![Members of the citizens’ movement Lucha after they were acquitted by a military court in Beni territory, Democratic Republic of Congo, on January 20, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/01/202101africa_drc_luchabeni.jpeg?h=c12e0b96&itok=Aa6B-3tz)
![Members of the citizens’ movement Lucha after they were acquitted by a military court in Beni territory, Democratic Republic of Congo, on January 20, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/01/202101africa_drc_luchabeni.jpeg?h=c12e0b96&itok=Aa6B-3tz)
Open letter to the European Union and its Member States on Egypt
EU Parliament Vote Critical to Hold Companies to Account
Proposed Law Could Help Address Human Rights Harms, Climate Change
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Mali/France: Investigate French Airstrike Killing 19
Credible, Impartial Inquiry Needed into Alleged Civilian Deaths
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Migrants Left in the Cold
Long-Term Housing, Care Urgently Needed
![Migrants warm their hands above a fire at the Lipa camp, outside Bihac, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Monday, January 11, 2021. The camp was closed on December 23, 2020 and destroyed in a fire the same day.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/01/202101eca_bih_migrants.jpg?h=5e29c108&itok=CZ_TeI1C)
Uganda: Elections Marred by Violence
Investigate Security Force Conduct; End Repression; Ensure Justice
![Ugandan soldiers patrol near the house of Ugandan opposition presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine in Magere, Uganda.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/01/202101africa_uganda_elections.jpg?h=e483f99a&itok=ZmJ6uiJg)
Australia: Address Abuses Raised at UN Review
Countries Criticize Failures on Refugees, Children, Indigenous Rights
![Australia at HRC](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/australia0915_coverimage.jpg?itok=zOnjXRGA)
On Day One, US President Biden Reverses Odious Travel Ban
Important Step Toward a Rights-Respecting Immigration System
![President Joe Biden signs his first executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, January 20, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/01/202101us_biden_executive.jpg?h=80d43bfb&itok=rM7XCvUu)
Interview: Hard-Won Victories for Refugees in Greece
How Ten Years of Advocacy and Incremental Changes Add Up
![A woman sits with her children in Victoria Square in Athens, Greece, awaiting transfer after being evicted from their place of residence, July 20, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/08/202008europe_greece_athens_refugees.jpg?h=69f2b9d0&itok=hertZbGa)
Older People Not Spared in Tajikistan’s Crackdown
80-Year-Old Jailed for 7 Years for Helping Families of Political Prisoners
![Doniyor Nabiev (file photo).](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/01/202101eca_tajikistan_nabiev.jpg?h=85e8947e&itok=gLrsTEid)
Kazakh Authorities Target Rights Groups in Coordinated Attack
Kazakhstan’s Partners Should Condemn Government’s Stifling of Free Association
![From left to right: the head of Erkindik Kanaty, Elena Shvetsova, with lawyers Olga Enns and Roman Reimer, in the office of the deputy head of the tax department, Erlik Mukanov, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, January 18, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/01/202101eca_kazakhstan_tax.jpeg?h=e8f379d2&itok=7j4adgha)
EU: How Portugal can Help Roll Back Autocrats in the EU
![Portugal Prime Minister Antonio Costa at a press conference at the Belem Cultural Center in Lisbon, Friday, January 15, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/01/202101eca_eu_portugal.jpg?h=fa1c963e&itok=9CDdJ_9g)
Lebanon: Dire Conditions for Syrian Refugees in Border Town
Two Winters Since Homes Dismantled, Many Refugees in Arsal Unprotected
![Children play next to shelters in a Syrian refugee camp in Arsal, Lebanon. Around 15,000 Syrian refugees in Arsal are entering their second winter without adequate roofs and insulation since the 2019 directive ordered them to dismantle concrete shelters and rebuild the top portion with tarp and wood. November 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/01/202101RMR_Arsal_refugees_main.jpeg?h=08b866d1&itok=Z_ET_Fuj)
Another Political Activist Jailed in Russia
Azat Miftakhov Sentenced to 6 Years on Controversial Hooliganism Charges
![Mathematics and mechanics graduate student at Moscow State University Azat Miftakhov before the court session in Golovinsky district court. September 05, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/01/202001ECA_Russia_miftakhov.jpg?h=769d9f65&itok=G7ErCquX)
Russian Authorities Jail Poisoned Putin Critic
Alexei Navalny’s Arrest Arbitrary, Politically Motivated
![Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny takes part in a march in memory of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov in Moscow, Russia, February 29, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/08/202008europe_russia_navalny.jpg?h=eb59fd83&itok=D4YPbU6Z)