July 14, 2021
North Korea Takes UN Hypocrisy to New Heights
Pyongyang Blames Problems on Everything but Own Abusive Policies
![Visitors pay homage to the late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il ahead of the 27th anniversary of the death of Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang, North Korea, on July 7, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/07/202107northkorea_un_meeting.jpg?h=3ac079aa&itok=4hbqgFym)
July 14, 2021
Iran: Alleged Plot to Kidnap Prominent Dissident in US
Federal Court Indicts 4 Iranians for Targeting Journalist Masih Alinejad
![Journalist and author Masih Alinejad speaks at a conference in New York City, on October 16, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/07/202107mena_iran_masih.jpeg?h=36d6ba9e&itok=zXKScqAZ)
July 14, 2021
Cuba Responds to Landmark Demonstrations with Brutal Repression
Internet Outages as Protesters Are Detained, Held Incommunicado
![Plainclothes officers detain a protester during a protest in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, July 11, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/07/202107cuba_protest_government.jpg?h=3ac079aa&itok=BiPCh9zr)
July 14, 2021
New Pledges to End Child Marriage in Francophone Africa
Governments Need to Match Commitments with Action
![A girl holds the hand of a boy in Agadez, Niger on October 9, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/07/202107africa_child_marriage.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=_uZ8XoXm)
July 14, 2021
Pakistan: Pass Anti-Torture Bill
Creating a Criminal Offense Essential to Police Reform
![201905asia_pakistan_police](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201905asia_pakistan_police.jpg?itok=RfS8IIwX)
July 14, 2021
Ecuador: Criminalizing Abortion Affects Rights, Health
Greatest Harm for Indigenous, Afro-Descendent People Living in Poverty
![Feminist activists and pro-choice groups witness a debate at Ecuador’s National Assembly on Criminal Code reform, in which there was a possibility that legislators would approve the decriminalization of abortion in cases involving rape, in Quito, Ecuador, on January 3, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/07/202106wrd_ecuador_abortion.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=Sl6m7K8n)
July 13, 2021
South Africa: Respect Rights While Policing Riots
Security Forces Should Observe International Law Enforcement Standards
![A man suspected of looting is arrested at a shopping mall in Soweto, near Johannesburg, Tuesday July 13, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/07/202107africa_southafrica_protests.jpg?h=80accfed&itok=x8XbLfX3)
July 13, 2021
US Should Help Afghan Civil Society Partners at Risk
Taliban Advances a Threat to Many Activists, Journalists, Educators
![A US flag is lowered as American and Afghan soldiers attend a handover ceremony from the US Army to the Afghan National Army, at Camp Anthonic, in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan on May 2, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/07/202107afghanistan_us_withdrawl_troops.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=Hf6KHUVY)
July 13, 2021
Congo Mourns Death of ‘Tata Cardinal’
Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Was Champion of Democracy and Human Rights
![Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo from the Democratic Republic of Congo arrives at the Synod hall in the Vatican on February 13, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/07/202107congo_monsengwo_dead.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=n5N5mKky)
July 13, 2021
Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child Review of Ecuador
90th Pre-Session
July 12, 2021
Remembering Suha Jarrar, Trailblazing Palestinian Rights Defender
Israeli Authorities Should Allow Detained Mother, Parliamentarian Khalida Jarrar, to Attend Funeral
![A picture of Suha Jarrar and flowers prepared by the staff of the Palestinian human rights group al-Haq and displayed at a commemoration for Jarrar in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on July 12, 2021](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/07/202107palestine_rights_defender_Suha_jarrar.jpg?h=1d0f6469&itok=NMAJiWTW)
July 12, 2021
People with Disabilities in Mexico Should Be Counted
Data Collection Reform Needs Meaningful Consultations
![The National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Information building in Aguascalientes City, Mexico on July 19, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/07/202107mexico_disability_inegi.jpg?h=69f2b9d0&itok=_tWn5QiS)