February 27, 2023
Australia: Protect Data from Foreign Interference
Social Media Companies Should Assess Rights Implications
![Australian Parliament in Canberra](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/02/202302asia_Australia_AustralianParliamentResized.jpg?h=a2b25fa9&itok=L5RLztjv)
February 27, 2023
Nigeria’s Elections Remain Risky for Many Citizens
Authorities Need to Effectively Protect Polling Locations
![Independent National Electoral Commission officials sort and count ballots at a polling station in Kano during Nigeria's election.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/02/202302afr_nigeria_election_day_ballot_counting.jpg?h=ddcef322&itok=F2mnEdc5)
February 27, 2023
Senegal: Submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
95th Pre-Session
February 27, 2023
Guatemala: Review Decision to Bar Presidential Candidates
Rulings Harm Election Credibility
![Supporters of the Liberation of the People (MLP) political party protest that the Supreme Electoral Tribunal denied the candidacy of their vice president hopeful Jordan Rodas in Guatemala City, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. The sign reads in Spanish "We demand transparent elections." The Electoral Tribunal has barred two candidates from running for president in the elections set for June 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/02/202302AME_Guatemala_elections.jpg?h=68bbb5f0&itok=Y4PLdFVF)
February 27, 2023
Beirut Blast Victims Are Still Reaching for Justice
UK Court Ruling a Step in the Right Direction
![Lebanese activists and families of the victims of the 2020 Beirut port blast gather outside the Palace of Justice to protest a decision by Lebanon's top prosecutor to release the suspects detained in connection with the explosion.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/02/202302mena_lebanon_beirut_port_blast_victims_families_protest.jpg?h=e4f440a4&itok=r6Q8kLUp)
February 27, 2023
Russia: Man ‘Disappeared,’ Apparently for His Sexual Orientation
Chechen Authorities Should Immediately Free Idris Arsamikov
February 27, 2023
Tunisia: President Intensifies Attacks on Judicial Independence
Ignoring Court Order to Reinstate Fired Judges, Prosecuting Them Instead
![People enter the Tunis hall of justice, Friday May, 26, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201902mena_tunisia_courthouse.jpg?itok=qNhvz-fJ)
February 25, 2023
China Should Rethink Its Position on Debt
![Chinese currency notes](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/02/202302ejr_china_debt_oped.jpg?h=560fc75e&itok=yklPtKGK)
February 25, 2023
Nepal: New Government Should Keep Rights Pledges
Letter to Prime Minister Dahal Sets Out Major Concerns
![202302Asia_Nepal_Prime_Minister](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/02/202302Asia_Nepal_Prime_Minister.jpg?h=6f8e8448&itok=EGYCHxwM)
February 24, 2023
Somalia: Revamp Intelligence Agency Bill
Draft Law Grants Abusive Agency Broad Powers of Detention, Surveillance
![Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud speaks at his inauguration ceremony in Mogadishu, Somalia, June 9, 2022.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/02/202302afr_somalia_mohamud.jpg?h=e83bf42d&itok=Los-hx_L)
February 24, 2023
Prominence of Central Asian Countries on The Human Rights Council Is an Opportunity for Change
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan Should Improve Rights Home and Abroad
![Delegates sit at the opening of the 41th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 24, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/09/202109Americas_Venezuela_HRC.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=is8vJVBl)
February 24, 2023
Letter to Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry
February 24, 2023
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
![Emir and President of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, FIFA President Gianni Infantino, and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman al-Saud at the 2022 Qatar World Cup, on November 20, 2022, in Al Bayt Stadium in Doha, Qatar.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/02/202302mena_qatar_world_cup_al_bayt_stadium.jpg?h=eab459e7&itok=FoS12JRf)