December 8, 2020
December 8, 2020
No Equality in Sport Until We Stop Policing Women’s Bodies
An Olympian Beaten by Caster Semenya Still Backs Her Right to Run
![Caster Semnya wins the women's 800m during the IAAF Doha Diamond League 2019 at Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, May 3, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/07/202007africa_southafrica_sports_semenya.jpg?h=d834b407&itok=GoXo7CdV)
December 8, 2020
Joint Statement: Cambodia: Urgently Protect Prisoners From COVID-19
![Map showing data on prison overcrowding in 18 out of 28 of Cambodia's prisons.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/12/202012asia_cambodia_mapENG.jpg?h=a4960056&itok=_iWnDO5U)
December 8, 2020
US Environmental Agency Greenlights Neurotoxic Pesticide
Science Links Exposure to Chlorpyrifos to Developmental Delay in Children
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/images/photographs/2009_US_CRD_ChildFarmworker.jpg?itok=xTT1lmwN)
December 8, 2020
Lighting Up Hope for Human Rights
Landmarks Shine for Human Rights Values on December 10
![Niagara Falls shines blue for Human Rights Day.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/12/202012us_canada_niagarafalla_humanrightsday.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=YGqEpqXx)
December 8, 2020
Burundi: UN Should Ensure Regular Rights Briefings
Security Council Scrutiny Vital to Justice, Reform
December 8, 2020
How France Can Help Brazil's Amazon Defenders
![201909AME_Brazil_Rainforest_Defenders_photo](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201909ame_brazil_rainforest_defenders_photo6_7610.jpg?itok=h1tjUooZ)
![A girl from Syria living in Mavrovouni camp watches the Greek military search for unexploded munitions](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/12/202012ccd_Greece_lead_main.jpeg?h=c673cd1c&itok=aJDxD4c4)
December 8, 2020
Egypt: World Bank Funds Health but Neglects Jailed Doctors
Crackdown on Health Workers, Independent Union Tests Bank’s Anti-Reprisal Policy
![A nurse helps a colleague put on personal protective equipment at the 6th of October Central Hospital, an isolation hospital for Covid-19 patients, in Giza, Egypt, in July 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/12/202012mena_egypt_covid.jpg?h=d96491d0&itok=dvT_KVnY)
December 7, 2020
China’s Online Meddling Goes Beyond the Great Firewall
![A Chinese smartphone user uses a social networking app in Shanghai](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/12/202012asia_china_smartphone.jpg?h=430d605a&itok=7FTFRy0h)
December 7, 2020
Human Rights Watch Briefing Note for the Nineteenth Session of the International Criminal Court Assembly of States Parties
December 2020
![The International Criminal Court, or ICC, is seen in The Hague, Netherlands, November 7, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/12/202012global_icc_building.jpg?h=310ac57c&itok=gS6zDxua)
December 7, 2020
Belarus Escalates Crackdown on Independent Journalism
Online News Outlet TUT.BY Stripped of Media Credentials
![Young demonstrators during an opposition rally to protest the official presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus, 6 December 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/12/202012ECA_Belarus_Protest.jpg?h=8416f378&itok=eeI5LFNI)
December 7, 2020
Afghan Children Need Full Access to Education
Government Proposal for Mosque-Based Primary Schools Raises Concerns
![Main image for Afghanistan Report](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201710eca_afghanistan_main_0.jpg?itok=WnSE6bZu)
December 7, 2020
Cuba: Covid-19 Rules Used to Intensify Repression
Critics Imprisoned, Fined, Harassed
![Artists Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and Anamelys Ramos present a habeas corpus regarding detained musician Denis Solís, in Havana, on November 10, 2020. Otero Alcántara and Ramos were arrested on November 26.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/12/202012Americas_Cuba_Covidactivist.jpeg?h=43c27365&itok=IC3qcjCT)
December 7, 2020
End Europe’s Backing of Egypt’s Repression
![French President Emmanuel Macron, right, and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi attend a joint press conference at the Elysee palace, December 7, 2020 in Paris.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/12/202012europe_france_egypt_macron_sisi.jpg?h=d464d9b4&itok=h6pS4H9z)