![Damage from a cluster munition attack outside the Central City Hospital in Vuhledar.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/02/202202eca_ukraine_cluster2_cropped.jpeg?h=c29551c4&itok=Wu_02kHt)
![Damage from a cluster munition attack outside the Central City Hospital in Vuhledar.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/02/202202eca_ukraine_cluster2_cropped.jpeg?h=c29551c4&itok=Wu_02kHt)
Egypt: Hunger Strike Against Indefinite Detention
Activists ‘Recycled’ to Other Cases to Skirt Legal Limit
![Ahmed Maher, Abdel Rahman Tarek, and Walid Shawky.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/02/202202mena_egypt_activists_hungerstrike.jpeg?h=4362216e&itok=m5IcwlrZ)
Venezuela: EU Elections Report Flags Rights Barriers
Arbitrary Disqualifications, Unequal Access to Media, Lack of Judicial Independence
![Isabel Santos, front, member of the European Parliament and Chief Observer of the 2021 EU Election Observation Mission to Venezuela, leaves the National Electoral Council headquarters before regional elections in Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela on November 17, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/02/202202Americas_Venezuela_EUelection.jpg?h=fdf5bbdd&itok=MYJCrktD)
Myanmar: EU Needs to Enforce New Sanctions on Junta
TotalEnergies, Chevron, Other Companies Should Put Shares in Escrow
![202202asia_myanmar_soldiers](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/02/202202asia_myanmar_soldiers1.jpg?h=83ca3f1b&itok=XJhwxxmo)
Global: Older People at Heightened Risk in Conflict
Governments, UN Should Do More to End Abuses, Ensure Protection, Provide Assistance
![An older woman stands in the doorway of a destroyed home](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/02/202202drd_olderpeople_armedconflict_main.jpg?h=b3ca5ce8&itok=Mk2inNOR)
Philippines: Candidates Should Pledge to Free Jailed Senator
Duterte Critic Leila de Lima Marks 5 Years in Wrongful Detention
![Senator Leila de Lima, center, is escorted to detention a day after a warrant was issued for her arrest, Manila, Philippines, February 24, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/02/202102asia_philippines_delima.jpg?h=1cc57e69&itok=k19g7pZo)
Canada: Let Gravely Ill Canadians Leave Northeast Syria
Obstructing Care for Detained Woman, Child Flouts Government Policy
![A woman poses wearing a hijab](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/06/202006mena_canada_isis_2.jpg?h=39c84e30&itok=JZ_TZ8rv)
Turkey: Human Rights Defender on Trial
Co-chair of Country’s Oldest Rights Group Faces Terrorism Prosecution
![Öztürk Türkdoğan, co-chair of the Human Rights Association, Turkey’s oldest human rights nongovernmental organization.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/02/202202eca_turkey_turkdogan.jpg?h=cd234988&itok=LQP0MbTY)
India: Biased Investigations 2 Years After Delhi Riot
Drop Fabricated Charges Against Activists, Peaceful Protesters
![202202asia_india_delhi_riot](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/02/202202asia_india_delhi_riot.jpg?h=9eb0d413&itok=ZkEO_4sT)
Europe: Ban Trade with Illegal Settlements
Trade with Settlements in Occupied Territories Contributes to Rights Abuses
![An aerial shot of a housing community](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/04/202104mena_israelpalestine_maaleadumim.jpg?h=3e43625b&itok=b-gbwU6Q)
Algeria: 3 Years On, Repression on Protest Tightens
Free All Imprisoned for Peaceful Expression
![Algerians demonstrate in Algiers to mark the second anniversary of the Hirak movement, February 22, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/02/202102mena_algeria_hirak_protest.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=Povyy5Df)
Ukraine: Shelling Residential Areas Puts Civilians at Risk
Attacks Intensify Against Government-Controlled Areas in East
![Damage from the shelling of a kindergarten in the settlement of Stanytsia Luhanska, Ukraine, February 17, 2022.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/02/202202ECA_Ukraine_bombing_school.jpg?h=0f4b0070&itok=yiIb47eN)
China: Censorship Mars Beijing Olympics
IOC, Sponsors’ Inaction Enables Restrictions on Athletes, Journalists
![Olympics screenshot](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/01/202201asia_china_olympics_video5.jpg?h=a2cd4c02&itok=wZBkOHyX)
Vietnam: Activists’ Movements Blocked
End Arbitrary Restrictions on Dissidents Across the Country
![202202asia_vietnam_travelban_illustration](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/02/202202asia_vietnam_travelban_illustration.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=SQ15JIKc)
EU: Top Court Approves Linking EU Funds to Rule of Law
Ruling Clears Way for Stronger Action on Backsliding by EU States
![European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, October 28, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-03-eu-flag-brussels-eca.jpg?itok=2OnNne7e)