![Cars damaged during a firefight on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border are seen near the settlement of Koi-Tash, Batken region, Kyrgyzstan, April 30, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/04/202104eca_tajikistan_kyrgyzstan_border_0.jpg?h=db9e767e&itok=mvlFlktE)
![Cars damaged during a firefight on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border are seen near the settlement of Koi-Tash, Batken region, Kyrgyzstan, April 30, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/04/202104eca_tajikistan_kyrgyzstan_border_0.jpg?h=db9e767e&itok=mvlFlktE)
May 19, 2021
The US Should Respect the ICC’s Founding Mandate
![The International Criminal Court, or ICC, is seen in The Hague, Netherlands, November 7, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/12/202012global_icc_building.jpg?h=310ac57c&itok=gS6zDxua)
May 18, 2021
The other global pandemic: Lost education
![A young girl wearing a face mask holds up a cell phone](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/05/202105crd_covid_education_main.jpg?h=a141e9ea&itok=DVlyPr13)
May 14, 2021
Top Rights Tweets of the Week
![The Jala Tower as it is destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza. Israel's air force targeted the 13-floor Jala Tower housing Qatar-based Al-Jazeera television and the Associated Press news agency.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/05/202105mena_gaza_ap.jpg?h=10d202d3&itok=gKl9roOB)
May 13, 2021
Roadmap for Urgent Change in Immigration Detention
![A woman walks carrying her child at the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) South Texas Family Residential Center, in Dilley, Texas, August 23, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/03/202103us_immigration_ice_children.jpg?h=c02dad42&itok=sAhwvbpz)
May 11, 2021
Jerusalem to Gaza, Israeli Authorities Reassert Domination
Latest Escalation Highlights Reality of Apartheid, Persecution for Millions of Palestinians
![Israel Palestine conflict protest](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/05/202105mena_jerusalem_israel_palestine.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=YvMFD1Mq)
May 10, 2021
The EAC Risks Becoming Irrelevant
![Kenya's president Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta, delivers his keynote speeches at Nyayo Stadium in Nairobi during the 57th Jamhuri Day (in swahili Republic Day) celebration on December 12, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/05/202105Africa_Kenya_UhuruKenyatt.jpg?h=b2774bcf&itok=W3G0dplN)
May 6, 2021
Budget 2021 Positive Step Toward First Nations Food Security
More Needed to Address Climate Threat
May 6, 2021
Will South Sudan rein in its notorious National Security Service?
The NSS has become a feared agency and a vital tool in the government’s campaign of silencing dissent.
![man. hands. cuffs.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/05/202012africa_southsudan_opEd.jpg?h=4ffac15b&itok=4edA9-bv)
May 4, 2021
Freedom of Speech in Lebanon Is Under Attack
![An injured journalist receiving treatment after clashes between security forces and demonstrators during a protest in Beirut, Lebanon on January 14, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/05/202105mena_lebanon_journalists.jpg?h=bc816b12&itok=vrUieX6H)