![British Prime Minister Boris Johnson addresses the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, September 22, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/10/202110uk_un_environment_address.jpg?h=0c3ec816&itok=3muIWfN5)
![British Prime Minister Boris Johnson addresses the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, September 22, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/10/202110uk_un_environment_address.jpg?h=0c3ec816&itok=3muIWfN5)
October 6, 2021
Averting Afghanistan’s Economic and Food Crises
The Taliban’s cruelties are horrendous, but withholding international support and maintaining blanket sanctions will only hurt the long-suffering Afghan people.
![202110asia_afghanistan_money](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/10/202110asia_afghanistan_money1.jpg?h=c61b0b88&itok=H8i4IqT7)
October 5, 2021
India's Supreme Court Orders to Vaccinate Patients in Mental Health Facilities
The SC Order is Welcome, But More Needs to Be Done for People with Disabilities
![Women with perceived or actual psychosocial disabilities at a mental hospital in Mumbai](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/10/202110asia_disability_covid_vaccine.jpg?h=ec041e41&itok=IefehoNo)
October 4, 2021
Duterte is worried about the ICC. He should be.
![211004asia_philippines_duterte](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/10/211004asia_philippines_duterte.jpg?h=31a53609&itok=V51ksuyd)
October 1, 2021
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
![Books, notebooks, and other school supplies are left behind after May 8's deadly bombings near a school in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 9, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/05/202105asia_afghanistan_kabul_school_attack.jpg?h=d2892f23&itok=trLVnWvN)
October 1, 2021
India’s Supreme Court Orders Vaccine Access for Mental Health Facilities
Significant Victory Requires Holistic Approach to Implementation
![Women lying on the ground in a room.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/10/202110drd_india_hospital.jpg?h=ea95bb15&itok=993COuPL)
September 30, 2021
Women in Papua New Guinea are Suffering an Epidemic of Violence - The Government Must Act
![Screenshot from the testimony of Ruth Kissam at the Special Parliamentary Inquiry into Gender-Based Violence.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/10/202109asia_png_ruthkissam.jpeg?h=9c734915&itok=uZzyYSEf)
September 30, 2021
When Targeted Killings Become ‘Tragic Mistakes’
Since the 9/11 attacks, U.S. forces fighting in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and elsewhere have carried out targeted killings that frequently kill and injure civilians.
![The Pentagon, Washington, DC, United States.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/640px-the_pentagon_january_2008.jpg?itok=K9kRoejX)
September 29, 2021
For Afghan Women, the Frightening Return of ‘Vice and Virtue’
Situation Worsening Every Day
September 29, 2021
List of Taliban Policies Violating Women’s Rights in Afghanistan
![Women gather to demand their rights under Taliban rule during a protest in Kabul, Afghanistan on September 3, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/09/202009asia_afghanistan_letter.jpg?h=4738cd28&itok=xsEk3_4d)
September 28, 2021
China’s use of force and coercion to drive up its COVID-19 vaccination rate is not the answer
![Migrant workers line up for the Covid-19 vaccine at a temporary inoculation site in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province August 23, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/09/202109asia_china_covid_vaccine_0.jpg?h=ea7b3a3c&itok=yXTnZsdz)
September 28, 2021
The UK Government Should Keep the Vital Lifeline for Children
![Food Poverty Kids](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/09/202109uk_food_program_cut.jpg?h=ca4b654c&itok=4-JWsVHo)
September 27, 2021
This Is What Impunity Looks Like
Myanmar’s Coup Built on Years of Failed Accountability
![Anti-coup protesters run from teargas deployed by the police during a demonstration in Yangon, Myanmar, March 1, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/05/202105asia_myanmar_ptt.jpg?h=79583b4d&itok=o_Je7O-U)
September 26, 2021