85 Civil Rights Groups Send Letter to DHS Secretary Mayorkas
Call for a Meaningful Opportunity to Return Home for Those Unjustly Deported
![Migrants seeking asylum wait in line with their case paperwork to meet with an attorney on Oct. 5, 2019, during a weekly trip by volunteers, lawyers, paralegals and interpreters to the migrant campsite outside El Puente Nuevo in Matamoros, Mexico.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/01/202101usp_unitedstates_asylumseekers.jpg?h=ac778ff2&itok=__Cr8evW)
Families of Activists Who Flee Xinjiang Pay a Heavy Price
Chinese Authorities Impose Collective Punishment on Remaining Relatives
![The watchtower of a high-security facility near a “re-education camp” where mostly Muslim ethnic minorities are detained](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202105china_xinjiang_prison_activists.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=uVqDJac1)
Belarus: Drop Charges Against Sports Group Founders
Sports Governing Bodies Should Call for an End to Criminalizing Athlete Rights Defenders
![Protesters objecting to the flawed August presidential election and the government's brutality, in march along the Independence Prospect during the "March of Unity" rally in Minsk, Belarus on Sunday, Sep. 6, 2020, Belarus.© 2020 SIPA USA via AP](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/09/AP_20252514182077.jpg?h=4e82a3b7&itok=U47sW6-W)
Colombia: Egregious Police Abuses Against Protesters
Police Reform Urgently Needed to Prevent Future Violations
![A member of ESMAD throws a tear gas grenade by hand at protesters on May 28, 2021 in Bogota, Colombia.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202106Americas_Colombia_Policia.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=Ijou0zeL)
Kyrgyzstan: Missing Dual Turkish-Kyrgyz Citizen Risks Torture, Removal to Turkey
Authorities Should Investigate; Guarantee Safety
![Protestors in central Bishkek demanding Orhan Inandi, who disappeared on May 31, be found, hold posters with his image that read “Orhan Inandi is a Kyrgyz citizen! He should be found!”](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202106ECA_Kyrgyzstan_Turkey.jpg?h=2d44e782&itok=aCIJTGHV)
![An official with a megaphone during the release of prisoners from Insein prison after a presidential pardon in Yangon](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202105myanmar_women_prison.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=OuQcNcVN)
Indonesian Law Hampers Mosque Construction
Amend Discriminatory Regulation That Blocks New Houses of Worship
![Indonesia's religious minorities, including Christians, Ahmadis, Buddhists and native faith believers, celebrate Indonesia’s Independence Day outside the State Palace in Jakarta](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202105indonesia_mosque_building.jpg?h=51a14014&itok=BzN348gC)
Tackling Digital Violence in Ecuador Shouldn’t Endanger Free Speech
President Should Veto Problematic Provisions of New Law
![Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso attends the change of military command](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202105ecuador_free_speech.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=7RFs4bFJ)
Afghanistan: Exiting Forces Should Protect Interpreters
NATO Members, Australia Should Expedite Relocation of Local Staff
![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)
Cambodia: Lockdowns Hit Low-Income Families Hard
Adopt Short-term, Long-term Social Protections to Safeguard Rights
![A resident of a Red Zone carries bags of rice donated to his house during the coronavirus pandemic.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202106asia_cambodia_covid19.jpg?h=10d202d3&itok=ArdU-K94)
Persons with Disabilities in the Context of Armed Conflict
Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Armed Islamists’ Latest Sahel Massacre Targets Burkina Faso
More than 500 Civilians Killed by Armed Islamists in the Sahel Since Early 2021
![A man reads the L'Observateur Paalga newspaper in Ouagadougou on June 7, 2021, about the attacks that happened in Solhan.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202105burkina_faso_solhan_massacre.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=nXFqEuR-)
UN Child Rights Body Moves to Protect Kids from Environmental Harm
Decision to Provide Authoritative Guidance to Governments is Long Overdue
![A girl surrounded by land devastated by Cyclone Amphan in Satkhira](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202105crd_education_climate_change.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=VP_px7sU)