July 22, 2021
Hasty, Harsh Sentence for Congo Critic
Rising Opposition to Discriminatory Nationality Bill
![Jacky Ndala.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/07/202107drc_ndala_congo.jpg?h=e0d60013&itok=6X8L0QfL)
July 22, 2021
UK Leaves Out Pregnant People from Heat Health Warnings
Government Should Include Pregnant People in Heat Action and Climate Adaptation Plans
![A woman walks under a parasol to shelter from the sun in Birmingham, U.K., on Tuesday, July 20, 2021. The U.K.'s Met Office has issued its first-ever Extreme Heat weather warning, stating that continuing high temperatures will lead to public health impacts.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/07/202107uk_heat_pregnancy.jpg?h=e27dfcf5&itok=do7KykTC)
July 22, 2021
End Athlete Abuse in Pursuit of Olympic Medals in Japan
Join #AthletesAgainstAbuse Campaign to Stand with Survivors
![Athlete Abuse Japan](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/07/202107japan_athlete_abuse_olympics.jpg?h=f36f5bad&itok=DqWJzpCk)
July 22, 2021
France: Class Action Lawsuit against Ethnic Profiling
Civil Society Organizations File Case with Council of State over Systemic Racial Discrimination
![Police agents check identity documents of passerby during the lockdown in Rennes, France. April 11, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/07/202107eca_France_Profiling.jpg?h=72a344a8&itok=wAgYCTNG)
July 22, 2021
Abuses in Aluminum Supply Chains a Blind Spot for Car Industry
Car Companies Should Drive Up Standards at Mines, Refineries, Smelters
![Women from Hamdallaye village, in Guinea’s Boké region, in 2018. In 2020, Hamdallaye was relocated to a new site by La Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée, a mining company backed by mining giants Alcoa, Rio Tinto, and Dadco. The new site lacks adequate farmland, housing, water and sanitation.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/07/202107africa_guinea_aluminium.jpg?h=491a2f5b&itok=jGEEat-z)
July 22, 2021
Greek Authorities Target NGOs Reporting Abuses against Migrants
Criminal Investigations Risk Chilling Civil Society
![A dinghy with migrants, left, with Turkish ships in the background, in the narrow stretch of water between the eastern Greek island of Lesbos and the Turkish coast on April 2, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/07/202107greece_ngo_migrants.jpg?h=6084a76b&itok=K53x469S)
July 22, 2021
Tanzanian Opposition Leader, Supporters Arrested
Authorities Backsliding on Rights Reforms
![Tanzania Chadema party chairman Freeman Mbowe (center) arrives at the party's headquarters after being released from Segerea prison in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on March 13, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/07/202107Tanzania_Mbowe_arrested_opposition.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=T8yoEC8P)
![Signs marking the national college entrance examination sites in Nagchu Municipality, Tibet Autonomous Republic.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/07/202107tibet_china_language.jpg?h=82f92a78&itok=qG0SQORw)
July 21, 2021
Interview: Aluminum Is the Future for Electric Cars
But Mining and Refining the Metal Often Involves Human Rights Abuses
![202107africa_guinea_use](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/07/202107africa_guinea_use.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=hhqqQUii)
July 21, 2021
Biden Border Expulsions Continue to Harm Asylum Seekers
Delayed Reforms Endanger LGBT, Black, Other Adults Traveling Alone
![Honduran men cross into the United States to begin the asylum process Monday, July 5, 2021, in Tijuana, Mexico. The administration of President Joe Biden continues to turn away thousands of asylum seekers under the illegal and discriminatory Title 42 summary expulsion policy.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/07/202107us_title_explusion_policy.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=wnLTQeoe)
July 21, 2021
Panama’s Gender-Based Lockdown and the Resilience of Transgender Activism
An Interview with Pau González of Hombres Trans Panamá
![Pau González. © Alexandra Gil](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/07/202107lgbt_Panama_PauGonzalez_1.jpg?h=b70c9d42&itok=Ufz1aRyz)