UN Rights Body Should Greenlight Global Racism Probe
States Need to Grapple with Colonial Pasts, Address Root Causes of Systemic Racism
![Delegates attend a session on racism and police brutality resolution in the wake of the death of George Floyd, at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland on June 19, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/07/202107un_racism_systemic_resolution.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=I5c9xxQi)
Cyprus Moves to Shutter Local Human Rights Group
KISA Should Not Face Deregistration for a Technicality
![A migrant carrying a camp bed and bed clothes inside a refugee camp in Kokkinotrimithia outside of Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, March 3, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/07/202107cyprus_kisa_organization_dissolved.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=iSXR7De4)
How US-Funded Abuses Led to Failure in Afghanistan
![Former Afghan interpreters hold placards during a protest against the U.S. government and NATO in Kabul, Afghanistan on April 30, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202106asia_afghanistan_visas.jpg?h=170ba4b8&itok=MtRD3ipp)
Human Rights Watch Submission to the Africa Regional Review on Implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration
RE: Challenges to Implementation of GCM Objectives #4, 10, 13, 15, 17, 21 in Cameroon, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, and Tanzania, December 2018 – June 2021
China: Tibetan Monks Harshly Sentenced
Officials Pressured to Prosecute Perceived Dissent
Systematic Abuses in Venezuela under UN Scrutiny
HRW Statement - Item 4 ID on the High Commissioner's report on Venezuela
![Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro holds a copy of the constitution during his annual address to the nation before lawmakers at the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/01/202101Americas_Venezuela_Maduro.jpg?h=1ec4304d&itok=k40nQsjJ)
Ukraine: Torture, Ill-Treatment by Armed Groups in East
Grave Medical Concerns for Detained Women
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Senegal: New Counterterror Laws Threaten Rights
Pass Amendments to Protect Peaceful Dissent
![People flee teargas thrown by riot police during a protest against the proposed counterterrorism law and penal code reform at the Cheikh Anta Diop University campus in Dakar, Senegal, June 25, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/07/202106africa_senegal_CTlaw.jpg?h=e5e92efe&itok=29k3R-k9)
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
![A "Free Britney" sign shows support for popstar Britney Spears who had a scheduled hearing in her conservatorship case at the County Courthouse in Los Angeles, June 23, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202105us_free_britney_conservatorship.jpg?h=e777accc&itok=HHPHPvu7)
Myanmar: Security Forces Arrest Defense Lawyers
Wrongful Prosecutions Violate Rights to Counsel, Fair Trial of Accused
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Honduras: Court Finds State Responsible for Trans Killing
Orders Training for Officials, Legal Gender Recognition, Damages
![Picture of Vicky Hernández. © Red Lésbica Cattrachas](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/11/202011LGBT_VickyHernandez.jpg?h=b3660f0d&itok=aC1GNQic)
UN Security Council: End Inaction on Ethiopia
Secretary-General Should Press for a Sustained Crisis Response
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Joint Statement on Journalist and Human Rights Defender Andrei Aliaksandrau
Thirteen Organisations Call for the Immediate and Unconditional Release
![Riot police stand guard during demonstrations against police violence in Minsk, Belarus, September 6, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/09/202009europe_belarus_police.jpg?h=f2b2e2b0&itok=h5IIwaG9)