges Against Children
![202105asia_thailand_thanakorn_phiraban](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/05/202105asia_thailand_Thanakorn_Phiraban.jpg?h=8dcd7569&itok=xYHoyKHt)