December 16, 2021
December 16, 2021
UN Experts Urge Reform of Sri Lanka’s Counterterrorism Law
Prevention of Terrorism Act Long Used to Target Minorities, Activists
![A Police Special Task Force is deployed after eight inmates were killed in a prison incident in Mahara, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/12/202112asia_srilanka_police.jpg?h=06f6671c&itok=_v9ALpHq)
December 16, 2021
North Korea: Abusive Rule 10 Years after Kim Jong Il
Kim Dynasty’s Legacy of Brutal Repression, Starvation
![202112asia_north korea_kim jung il](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/12/202112asia_northkorea_kimjungil.jpg?h=d6fc2a9e&itok=ppcA1WsT)
December 16, 2021
El Salvador: Critics Blocked on Social Media
President Bukele Violates Free Speech, Access to Information Rights
![Nayib Bukele, El Salvador's president, speaks in a prerecorded video during the United Nations General Assembly via live stream in New York, U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/12/202112Americas_ElSalvador_BukeleTwitter.jpg?h=754a464c&itok=GYZrobxv)
![President Ivan Duque](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/031219amer_colombia_duque.jpg?itok=2Sa4vRFP)
December 16, 2021
Ethiopia: New Wave of Atrocities in Western Tigray
International Investigations, Access to Detainees Key to Deter Further
![Refugees who fled the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region arrive on the banks of the Tekeze River on the Sudan-Ethiopia border, in Hamdayet, eastern Sudan, November 21, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/12/202112AFR_Ehiopia_Tigray_Photo.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=a0Xfq5_u)
December 16, 2021
Thailand: Transgender People Denied Equal Rights
Establish a Path for Legal Gender Recognition
![Illustration of a person holding up an ID card](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/12/202112asia_thailand_lgbt_id.jpg?h=a1dd1271&itok=vS84ogcg)
December 15, 2021
Witness: Defying Attacks on Education in Cameroon’s Anglophone Regions
How a Teacher Finds the Courage to Do Her Job Despite Risks to Her Life
![Desks in an empty classroom](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/12/202112africa_cameroon_buea_school_classroom.jpg?h=9dd951d5&itok=L9fCgnoi)
December 15, 2021
Cameroon: Armed Separatists’ Attack on Education
Address Shocking Toll on Students, Teachers, Schools
![A group of protesters holding signs that say "We Need Pens, Not Guns"](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/12/202112africa_cameroon_education_protest.jpg?h=89052334&itok=0Na3cNZl)
December 15, 2021
Myanmar Atrocities Show Need for International Action
Sagaing Massacre Latest in Military’s Escalating Terror Campaign
![A person walks by a destroyed village](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/12/202112asia_myanmar_magway_village.jpg?h=9eb0d413&itok=sZQ0rd_1)
December 15, 2021
US Congress Misses Key Opportunity to Promote Rights
Annual Defense Spending Bill Leaves Out Human Rights Priorities
![The dome of the US Capitol seen through a glass ceiling in Washington, DC, April 29, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/12/202112us_washington_capitol.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=OLTgY0FF)
December 15, 2021
Mali: Security Suspects Allegedly Tortured
Investigate Allegations, Respect Due Process Rights in Counter-Coup Case
![The Sundiata Keïta army base in Kati, Mali, May 25, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/09/202109mali_political_arrested.jpg?h=943238f6&itok=8esakBZN)
December 15, 2021
Workers’ Rights Denied in Kazakhstan: Zhanaozen’s Legacy
![A worker prepares pipes to service an oil well on oil fields operated by a subsidiary of the KazMunayGas Exploration Production JSC in Kyzylorda region, southern Kazakhstan on January 21, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202105kazakhstan_labor_unions.jpg?h=f6963184&itok=Eo53WqMU)