Letter from Human Rights Watch to Institutional Shareholders
Re: Energy Companies in Myanmar and Abuses by the Military Junta
Time Running Out for South Korea to End Age Discrimination
Proposed Law Would Improve Protections for Older People, Many Others
![An elderly woman seated on the floor of an apartment](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/11/202111asia_southkorea_elderlywoman.jpg?h=1351e596&itok=ak72TfKl)
Myanmar: Investors Should Act to Halt Funds to Junta
Revenues from Foreign Companies Keep Military in Power
![202111asia_myanmar_sanctions_thumbnail](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/11/202110ASIA_Myanmar_Sanctions_Thumbnail.jpg?h=24709516&itok=TKl1W5vQ)
Border Agents Can't Police Themselves
![A man stands with his hands on the back of a van marked "Border Patrol"](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/10/202110usp_borderabuse_main.jpg?h=790be497&itok=22pxaCgg)
EU: Tackle Central Asia Rights Abuses
Afghanistan Crisis No Excuse to Ignore Rights Concerns
![EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the five Central Asian countries at the 15th EU-Central Asia Ministerial Meeting in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on July 07, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/11/202111eca_eu_ministers.jpg?h=3e798181&itok=Ub_ETdwz)
Statement by Russian and International Human Rights Organizations in Support of Russian LGBT Rights Activists under Attack
![Russian blogger, Zhenya Svetski, stands with a sign reading “I am not ‘gay propaganda’” in Moscow, December 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201812lgbt_russia_main_1.jpg?itok=0wIp_D76)
Cameroon: Lethal Force Against Protesters
Ensure Justice for Police Killing of Schoolgirl that Sparked Protests
![Screenshot from a video of a crowd protesting the death of a schoolgirl caused by a police officer in front the governor’s office in Bamenda, North-West region, on November 12, 2021](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/11/202111africa_cameroon_coverimage.jpg?h=c02bd783&itok=TXFdYLvs)
Nigeria: Officials Indicted in Abuses of Protesters
Report Corroborates Human Rights Watch Findings
![Demonstrators protesting against police brutality in Lagos, Nigeria, on October 15, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/10/202010africa_nigeria_protest.jpg?h=0d27ee61&itok=GcWe6U9G)
Coalition Push for US-Style Voting ID Laws Will Weaken Our Democracy
![A voter drops his ballot paper into the ballot box during Australia's general election in Sydney.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/11/202111asia_australia_vote.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=L1mlNDq5)
Chinese Tennis Star’s Disappearance Is Warning for Olympics
Peng Shuai Hasn’t Been Seen in Public Since November 2
![A woman in athletic wear holding a tennis racket](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/11/202111asia_china_pengshuai.jpg?h=ac778ff2&itok=3sy1xM5A)
Sudan is Backsliding Dangerously
Since the October 25 military takeover, violent repression has returned in full force. Can the international community support the rule of law?
![Pro-democracy protesters flash the victory sign as they take to the streets to condemn a takeover by military officials, in Khartoum, Sudan, October 25, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/10/202110africa_sudan_october2021.jpg?h=8841e761&itok=XakmDToH)
How are the Authorities in Central Asia Trying to Control the Internet?
An Interview with Hugh Williamson
![Uzbekistan’s media landscape, made up of independent, state-sponsored, and international Uzbek and Russian language media outlets, is in a period of growth and change, as journalists test the boundaries of respect for free expression.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201803eca_uzbekistan_main.jpg?itok=bJjn30nG)
Activist Missing in Turkmenistan
Azat Isakov, a Presumed Victim of Enforced Disappearance by Turkmen Security Services
![Azat Isakov.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/11/202111eca_turkmenistan_azat_isakov.jpg?h=3a0ee364&itok=HrwZjP9s)
One Year Later, No Justice for Victims of Uganda’s Lethal Clampdown
More Effort Needed to Ensure Transparent Accountability and Compensation
![Ugandan security forces patrol on a street in Kampala, Uganda, November 19, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/11/202111africa_uganda_security.jpg?h=7c860d3b&itok=5aCrt8v0)